The Mariners have outrighted right-hander Mike Morin, according to Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times (via Twitter). Evidently, he has already cleared waivers and been removed from the 40-man roster, leaving the organization with two openings.
It does not seem that Seattle has imminent plans to fill those cleared roster spots, Perhaps the club felt this was an opportune time to put Morin through waivers. Regardless, the M’s will now have some additional flexibility to pursue MLB upgrades or interesting projects as teams make roster moves late in camp.
Morin, 26, has a lifetime 4.61 ERA in 170 MLB innings. He has managed a solid combination of 8.5 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9, with a strong 12.9% swinging-strike rate, during his time in the big leagues. The results just weren’t there last year, however, leaving Morin to spend much of the year at Triple-A. Morin also showed reduced fastball velocity when he was in the big leagues in 2017.
The M’s still felt Morin was worth a chance, claiming him from the Royals in December. Clearly, though, the team hasn’t seen enough to think he’ll earn an active roster spot. Morin has been knocked around this spring, coughing up seven earned runs on nine hits over 4 1/3 frames.
He looked rather rough in camp.
I believe he signed a split contract in arbitration that would have paid him $250,000 in the minors and $750,000 in the majors. How would that work if he was released.
The Seattle Mariners outrighted Mike Morin to Triple A Tacoma so I assume Morin will earn the minor league salary:
twitter.com/RyanDivish/status/974032905822355456
Need to sign Cobb. That rotation doesn’t look great.
Cobb is looking to sign with a west coast team.
Writing is on the wall. We will have at least one starting pitcher and possibly utility guy signed this week.
Really have to wonder with this who new medical hire why we suddenly have like 5 to 6 guys with leg issues? Hmm … it sure isn’t the trident!!!
Can’t blame the director of high performance after 3-4 weeks in spring training (or a few days, in Ichiro’s case). It will take months for changes to routine and diet to settle in. A lot of it’s about scheduled rest as the season gets underway. That said, nobody should expect her to be a miracle worker.
The timing of this DFA is interesting. They could certainly use infield depth and an arm.