When recording the Lookout Landing podcast the other day, Joe Doyle casually dropped a hot take, suggesting that Andres Munoz, not Taylor Trammell, could be the headliner of that trade. It’s easy to see why. Muñoz is the lucky owner of a very special arm, one that can easily deliver triple-digit heat—a true 80-grade pitch. The Padres signed Muñoz out of Mexico in 2015, with a relatively sizable signing bonus of $800K, as he was already a) pitching professionally for the Mexico City Reds and b) comfortably in the mid-to-upper-90s and occasionally touching triple digits as a 17-year-old.
Andrés Muñoz: the 2022 Mariners Closer (maybe? We hope)
