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Mariners Outright Jake Bauers

By Steve Adams | October 27, 2021 at 2:36pm CDT

The Mariners announced Wednesday that first baseman/outfielder Jake Bauers has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Tacoma. He’ll be able to become a minor league free agent following the completion of the postseason, though Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reports that the Mariners hope to re-sign him to a minor league contract (Twitter link).

Bauers, 26, is a former seventh-round pick of the Padres who eventually hit his way into top-100 prospect territory in 2017-18. San Diego flipped him to the Rays as one of several players in the three-team Trea Turner blockbuster that sent Turner to D.C. back in 2014.’

After a half season of games in Tampa Bay, Bauers went to Cleveland in another three-team deal — this time the one that sent Yandy Diaz to Tampa Bay, Carlos Santana to Cleveland and Edwin Encarnacion to Seattle. Bauers appeared in parts of two seasons with Cleveland across three calendar years before being traded to the Mariners exchange for a player to be named later (righty Damon Casetta-Stubbs) earlier this season.

The Mariners were the fourth organization of Bauers’ career and the third for which he’s played at the MLB level. He posted just a .220/.297/.275 slash with Seattle, however, continuing the struggles he’s displayed throughout his big league tenure. Through 1126 plate appearances spread across three Major League seasons, Bauers is a .213/.307/.348 hitter with 27 home runs and an impressive 11.5 percent walk rate — but also a sub-part 26.4 percent strikeout rate. He’s posted better numbers in the minors, with similar slash lines at virtually every stop and a career .275/.361/.414 output in parts of seven seasons.

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  1. Fred Park

    10 months ago

    Makes sense to me.
    Guys like Bauers are easy enough to find. Hard to finally justify keeping in the show

    Reply
  2. bravesfan

    10 months ago

    Another former top prospect who seems to struggle..

    Reply
    • Fred Park

      10 months ago

      Right, bravesfan. Top prospects sometimes work out, sometimes don’t.
      Like everything else in baseball: some do, some don’t.
      Maybe it depends on who wants it more and is willing to work harder than everyone else. Can’t all be a Griffey, Jr,or Henry Aaron, who didn’t even have to work at it.
      The rest of us are mere mortals.

      Reply
      • bloomquist4hof

        10 months ago

        The majority top 100 prospects either don’t make it or end up non regulars. Even in the top 10 ranked prospects there’s plenty of busts. And that’s not even talking about pitchers.

        Reply
      • pt57

        9 months ago

        I think you’re underestimating the work required, even for Aaron anf Junior.

        Reply
        • Fred Park

          9 months ago

          Yeah, I know, pt57. I did that for effect.
          They did make it all seem so effortless.
          We have to admit that they really stood out.

  3. davidk1979

    10 months ago

    Awful ball player

    Reply
    • ksmurray

      10 months ago

      No he isn’t. He actually played good defense at both 1B and corner OF. He doesn’t look overmatched at the plate, he just hasn’t been able to turn the corner at the highest level.

      Reply
    • Lefebvre Pitch Guy

      10 months ago

      Yeah, when looking at his advanced batting metrics the only thing that stood out was his UTI (u-turn index).

      Reply
      • Mattimeo09

        9 months ago

        I didn’t expect to see a comment about Bauers’s UTI on MLBTR.

        Nasty

        Reply
  4. trussell

    10 months ago

    Wishing him the best

    Reply
  5. mike156

    10 months ago

    Hard to see the attraction after 1100+ PA’s. Not playing a skill fielding position, not special with the glove in his own, and doesn’t run particularly well. Someone will give him a chance, but three organizations into his career, he looks like the type of player that a 55 win per year team might take just to wish on.

    Reply
    • bloomquist4hof

      10 months ago

      He basically rode a little over half a year of not being terrible with Tampa Bay into a couple years of semi regular playing time. That and the projections from prospect hounds and scouts that he’d have an above average hit tool, add a few dingers and play enough defense to be a regular when he got into his prime. That hasn’t happened. You can see glimpses of that potential once in a while. I wouldn’t he shocked if he ended up being decent for someone but it’s not likely at this point. He’s more likely to be a regular DFA candidate for whichever team gives him a few PA once a 40 man crunch happens.

      Reply
    • compassrose

      10 months ago

      So Mike156 you are saying the Angels will be offering the guy a contract? Just have to beat Seattle’s vet min deal.

      Reply
    • solaris602

      10 months ago

      CLE gave him every opportunity to succeed because they really felt they struck gold when they landed him. His time with the Tribe was truly an epic fail no matter how you spin it. The fact that he made the Opening Day lineup was a shocker for me. Bauers is just another example of buyer beware for ANY player TB is willing to surrender. They knew he was a dud. 3 years later CLE and SEA have figured it out.

      Reply
  6. DarkSide830

    10 months ago

    shame they didnt give Witte a little look this year.

    Reply
    • bloomquist4hof

      10 months ago

      For a second I read White and wondered why you wrote that, then realized you wrote Witte who I didn’t even realize was a Mariner. There’s a reasonable chance he’d out play both White and Bauers if they all were given enough playing time.

      Reply
  7. Monkey’s Uncle

    10 months ago

    He must be spending too much time making State Farm commercials.

    Reply
    • Lefebvre Pitch Guy

      10 months ago

      Reply
      • mlbnyyfan

        10 months ago

        The Yankees should give him a minor league deal. He can’t do worse than Mike Ford

        Reply
  8. Matt_Angel_Bronco_Laker

    10 months ago

    Like quite a few other hitters, he’s a victim of the shift. Living in Seattle, I got to see him play quite a few times and he started going the other way with the ball towards the end of the year. He’ll catch on somewhere.

    Reply
  9. louwhitakerisahofer

    10 months ago

    Welcome to Pittsburgh, Jake. Seems like a perfect final destination.

    Reply
  10. Ron Tingley

    10 months ago

    TB scored Diaz and Sulser who they ended up waiving for Bauers. Nice

    Reply
    • Ron Tingley

      10 months ago

      Lol but I guess I missed they gave up Castillo and Meyers for him. Fail.

      Reply
    • Cgoss

      9 months ago

      Sulser was a nice pickup for the Orioles.

      Reply
  11. BuhnerBuzzCut

    10 months ago

    Teams clamoring for a first baseman who can’t hit are circling.

    Reply
  12. marinerfan

    9 months ago

    Clears out another spot on the 40-man roster, yes?

    Reply
  13. AJ Urlacher

    9 months ago

    He has skills. There’s just nothing extra ordinary about him. He could definitely be a late bloomer. He had great at bats all year but ALWAYS misses the big pitch to hit. Always. He’s a solid athlete and everybody on the team seems to love the guy

    Reply
    • Fred Park

      9 months ago

      AJ, that is exactly how I saw Jake Bauers.
      So what he may yet become still remains to be seen.
      That’s baseball. Ya gotta love it!

      Reply

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