Scott Servais sat at the dinner table with Nelson Cruz, Robinson Cano and Jean Segura in the Dominican Republic. Mariners new reliever, right-hander Juan Nicasio joined them.
The Mariners’ manager traded some pleasantries with Nicasio until getting down to business. And Servais was more than pleasantly surprised by the 31-year-old’s response.
“I threw out a, ‘Juan, glad to have you. Excited to get you in the bullpen,’ and this and that,” Servais recalled. “ ‘Just keep in mind we might need you to get some four- and five-out appearances.’ ”
Nicasio, according to Servais: “No problem.