PEORIA, Ariz. — A dollar won’t buy many things anymore. It won’t get you a soda in most vending machines. With sales tax, it won’t buy you most things in a dollar store.
But for the Mariners, a dollar netted them a 25-year-old reliever with a fastball that can touch 99 mph and a slider that will buckle the knees of most right-handed hitters.
“I guess you could say we got Tony Zych for a buck,” Mariners assistant general manager Jeff Kingston said.
Position: Relief pitcher.
Bats/throws: Right/right.
Height, weight: 6-3, 190.