When you think “Mariners starting pitching prospects,” what comes to mind? Nick Neidart, winner of the organization’s 2017 Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year award — oh wait. Max Povse? Andrew Moore? Moore won 2016’s Minor League award, but do Moore or Povse even count as prospects any more? Sam Carlson is probably the most exciting, but he’s just 19.
What about the guy who won both 2014’s and 2015’s Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year award? What happened to him?
It turns out that sometime in 2016, the organization decided to turn him into a relief pitcher.