Seattle Mariners Depth Chart: rickroll part 2 (Relief Pitchers)

Here's the full relief pitching rickroll.  Introduction is here at SeattleSportsInsider.com.

	2014 age		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Thumbnail commentary
Danny Farquhar	27	RH	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA		Is he the closer? Well, he faced 89 batters in the 9th inning, and struck out 31 of them, with no HR. So far, so good.
Tom Wilhelmsen	30	RH	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA			Turns out he was still hard to hit. ISO and HR/9 were fine. But his walk rate and BABIP both zoomed up simultaneously after mid-June.
Charlie Furbush	28	LH	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA			We'll take 1.1 WAR (fangraphs) from a lefty middle relief guy.
Lucas Luetge	27	LH	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA			Still has silver bullets vs. LH, but righties OPS almost .900 against him.
Stephen Pryor	24	RH	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA		Limited to 7.1 IP by injuries, but they were a very tantalizing 7.1 IP.
Carter Capps	23	RH	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA		Like a bullpen Brandon Maurer, he just got tattooed (1.8 HR/9). It wasn't entirely bad luck, but we still believe he can figure it out. If not, there are a host of guys in line.
Yoervis Medina	25	RH	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA		Quite the escape artist. Managed to combine 5.3 BB/9 and 2.91 ERA. One of those numbers will change going forward, we just don't know which.
Chance Ruffin	25	RH	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA		Clearly, the club likes his potential, but the competition is going to be fierce. All these guys won't fit on the big club all at once.
Carson Smith	24	RH	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA	Had the best season of any reliever in the organization. 1.80 ERA; 1.00 WHIP; 71 K in 50.0 IP. Some will recall that Jeff Nelson was one of the most valuable players on both the 1995 & 2001 teams. Just sayin'.
Bobby LaFromboise	28	LH	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA	Bad fortune at the MLB level: 2.11 FIP, 5.91 ERA. A decent September callup helped. Has better splits than Luetge and could easily grab his spot.
Brian Moran	25	LH	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA	Of course, Moran might grab it first; he struck out every lefty in sight (48 K in 128 BF). But righties hit him hard at AAA.
Logan Bawcom	25	RH	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	FA	Solid late-inning guy who would stand out in a system that didn't have Farquhar, Pryor, Capps, Smith, Leone ...
Dominic Leone	22	RH	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	Yes, we told you about him first. Yes, he throws 95 with a 90 mph cutter. Yes, if he finds consistency he'll be awesome. Yes, he's zooming up everyone else's lists, but he won't have to zoom up ours.
Stephen Kohlscheen	25	RH	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	Tall righty made a plateau leap in 2013. He and Burgoon could get a look, but have we mentioned that it's going to be crowded?
Tyler Burgoon	25	RH	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	Eight inches (at least) shorter than Kohlscheen, but in the same boat. A strikeout artist trying to get noticed in a system full of them.
Kyle Hunter	25	LH	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	Do not be surprised if Hunter leaps over Luetge, LaFromboise and Moran to take a LH pen spot. He has a mix of pitches that hitters from both sides have trouble with.
Forrest Snow	25	RH	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	Snow has had a roller-coaster career, but settled in nicely on the Goon Squad bullpen with Smith, Burgoon, Kohlscheen and the like. Of course, they're all headed for the same on-ramp at the same time and somebody's not going to make in through.
Nick Hill	29	LH	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Arb3	If you've been around awhile you know Hill. A West Point grad, he combined his minor-league career with service as a 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army. Then injuries derailed him for two full years. He decided to make one more comeback, and didn't give up a single XBH to a LH hitter. Late-season callup to Tacoma indicates that there's still life in his career.
David Colvin	25	RH	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Colvin should have gotten a "plateau leap" writeup. After a very strong year in the High Desert pen, he could catch up with his peers who were at Jackson.
Seon Gi Kim	22	RH	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Arb2	Erratic to say the least, but when he's "on" he's really good.
Grady Wood	24	RH	HighA	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Arb1	Clinton was the one place where no one in the bullpen really made a mark, but Wood was the best of the bunch and has upside.
Jose Valdivia	22	RH	LowA	HighA	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Fully recovered from teenage Tommy John, Valdivia was close to unhittable at Everett (.148/.273/.194 slashline).
Emilio Pagan	23	RH	LowA	HighA	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	PreArb3	Only Smith and Farquhar ranked better on the Spectometer at being hard to hit.
Kevin McCoy	22	RH	SS-A	LowA	HighA	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	Only Smith, Farquhar and Pagan ranked better on the Spectometer at being hard to hit.
Paul Fry	22	LH	SS-A	LowA	HighA	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	Two small guys from Michigan: Goon Squad Burgoon and "Small" Fry. Both can bring the strikeouts, but LH Fry may have a better shot at making it all the way.
Leoncio Munoz	23	LH	SS-A	LowA	HighA	AA	AAA	PreArb1	PreArb2	And, finally, the unheralded lefty who came out of the woodwork to have one of the best lines of anyone (1.67 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 10.3 K/9).