Mariners add Pollock to outfield mix (source)

The Mariners made a transfer to bolster their lineup Saturday by coming to a one-year, $7 million contract settlement with free-agent outfielder AJ Pollock, a supply informed MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The deal, which is pending a bodily, has not been confirmed by the membership.

Pollock, 35, slashed .245/.292/.389 over 527 plate appearances with the White Sox in 2022, hitting 14 dwelling runs with 56 RBIs. Those numbers had been a dropoff from his 2021 season with the Dodgers, when he slashed .297/.355/.536 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs in 422 plate appearances.

Pollock, who had a .935 OPS in opposition to lefties final 12 months, figures to start out in left subject for the Mariners in 2023, alongside American League Rookie of the Year Julio Rodríguez in middle subject and newcomer Teoscar Hernández in proper. Last month, the Mariners added second baseman Kolten Wong in a commerce with the Brewers, who received Seattle’s beginning left fielder in 2022 — Jesse Winker — and infielder Abraham Toro in return.

Pollock was an All-Star and Gold Glove winner in 2015 with the D-backs, who took him within the first spherical (seventeenth decide total) of the 2009 MLB Draft. He performed seven seasons (2012-18) with Arizona earlier than signing as a free agent with the Dodgers previous to the 2019 season. The Dodgers traded him to the White Sox in alternate for Craig Kimbrel simply previous to the 2022 season.