The Mariners have released right-hander Christian Bergman from his minor league contract, as per Tacoma Rainiers broadcaster Mike Curto (Twitter link). Seattle signed Bergman in April, after the righty was released from a previous minor league deal with the Cubs during Spring Training.
Bergman, 31, didn’t have much success with Triple-A Tacoma, posting a 9.57 ERA over 26 1/3 innings, allowing a whopping 10 homers over that brief stint. Home runs have been a significant issue for Bergman throughout his career, with a 1.7 HR/9 over 215 2/3 Major League innings with the Rockies and Mariners from 2014-18. This left Bergman with little room for error in his control-heavy arsenal, which lacked a high-velocity fastball or the ability to miss many bats (career 5.4 K/9).
Keep cleaning up that awful bull pen. Jerry made a mistake thinking he could grab a bunch of other teams rejects and make a good BP. Hopefully he rethinks this and puts s better BP together next year.
It’s not a mistake, it’s a rebuilding year. You also need to realize that Strickland, Bautista, and Tui are all on the IL right now too
He actually HAS found some pieces that could be useful long-term that other teams gave up on. Brennan, Adams, Sadzec etc have a ton of upside. So kudos to Jerry for taking advantage of a rebuilding year to audition some guys other orgs aren’t willing to invest the time in.
And you can build bullpens in one offseason. If the Mariners feel they have a shot to be good next year they’ll invest there.
About time