Ken Giles has saved 115 careers in MLB over seven seasons. (Getty)
The Mariners added another reliever, just not now. A baseball source confirms that Mariners have a deal with reliever Ken Giles over a multi-year deal. The 30-year-old right-hand man underwent a Tommy John operation in October and it is unlikely to be in 2021.
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Giles is coming off an injury-shortened 2020 season, where he played just four games for the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing four runs.
In 2019, Giles posted a 1.87 ERA with Toronto while earning 23 savings. Giles, who was a power pitcher, ranked in the 98th percentile in pass and soar percentages in 2019, as well as the 94th percentile in speed, with a fast ball that averaged 97.4 km / h and could touch 100.
The signing continues with a trend toward speed in the Mariners bullpen by general manager Jerry Dipoto, who acquired Andrés Muñoz of the Padres by the 2020 deadline. Kendall Graveman signed again shortly after the season ended, and on December for Rafael Montero of the Rangers traded. 15, and Keynan Middleton signed on December 16th. The group has more in common than speed, as all four lighters also underwent surgery by Tommy John.
The return of Tommy John surgeries usually falls in the range of 14 to 16 months, and the results in the past year have been largely good. Although there was controversy over the notion that throwers could gain speed quickly after surgery – Dr. Lewis Yocum, who worked with Dr. Frank Jobe, who was the pioneer in surgery, believed that jars were often used before surgery. lacked. which gives the illusion of velocity increase – many times back to form.
Dipoto did not shy away from pitcher that came from the operation, while Marco Gonzales and Taijuan Walker work back in Mariners uniforms.
Jerry Dipoto is not ashamed to run after the Tommy John guys. If Giles returns to form, it will be a very good thing for the Mariners. pic.twitter.com/eaHGhjMtfv
– Shannon Drayer (@shannondrayer) 12 February 2021
With the move, the 2022 bullpen may come in handy with the possibility of multiple lighting with an elite speed at the rear.
The deal with Giles is pending a physical deal to be completed early next week.
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