Last year, the Mariners weren’t very good. To be fair, for the past two decades, the Mariners haven’t been good. Their starting rotation was one of the better staffs in baseball, but they just didn’t have a complete roster. They had several offensive players flop, and their bullpen was the worst — literally, tied for the worst — in baseball. To improve their team in the easiest way possible, the Mariners chose the path of least resistance and completely overhauled their bullpen.
Kendall Graveman has been perhaps the most high-profile pitcher to join the Mariners bullpen.