The Mariners announced that right-hander Matt Andriese has cleared outright waivers and elected free agency. He’d been designated for assignment earlier this week.
The 32-year-old Andriese split this season between the Red Sox and M’s. He signed a one-year deal with Boston over the offseason but was released in August. Andriese landed a major league contract with Seattle not long after but was let go after just eight outings as a Mariner.
Andriese’s time with the Red Sox didn’t go as planned. While he started the season well, his performance dipped from May onwards and he finished his tenure there with just a 6.03 ERA across 37 1/3 innings. To his credit, he performed better during his brief look in Seattle. As a Mariner, Andriese tossed eleven innings of six-run (three earned) ball. He punched out twelve in that limited time while issuing just a pair of walks and racking up grounders on more than half the balls in play against him. That came in almost exclusively low-leverage outings, though, and Andriese wound up being the odd man out when the Mariners decided to bring up pitching prospect Matt Brash on Tuesday.
A seven-year veteran, Andriese has a fair amount of starting experience at the big league level. He’s worked in long relief over the past three seasons, although he was in consideration for a season-opening rotation job with Boston at one point. Clubs looking for depth in either the rotation or the bullpen could consider Andriese an option going into next season.
Thanks for teaching Whitlock how to properly throw a changeup, other than that? GL with continuing to pitch. Was cringe moment every time came to the mound from late april on.
He’s definitely a #5 starter who should do fantastic as a starting pitcher in the NPB or KBO. (More money in NPB)
Andriese will forever be remembered as the guy Cora brought into the July 3rd game against Oakland to protect a 2-run 12th inning lead.
Of course Andriese promptly gave up 3 hits and a Sac Fly, losing the game in record speed.
But as Cora would say, “It’s only one of 162 games … no big deal, not important at all”.
Anybody else think the Sox could have used that forfeited W right about now?
I’m sure you could pick out many games over the course of the season that slipped away from every team. To make it sound like this one particular game is the reason you are only ahead by 1 game in the wildcard and could have been the difference… really?
Guys like Andriese will bounce around from team to team. Bullpen’s are so volatile as is so someone will give him a shot
Especially with Covid still around, there will be plenty of emergency signings.
Look at all the washed up pitchers the Red Sox used this season, like Peacock.
IDK? If I were Andriese I’d probably stick with the M’s and see if they can work their magic like they have with Flexen, Graveman, Chargois, Steckenrider, Sewald, Sadler….they got a pretty good track record going this year!(minus Paxton, Middleton and Montero of course LOL)
Imagine if Montero had got cut a month or two before he did, like he should have. Longest leash ever and it might cost us dearly
“Free agency elects Matt Andriese”