After a dominant 2023 where he led all of Major League Baseball in games pitched, Matt Brash seemed to be poised to take another step forward last year. Pairing once again with Andrés Muñoz, with Gregory Santos in the fold? Mariners fans were practically drooling at the possibility of a three-headed monster in the back of the bullpen, and as the mid-2010s Royals showed (did y’all realize that that triumvirate of Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and Greg Holland was a full decade ago? You’re welcome), that can get you pretty far.
Those hopes were sadly dashed before the could fully blossom, with Brash getting off to a slow ramp up in spring training before being shut down.