Whenever I try to write down the Mariners’ projected bullpen for 2018, I always seem to forget one guy: James Pazos.
I’m not sure why. He was solid last year as a lefty reliever in his first season in Seattle. Pazos threw 53.2 innings to the tune of a 3.86 ERA. On paper, that seems all right. His numbers certainly weren’t spectacular -- he walks a lot of guys, which we’ll get to in a bit -- and he doesn’t have the kind of velocity that arms like Edwin Diaz possess (although he does throw in the mid-90s).