The Mariners have released right-hander Tyler Danish from his minor league contract, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports (via Twitter). He’d been in his first year with the organization.
Danish, 24, was the White Sox’ second-round pick back in the 2013 draft and was long considered to be one of the more promising arms in Chicago’s system. However, his results as a starter continually deteriorated as he rose through the minors, and the White Sox eventually moved him into a bullpen role last year. Danish found some success as a reliever, pitching to a 3.01 ERA with 6.7 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 0.75 HR/9 and a 50.2 percent grounder rate in 71 1/3 innings last season.
Solid bottom-line results notwithstanding, the Sox outrighted Danish off the 40-man roster late in the 2018 campaign, and he elected free agency following the season. The Mariners added him on a minor league deal in January, hoping that he’d be able to build on last year’s success, but the season has been catastrophic for Danish. In 15 2/3 innings, he’s surrendered 44 hits and walked nine batters en route to a 21.26 ERA. Danish wasn’t placed on the injured list at any point, so it seems as though he’s healthy. While his early struggles are surely cause for some degree of alarm, he’s still only a few months removed from a solid showing in Triple-A and could land another minor league deal elsewhere in search of a fresh start.
*insert pastry puns here*
Kent Brockman doesn’t go on without his Danish.
Maybe Jerry’s a bagel kind of guy?
Aww muffin
Wonder what team will absconed with him next
That’s the worst one (so far) – bad enough that I wish I had thunk of it!
The Tigers have NOTHING to lose…why not ?? Lol
Welcome to Toronto, Tyler. You’ll have to change your last name to Timbit.
A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no holes is a Danish.
Ugh, you beat me to it.
Are you saying all the Bismarcks I ate thinking they were doughnuts in fact were Danish? I don’t think I can live with that. I am depressed time to take a nap.
Minor league contract with cheese filling signing bonus?
DONUT tell him this bad news!!