One such name may be available to the Mariners after he was designated for assignment by the Arizona Diamondbacks, RHP Zack Godley. A 29-year-old pitcher, Godley has been nothing short of disastrous in 2019, posting a -0.1 fWAR in 27 appearances.
He also has a 6.39 ERA, a 5.28 FIP, a 4.14 BB/9, and is striking out just 6.87 batters per nine innings. He has, in short, not been an MLB quality pitcher this season. But with all these ugly numbers, why should Seattle be interested.
Well, there is a pretty basic principle for re-building teams that seems to work often: take a proven player coming off a bad year and see what you can do with him.