Proper-hander Casey Lawrence is again with the Mariners — once more. The 2 sides have agreed to yet one more minor league pact, per the Mariners’ transaction log at MLB.com. Lawrence is represented by Large League Administration.
If and when the 37-year-old veteran makes his means again to the most important league roster, it’ll be his fourth stint with Seattle in 2025 alone. It’s been a wild 12 months for Lawrence, who re-signed with the Mariners as a minor league free agent over the winter. That is the third season by which he’s logged massive league time with the M’s, although his prior stints haven’t concerned such frequent rides on the DFA carousel.
Lawrence was claimed by the Blue Jays on the heels of his most up-to-date Mariners DFA, additionally marking the third season by which he’s suited up for Toronto. The Jays designated him after one lengthy reduction outing (2 2/3 innings, three runs allowed). He elected free company after passing via waivers and is now again within the Pacific Northwest.
Throughout his three stints with Seattle this season, Lawrence has pitched 10 innings and allowed 4 earned runs (3.60 ERA) on 14 hits and a stroll with 4 strikeouts. Coupled together with his lone look in Toronto, Lawrence has a 4.97 ERA on the season. He’s fanned simply 8.3% of the hitters he’s confronted but in addition has only a 1.7% stroll price. He’s additionally made a pair of begins with the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate, totaling 10 1/3 innings and holding opponents to 5 runs on 13 hits with an 8-to-3 Ok/BB ratio (18.2 Ok%, 6.8 BB%).
Lawrence spent your complete 2024 season within the rotation for the Mariners’ Tacoma affiliate as nicely, so regardless of the frequent DFAs — 4 occasions already in a six-week-old season — there’s most likely some stability with regard to his residing scenario. It could appear inconvenient to the participant and even callous on the floor, however Lawrence appears snug with an association that successfully renders him the forty first man on Seattle’s 40-man roster. Groups and gamers are sometimes up-front with each other in conditions like this one; it’s not as if Lawrence is being blindsided by the frequent elimination from the roster. The Mariners will doubtless proceed to shuttle him on and off the 40-man roster after they want size within the bullpen or a spot begin.
