The Mariners have signed right-hander Seth Frankoff to a minor league contract and assigned him to their alternate training site, per a club announcement. Seattle’s 60-man player pool now contains 59 players. Frankoff is repped by Vanguard Sports.
The 31-year-old Frankoff has just two Major League innings under his belt but is a veteran of eight minor league seasons and a pair of successful campaigns in the Korea Baseball Organization. Frankoff spent the past two seasons with the KBO’s Doosan Bears, pitching to a combined 3.68 ERA with 8.3 K/9, 2.9 BB/9 and 0.6 HR/9 in 266 2/3 frames (50 starts). He’d inked a minor league deal with the Padres over the winter but elected free agency last month after San Diego opted not to include him in its own 60-man pool.
Seattle currently has five relievers and starter Kendall Graveman on the injured list, so it’s not much of a surprise that they’ve been on the hunt for some extra depth. In addition to adding Frankoff, the club claimed right-hander Brady Lail off waivers from the White Sox yesterday.
He’s still trying to get into his second major league game.
I get that we don’t want to increase our payroll until next season but can we spend more than $20 on a RP? Our BP needs some serious help, not a AAAA journeyman
Since we are not really in win now mode, we don’t really need a bullpen. The guys we have are fine right now since they’re cheap.
Austin Adams was a waver claim last year and turned into a good closer. Spending blind money doesn’t always lead to success
Yeah, ask the Rockies how that worked out for them
The thing is though, we’d be actually competitive this year if we had a bullpen. I know we’re not ready yet but we have had so many games blown by relievers this year that if we had just 3 solid ones we’d be in so much better of a position for this year and next