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Mariners Acquire Connor Sadzeck

By Jeff Todd | April 1, 2019 at 6:37pm CDT

7:30pm: This move has now been announced.

6:37pm: The Mariners have struck a deal with the Rangers to acquire righty Connor Sadzeck, according to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fellow right-hander Grant Anderson will go to Texas in return.

The intra-division swap arose after Sadzeck was designated for assignment recently. He’s out of options, so he’ll head onto the Seattle 40-man and active rosters.

While Sadzeck is young and controllable, and possesses a live arm, the Rangers elected instead to carry veteran reliever Jeanmar Gomez, untested lefty  Kyle Bird (who has since been optioned), and Rule 5 pick Kyle Dowdy. For all the potential that comes with his big frame and upper-nineties heater, Sadzeck has yet to show he’ll be able to deploy his arsenal effectively at the MLB level and ended up on the chopping block.

The M’s will surely be prepared to live through some more growing pains from the 27-year-old. He surrendered 11 walks while recording seven strikeouts in his first 9 1/3 MLB innings last year and then gave up eight free passes with eleven strikeouts over 8 1/3 frames in camp. But Sadzeck hasn’t been irredeemably wild in the minors. Last year, for instance, he worked to a 4.03 ERA with 10.2 K/9 and 3.8 BB/9 over 38 innings at Triple-A.

As for Anderson, the 21-year-old was plucked in the 21st round of last year’s draft out of McNeese State. He has only a dozen pro innings under his belt, but did impress enough to earn a quick (but brief) promotion to the Class A level. He allowed just four hits and two earned runs while posting a 13:7 K/BB ratio last year.

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  1. skrockij89

    2 years ago

    Looks like an upgrade for the Mariners. That bullpen needs all the help they can get.

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  2. thatdudetg

    2 years ago

    Anderson looks like a good pickup for someone who was DFA’d.

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  3. qbass187

    2 years ago

    No one loves trading players in-division like the AL West.

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    • Michael Chaney

      2 years ago

      DiPoto hadn’t made a trade lately so he was getting antsy

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      • qbass187

        2 years ago

        For real!

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      • Bert17

        2 years ago

        He traded for a catcher on Friday and started him on Saturday against the Red Sox. Seemed nuts to throw a guy out there who had barely had time to meet the pitchers, but it worked. Sox did score 5, but had only scored two runs until the ninth inning when the third basemen made 3 errors to let in 3 runs.

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  4. 24TheKid

    2 years ago

    Sadsack>Kimbrel

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    • kaehlaone

      2 years ago

      Kimbrel isn’t worth the $ or draft pick and will likely be bad this year with no Spring.

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    • Ketch

      2 years ago

      Yes at being employed.

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  5. timw3558

    2 years ago

    Jerry was bored?

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  6. madmanTX

    2 years ago

    Maybe King Felix can teach him how to throw slower?

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  7. klarmore11

    2 years ago

    “Irredeemably” is not a word.

    Also, too many “ands” in “…young and controllable, and possesses a live arm…”

    This is some sad(zeck) writing.

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    • khopper10

      2 years ago

      But…it actually is a word?

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  8. jbigz12

    2 years ago

    The Mariners could use anyone in that bullpen. A guy who throws 100 with no clue where it’s going isn’t any worse than what they have right now.

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  9. phenomenalajs

    2 years ago

    Did Mets get anything when Rangers claimed Dowdy?

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    • jbigz12

      2 years ago

      The standard payment for a waiver claim.

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  10. mikefetters

    2 years ago

    I think a comment with edits is probably helpful, but I don’t see the need to be negative about the quality of the writing. These guys are doing their best and trying not to turn the same phrases over and over. These posts don’t need to be perfect.

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