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Mariners Acquire Matt Magill

By Anthony Franco | July 21, 2019 at 11:34am CDT

The Mariners announced the acquisition of right-handed reliever Matt Magill from the Twins in exchange for cash considerations. Minnesota designated Magill for assignment Thursday. As MLBTR’s Mark Polishuk noted then, the Twins stood a good chance of losing the 29 year-old on waivers. Instead, they acquire some amount of cash from a Seattle club who would have otherwise claimed him.

Magill has been a solid but unspectacular middle reliever for Minnesota over the past two seasons. This year, he logged a pedestrian 4.45 ERA thanks to a plethora of free passes, but he also struck out an eye-opening 27.1% of batters. He’s averaging 95.92 MPH on his four-seam fastball, per Brooks Baseball, and features slightly above-average spin rates on both his fastball and curveball, per Statcast. There’s some raw material here to work with, especially for a Mariner bullpen light on established performers.

At the same time, Magill’s out of options, meaning he needs to stick with the major-league club or else run the risk of being exposed to waivers. He’s also been hit exceptionally hard despite his quality stuff, so he’s far from certain to bring stability to the club himself.

If things do click in Seattle, he’s controllable for four seasons beyond this one via arbitration, where his lack of an established track record should result in low starting salaries.

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  1. BlueSkyLA

    2 years ago

    The answer to the trivia question, “who was traded for Chris Heisey?”

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  2. RoyalsFanAmongWolves

    2 years ago

    didn’t Cash just get traded to another team? Man that guy moves faster than congress!

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    • ckln88

      2 years ago

      Good try. Lol.

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  3. darinc

    2 years ago

    Couldn’t they at least get a low A prospect over cash?

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    • myaccount

      2 years ago

      No, otherwise they would have

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  4. Tanner Larson

    2 years ago

    They lost 3 relievers in one day for nothing, make a trade Twins that improves your team!

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    • wjf010

      2 years ago

      They improved the team by getting rid of those three relievers.

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      • andy stocker

        2 years ago

        How so? meija, yea i get that.

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        • Dag Gummit

          2 years ago

          The concept of “addition by subtraction”.

          In the specific case of Magill, he’s a RLP reliever. The primary value of such players comes from the combination of being paid the league minimum and being option-able (so as to effectively make the bullpen larger than the 25-man roster superficially allows).

          Since Magill is out of Option years, he can’t be readily shipped back-and-forth between AAA. Since, as a AAA-quality pitcher, he can’t be shipped back-and-forth between AAA, he needs to be replaced by a AAA-quality pitcher who can be. Generally speaking, such players are readily available to MLB club with as much prospect depth as the Twins.

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  5. bradthebluefish

    2 years ago

    Good FIP. Good SO/9. There’s talent here. Just needs some time and patience.

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    • wjf010

      2 years ago

      If he makes it to next year, he’ll dazzle you in may….by July, you’ll be ready for his next DFA.

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  6. CLKR

    2 years ago

    Ok Falvey, now it’s time to make a move!! Plenty of affordable relievers out there, time to show some urgency, our bullpen is dying.

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    • andy stocker

      2 years ago

      Need was 2 months ago, urgency was 4 weeks ago…if we are behind indians by deadline look for us to sell.

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  7. Ketch

    2 years ago

    Is Dave Dombrowski still alive?

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  8. Pablo

    2 years ago

    Pohlad sure is liking the money for DFAs. I guess it’s important for a billionaire to get a drop in the bucket even when it means jeopardizing something that makes us poor people happy.

    Just send the whole pen down and break taylor Rodgers and never fill the 40 man.

    They’ve had a weak pen but the moves have been weak without any true additions.

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  9. jeb39999

    2 years ago

    More cash yay!

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  10. HubertHumphrey

    2 years ago

    Would you say he gave up a “plethora” of free passes?

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    • Dag Gummit

      2 years ago

      plethora | ˈpleTHərə |
      noun
      1 (a plethora of) a large or excessive amount of (something): a plethora of committees and subcommittees.
      – New Oxford American Dictionary
      _____

      Given that definition and the (negative) effect Magill’s BB-rate has had on his success, it most certainly would be appropriate to say, “He gave up a plethora of free passes.”

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      • Wordswurth

        2 years ago

        Well that was a plethora of information! (Sorry, couldn’t leave that hanging curve ball alone)

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  11. Greyhawk

    2 years ago

    Dipoto grabbing another dart, putting on the blindfold and chucking it at the board. Only 50 more tries until the odds are in his favor that he’ll eventually hit the bullseye.

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