Report: C Mitch Garver agrees to two-year, $24M deal with Mariners
Mitch Garver is shifting to Seattle, giving the Mariners one of many majors’ strongest catching conditions.
Garver agreed to a $24 million, two-year contract Sunday. An individual conversant in the deal confirmed the transfer to The Associated Press on situation of anonymity as a result of it was pending a bodily.
The 32-year-old Garver batted .270 with 19 homers and 50 RBIs in 87 video games for Texas this 12 months. He hit .226 with three homers and 14 RBIs in 14 postseason video games, serving to the Rangers win the World Series for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Cal Raleigh served as Seattle’s beginning catcher this season, and he set profession highs with 30 homers and 75 RBIs in 145 video games. Garver may step in because the crew’s designated hitter whereas backing up Raleigh behind the plate.
Seattle additionally has Seby Zavala, who was acquired in a commerce with Arizona in November.
The Mariners went 88-74 this 12 months, ending third within the AL West. It made the playoffs as a wild card in 2022 and superior to the AL Division Series earlier than it was swept by Houston.
Garver was chosen by Minnesota within the ninth spherical of the 2013 newbie draft out of the University of New Mexico. He made his large league debut with the Twins in 2017.
Garver is a .252 hitter with 82 homers and 228 RBIs in 451 profession large league video games. He had his finest season in 2019, when he batted .273 with 31 homers and 67 RBIs for Minnesota.
