The Mariners have returned Rule 5 selection Will Vest to the Tigers, the team announced.
The right-hander was selected by Seattle with the 12th overall pick in the Major League phase of the 2020 Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 10, 2020. He was designated for assignment back on July 12th, and now that no team claimed him, he will be returned to the Tigers for one half of the Rule 5 selection fee.
Vest, 26, actually saw a fair amount of playing time with the Mariners, appearing in 32 games and logging 35 innings with a 6.17 ERA/4.17 FIP. He had a 1.38 ERA through his first 12 outings, but things unraveled a bit from there as he allowed 22 earned runs in his next 22 innings.
The control and strikeout numbers aren’t all that encouraging, as a 11.5 percent walk rate is a decent tick above the 8.9 percent league average, and he has only struck out 17.3 percent of opponents, well below the league-average mark of 23.8 percent. Still, there’s enough there to be an interesting arm for the Tigers to take a look at now that he’s back in Detroit. Generally speaking, he did a nice job avoiding barrels and limiting hard contact with a 93.5 mph four-seamer, slider, and change-up.
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I looked up what this means. I wish I hadn’t.
This was a bit confusing for me lol I was like “how does a rule 5 pick vest?”
If you put in his contract that he needs to play 100 games between 2022 & 2023, and he does it, will the headline be “Will Vest option will vest”?
Or if it was in question at any point, “Will Will Vest vest?”
Kinda surprised they didn’t come up with a fake injury. Put on the IL then have do a rehab assignment. By then it’s September 1st and rosters expanded and poof he is all yours
Wow, looks like he just had like 3 bad outings. Otherwise his stats are pretty good. Thanks for giving him some playing time, Seattle. I guess that’s another way to develop your prospects.
Vest doesn’t have a high ceiling but could be a decent pen arm with a little more seasoning.
Welcome back. He will get called up soon. Losing pitchers left & right.