Yesterday Christian Bergman took the mound, envisioned all the Texas Rangers as members of the Sacramento River Cats (a team which he utterly owns), and pitched seven shutout innings of baseball. Today he was rewarded for that feat by being optioned back to Tacoma, to again terrorize the PCL with his 2.92 FIP and 15.3% K/BB. Bergman will be back at some point, as he’s been Tacoma’s best and most reliable starter, and although the stuff isn’t extraordinary, he’s pretty much exactly what you want as an emergency spot starter. I just hope he’s around for dress-up day this year.
Mariners option ace pitcher Christian Bergman to Tacoma, call up reliever Ryan Cook, thumb nose in face of specter of injury
