Reports are now coming out fast and furious that the Mariners are going to sign right-handed reliever Anthony Bass to a Major League contract and will add him to their bullpen in the coming days.
If that name sounds familiar to you, Bass was a Seattle Mariners pitcher for slightly longer than Mallex Smith was with the club. He was acquired with Leonys Martin from the Texas Rangers but was granted his release just 6 weeks later to pursue an opportunity in Japan.
Bass returned to the states in 2017 and has gotten just 21 innings of work in the big leagues since then.