The Mariners signed veteran right-handed reliever to a minor league deal yesterday. The team never formally announced it, but Shaws signing appears and the righty pitched in last nights game for Triple-A Tacoma. Shaws return to the Mariners organization he also pitched for Seattle in 2020 didnt go particularly well. He retired only one of the five batters he faced, allowing a hit and three walks (one intentional) to the others. The 37-year-old right-hander had previously yielded five earned runs in 1 2/3 innings for the Reds top affiliate in Louisville before being cut loose. Shaw pitched only four big league innings last year, his fewest single-season total since making his Grayson Allen Jersey MLB debut with the Diamondbacks in 2011. Its been several years since his peak as an iron man in Clevelands bullpen, but the well-traveled Shaw was an effective middle reliever as recently as 2023 with the White Sox. He to sed 45 2/3 innings that year and recorded a respectable 4.14 ERA with a 21.1% strikeout rate and 8.9% walk rate. From 2013-17, Shaw tied lefty for the MLB lead among relievers at 358 2/3 innings. Shaws 378 total appearances during that time were by far the most in MLB. He wasnt just a rubber arm, either; in those 358 2/3 innings, Shaw logged a 3.11 ERA and ranked third among all relievers with 110 holds (in addition to nine rogue saves). Hes had more shaky seasons than good ones in the time since that peak run. It seems fair to presume that Shaws nearly unrivaled workload took some toll on his arm, but its worth noting that he still has only one appearance on the MLB injured list in his entire career: a three-week stint due to a calf strain with the Rockies in 2018. Royce O'Neale Jersey