Mariners Complete Braves Trade By Shipping Tyler Pike To Atlanta

A few weeks ago, the Mariners and Atlanta Braves made a trade that sent Alex Jackson to the Southern United States, while Rob Whalen and Max Povse came to Seattle. However, that deal had one more piece to it, and that was a player to be named later would go to Atlanta with Jackson. The M’s have decided who that player will be. It is Tyler Pike.

At just twenty-two years of age, the Mariners (now Atlanta Braves) Tyler Pike already has a lot of minor league experience under his belt.

Over his five years of minor league experience, Pike’s numbers have fluctuated; more so as the talent he was facing grew harder.

In his first years of rookie and single-A ball, Pike was magnificent. He hurled the ball with mastery. In one hundred and sixty-one innings, Pike tossed one hundred and forty-seven K’s. He also managed to give up few hits, bringing his two-year H/9 total to 6.00.

Yet, as he rose up the ranks, Pike’s numbers took a drastic hit. The very next year in advanced-A and double-A ball, Pike’s ERA soared to 6.44. and his H/9 jumped to 9.2.

Over the past couple of years, though, the Mariners have become less uneasy as his numbers have slowly come back down to earth. In all, his H/9 is 7.6 and his ERA is 4.04 in one hundred and thirteen starts.

More from SoDo Mojo

• 2023 Steamer Projections: Teoscar Hernandez could see a drop in Seattle
• Could the Mariners Acquire AL Batting Champion, Luis Arraez?
• Steamer Projections: Julio Rodriguez to enter rarified air in 2023
• What if the Mariners traded FOR Tyler O’Neill this time?
• Mariners starting pitching is being overlooked by MLB

Pike have never been anything but a starter, which might come in handy for the Braves who gave the Mariners Whalen, a top starting pitcher prospect.

The Braves can look forward to Pike’s ability to be unstoppable every once in awhile. In his first two seasons, he had fifteen appearances without allowing a run including a five-inning no-hit bid against the Arizona League Padres in 2012.

Even during his rough patch, though, Pike had twenty-three quality starts from 2014-2016. and in sixteen of those starts, he didn’t surrender a single run. One of his career highlights was one of those games.

Pike and the M’s affiliate, the High Desert Mavericks, were battling the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Pike completely rocked the quacks, leaving them in shock as the left the field having not gotten a hit off of the Mariners left-hander.

Next: Mariners Rule 5 Draft Gains and Losses

The Braves may have gotten a great young talent in Pike, but the M’s can be at peace knowing that they now have two promising players in Povse and Whalen that will make immediate impacts in the Mariners lineup.