Seattle Mariners Trade For Veteran Reliever From Miami Marlins
The Seattle Mariners made their sixth trade in the last week on Tuesday and acquired right-handed reliever JT Chargois from the Miami Marlins for minor-league starter Will Schomberg, according to reports. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal was first with the report.
Mariners acquiring JT Chargois from Marlins, source tells @TheAthletic
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 30, 2024
The move is a bit of a reunion.
Chargois signed with the Mariners in 2021 after spending a year in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League and had a 3.00 ERA in 31 appearances for Seattle that season.
Chargois was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays on July 29, 2021, and was traded to the Marlins during the offseason in November 2022.
Chargois has a 1.62 ERA in 15 games this season with 12 strikeouts in 16.2 innings pitched.
According to a tweet from the Seattle Time's Adam Jude — Chargois specializes in sinkers and sliders. He throws his slider 41.5% of the time.
Chargois is throwing his slider 41.5% of the time, holding hitters to a .178 xba and a .271 xslg. I'd bet his slider usage goes way up with the Mariners ... https://t.co/ECTFWFQy0Y
— Adam Jude (@A_Jude) July 30, 2024
Schomberg had a 2.83 ERA across 19 starts with the Mariners' Low-A Modesto Nuts and High-A Everett AquaSox this season. He had 116 strikeouts in 92.1 innings pitched. Schomberg originally joined Seattle as an undrafted free agent in 2023 out of Davidson.
The Mariners were reportedly looking for one more bullpen arm before the 3 p.m. trade deadline and opted to go with some familiarity instead of any big-name reliever.
Chargois' pitching profile matches well with Seattle's philosophy and he will likely slide right back into the bullpen that has been worn thin over its last four games due to rare early pulls from its starters.
There was no report on when Chargois is expected to report to the team.
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