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Mariners Sign Jon Niese To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | April 25, 2019 at 3:08pm CDT

The Mariners have signed left-hander Jon Niese to a minor league contract, per Long Island Ducks general manager Michael Pfaff (Twitter link). Niese had been set to open the season with the Ducks in the Atlantic League, but the Mariners purchased his contractual rights. He’ll report to Triple-A Tacoma.

Niese, 32, didn’t pitch in either 2017 or 2018 due in part to injuries. He went to Spring Training with the Yankees in ’17 and the Rangers in ’18 but didn’t pitch for an affiliate of either club during the regular season. His 2018 stint with the Rangers was slowed due to a subscapularis strain that cropped up in Spring Training.

The last big league appearance for Niese came back in a 2016 season that saw the southpaw struggle to a 5.50 ERA with 6.5 K/9, 3.5 BB/9 and a 51.1 percent ground-ball rate in 121 innings between the Pirates and the Mets. Prior to that ugly year, Niese enjoyed a solid six-year run as a mainstay in the Mets’ rotation, pitching in 174 games (169 starts) and compiling a 3.86 ERA with 7.0 K/9 against 2.7 BB/9 over the life of 1028 2/3 innings.

Rotation depth in the upper minors has been an issue for the Mariners, who have also signed righties Tyler Cloyd and Christian Bergman to minor league contracts in the past 10 days. Niese will slot in alongside that duo, fellow veteran Tommy Milone and top prospect Justus Sheffield as part the Mariners’ set of starters in Tacoma for the time being.

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  1. TreyMancini

    6 years ago

    I believe the Atlantic League transfer fee is $250,000, that’s not an insignificant amount of money, wonder why they wanted this guy so badly now.

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    • Phillies2017

      6 years ago

      tht.fangraphs.com/independent-league-to-affiliated…

      It’s actually only $4k in season

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    • ohiodevil 2

      6 years ago

      Did you get that number from OOTP? They made it that high in the game so the AI wouldn’t purchase everyone

      Reply
  2. PghPinstripes

    6 years ago

    Hahaha! Good luck to everyone involved.

    Reply
  3. baseballhobo

    6 years ago

    As a Ducks fan, I miss him already.

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    • ckln88

      6 years ago

      Wait, are you actually a ducks fan?

      Reply
  4. BuddyBoy

    6 years ago

    Nothing wrong with taking a shot. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t

    Reply
  5. Monkey’s Uncle

    6 years ago

    The Tacoma rotation should start a band: Justus and the Retreads.

    Reply
  6. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    Another veteran of the comeback factory Long Island

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    • ohiodevil 2

      6 years ago

      Guess all you need to do is sign and never have to play an actual game. Something in the water there

      Reply
  7. dti812

    6 years ago

    Never say die!

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