Mariners re-sign Taylor Williams to minor league deal

The Mariners announced a number of off-roster Spring Training invitees this afternoon.Some of the people in the camp are rescuers Taylor Williams and catcher Brian O’Keeffemeaning that both signed minor league contracts to return to the organization.

Williams has played in 97 MLB games, split between four clubs. The right-hand man made it to the big leagues in Milwaukee and landed in Seattle for the 2020 campaign. He struck out 19 in 13 2/3 innings in his first month of the shortened season.As Seattle came out of playoff contention, they converted him to the Padres and won his then-prospect Matt BrushBlush quickly blossomed into a highly regarded talent and now appears to be an important part of the advancing Seattle relief force.

San Diego played just five games as Williams lost most of the 2021 season battling a knee injury. The Flyers fired him in September 2021, and after playing briefly with the Marlins and Giants organizations, he returned to the Mariners last summer via a minor league deal. The 31-year-old posted a 1.14 ERA in Triple-A Tacoma as he pitched 23 2/3 innings and scored a ground ball in his staggering 60% clip. He didn’t get an MLB appearance as the Mariners overloaded with bullpen depth, but he impressed the front office enough to get another crack this spring.

Seattle still has an excellent rescue team.off season trading Eric Swanson in the Theoscar Hernandez Deal removed one player from mix, but Seattle added player out of choice Trevor Gott on a free agency contract.he joins Paul Sewald, Andres Muñoz, Diego Castillo, penn murphy Blush as the virtual rock of the season opening group. mat festa He himself has no choice and will probably crack the roster, but one of them is Marco Gonzalez Also Chris Flexen Given the depth of Seattle’s rotation, it could play a long relief role if not traded before the opening. M’s also has offseason trade acquisitions Justin Topa and caught Taylor Saucedo Waivers from the Mets today.

It’s a deep collection of weapons.That is, like Williams and other off-roster invitees Casey Sadler, Nick Margevicius, rider ryan When Riley O’Brien You could struggle with your roster. Most of that group will likely start the season with the Rainiers. and other clubs through waivers.

O’Keeffe is a 29-year-old backstop who played two games for the M’s last year. He picked up a hit and a base in his first four MLB at-bats. A right-handed catcher, last year in Tacoma he hit 13 homers in 352 trips to the dish and batted .253/.330/.449.he joins Jacob Nottingham As an off-roster catcher with previous big league experience.in Seattle Cal Lawry When tom murphy As a catch duo of them, but there’s no additional depth to the 40 at this point.