The Mariners have selected right-hander David McKay from Triple-A Tacoma, placed reliever Hunter Strickland on the 10-day injured list with a right lat strain and moved third baseman Kyle Seager to the 60-day IL, per a team announcement.
McKay, the Mariners’ 25th-ranked prospect at MLB.com, is set for his first major league action since the Royals chose him in the 14th round of the 2016 draft. He joined the Mariners in a March 2018 trade that didn’t net the Royals much of anything in return. Now 23 years old, McKay pitched to a sterling 2.49 ERA/2.90 FIP with 12.61 K/9 and 3.73 BB/9 in 50 2/3 innings at the Double-A level last season.
Strickland, 30, is just 2 1/3 innings into his tenure in Seattle, where he has already yielded three earned runs on three hits, with three strikeouts. The former Giant, who joined the Mariners for a guaranteed $1.3MM in the offseason, surrendered what proved to be the game-losing three-run homer in the ninth inning to the Red Sox’s Mitch Moreland on Friday. The M’s held a 6-4 lead at the time, only to fall 7-6 and drop to 3-1 on the season. It resulted in a blown save for Strickland, whom the M’s could replace with some combination of Matt Festa, Cory Gearrin and Zac Rosscup in the ninth inning. Seager, meanwhile, is out for the foreseeable future on account of a left hand injury.
Making room for Kuechel and Kimbrel I see…
Pfftt…Strickland doesn’t need to be injured to give up HomeRuns.
He didnt punch another door after blowing a save did he?
Maybe the lat strain occurred while picking up the clubhouse water cooler before he threw it in anger?
After watching gearrin last night, I lost a solid half hour of live
It’s so painful it’s almost funny.
I was so happy when Gearrin left the Giants. I was thanking my lucky stars that I didn’t have to watch him stand motionless for what seemed like an eternity before every pitch. The trouble was he wound up in Oakland, and I watch a lot of A’s games as well. I couldn’t be happier to finally have him out of the Bay Area. As much as I love watching baseball, there were times I just had to change the channel. Most maddening player to watch ever.
Strickland wasn’t far behind in unwatchability.
Seriously l, I came to the comments to mention that. Dudes raising baseball in the wrong direction.
*taking
It was obvious that Strickland was hurt before the home run. I don’t understand why he wasn’t lifted.. On NESN, Dennis Eckersley kept saying, “He keeps stretching out there!”
Yeah I was watching too, it seemed obvious at the time that something horrible was about to happen, with the way he was pitching plus all that stretching. I’m surprised it isn’t something more than a lay strain tbh.
Pfftt…Strickland doesn’t need to be injured to give up HomeRuns.
festive, gearend, hiccup; just dont scare people.
If they are pitching the 9th and the other team has 4 in the on deck circle; thats a bad sign.
Did Strickland punch himself in the gut this time?
I don’t think Scott Servais knows what he’s doing. He knows the signs when a pitcher isn’t feelin right on the mound. It would be great if Manny Acta was the manager. Scott Servais should be the bench coach
Yes because a rebuilding team needs a 15+ mill season a year closer..