Mariners 25-Man Roster Ultimate Preview: Roster-Projected Bullpen

Sep 23, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Dan Altavilla (53) pitches in the eighth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. The Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 10-1. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 23, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Dan Altavilla (53) pitches in the eighth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. The Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 10-1. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 11, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Evan Scribner (58) pitches the ball against the Oakland Athletics during the seventh inning at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 11, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Evan Scribner (58) pitches the ball against the Oakland Athletics during the seventh inning at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

RHP- Evan Scribner

IP- 46   W- 3  L- 2   ERA- 3.68   WHIP- 1.22   K-51  WAR- .4

To be perfectly honest, I had no idea who Evan Scribner was until Dipoto pulled his magic and it was announced that he was coming to the Mariners.

With a shoutout to Lookout Landing for their 40 to 40 article on Scribner, I learned something about Scribner that I think is important for everyone to know.

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Scribner actually leads the Majors in a very important statistic. His strikeout to walk ratio is about 15:1 which leads the majors. Clayton Kershaw who is second on that list doesn’t even come close at 8.5:1.

Is it a fair comparison? Probably not seeing as Scribner has amassed only 160+ innings in his career, while Kershaw pitches more than that annually, but it’s still important.

However, similarly to Vincent, Scribner had a major problem with giving up home runs. In 2015, He gave up 14 home runs, even though in his 14 innings on the Mariners last year, he didn’t give up one homerun. Not only that, he didn’t give up any runs.

Scribner was downright magical with the Mariners.

14 innings, five hits, two walks, and 15 strikeouts. And oh yeah, did I already mention he didn’t give up one run.

As much as I would like to predict that he won’t give up one run this whole year either, I can’t do that, but, I am very encouraged by his showing last year, and I think his play this year will be critical to the Mariners success.