Caleb Fergusen is a mariner

[Atradees]

Is he a long reliever? Any good?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

4:19pm: Minor league right-hander Jeter Martinez is going to the Pirates in the trade, reports Adam Jude of the Seattle Times.

4:13pm: The Mariners are acquiring left-handed reliever Caleb Ferguson from the Pirates, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. He’s playing on a one-year, $3MM contract and is a free agent at season’s end.

Ferguson, 29, is in the midst of a strong season with Pittsburgh. He’s pitched 43 1/3 innings and logged a 3.74 ERA with a 19.3% strikeout rate and 8% walk rate. He’s allowed only one homer on the season and kept just under 50% of his opponents’ batted balls on the ground.

While Ferguson isn’t a flamethrower who misses bats in bunches — he’s averaging 94.1 mph on his four-seamer this season — he avoids hard contact better than any other reliever in the game. Ferguson’s 83.5 mph average exit velocity is the lowest of any pitcher in Major League Baseball (min. 40 innings). His 25.2% hard-hit rate is second, trailing only Padres standout lefty Adrian Morejon.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Sounds like a nice addition to the bullpen. This was very much needed, esp. a lefty.

 

[therealjohncarlson]

Seems kind of like a nobody but I guess its better than nothing

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Who did you expect them to get? Dude has giving up ONE home run the entire season. He has the 2nd lowest hard hit rate in baseball. Sounds like a nice LH addition. And a much needed one.

 

[Atradees]

If we can get Jhoan Duran to close this is perfect. Brash and Munoz will have some real help.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Duran is back to his usual self statistically this season with a 2.01 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 49.1 innings.

Dayum

 

[Hawk-Lock]

He’s probably a replacement for one of the backend guys like Legumina, Vargas or Thornton.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I like the move. Hoping for another Bat and a Starting Pitcher.

 

[sutz]

Sounds good. We've needed a leftie in the pen for a long time. Decent numbers, too.