Nick Vincent is not the sexiest name the Mariners could make available at the deadline. He doesn’t have tremendous stuff. He doesn’t throw 97 MPH. But what he is, is simply this; a rock solid middle relief pitcher.
Vincent would be considered surprisingly good by the average fan, sporting a career 2.89 ERA in 6 seasons with a career 9.4 K/9. He doesn’t walk guys (2.2 BB/9) and allows just over 1 base-runner per inning pitched (1.07 WHIP). Vincent is also cheap and under club control for 2 1/2 more years.
To gauge the value of Nick Vincent, I spoke to RedBird Rants contributor, Nathan Grime(follow him on twitter @nategrime), to see who he thought the Cardinals could part ways with to acquire the 30 year old reliever.