Getting DFA’d is a really weird situation -- being told you’re not good enough to play any more by an organization and then going out and pitching pretty well. Mariners' Austin Adams: Puts knee injury in past by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire Adams is back at 100 percent after undergoing knee surgery over … I like bringing him in with traffic. Adams had been working to return to full strength for the regular season after undergoing surgery on a torn ACL in September, but the team will give … He’s got a chance to strike anybody in the league out. He likes being out there. Since being acquired from the Nationals in May, he’s struck out 51 batters in 31 innings, a 14.9 strikeout per nine innings ratio that ranks third in club history for a reliever with at least 100 batters faced in a year.Adams posted a 3.77 ERA in his 29 outings for Seattle, a number that was inflated by a couple rough appearances before he went on the injured list in July with a right shoulder issue that led to a seven-week shutdown.“It’s meant a lot, just showing myself that I can compete at this level,” Adams said. All Rights Reserved. But he’s likely looking at June or July of next season before being ready to compete, which means missing likely the first half of the season.The only reliever with a higher strikeout rate has been Edwin Díaz at 15.33 per nine innings in 2016 and 15.22 in '18.Adams was designated for assignment by the Nationals before being traded to Seattle for Minor League pitcher Nick Wells and cash in one of general manager Jerry Dipoto’s numerous bullpen acquisitions.So despite the difficult ending, Adams views this season as a breakthrough in his career after finally getting an opportunity to show what he could do in the Major Leagues. Manager Scott Servais said that the team may have rushed the right-hander too much during camp. BALTIMORE -- When the Mariners look at which relievers they unearthed this season who could help headline the bullpen going forward, Austin Adams’ name leaps to mind. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc.Adams had been working to return to full strength for the regular season after undergoing surgery on a torn ACL in September, but the team will give him more time to recover rather than rushing him back into action.
But I feel bad for him. He’s had a nice year." That slider is really a wipeout. So it definitely helped my confidence, which is the biggest thing.”Adams will head to his offseason home in Tampa, Fla., spend the winter there, then join the Mariners in Arizona for Spring Training. In an interview with Greg Johns of MLB.com, Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto was able to report some news, both good and bad, on a few key contributors, reliever Austin Adams … “He’s got a special pitch. But the promising 28-year-old right-hander’s future was put on hold Sunday after learning he’ll need surgery to repair a torn ACL and meniscus in his left knee and will be sidelined the next 6-8 months.
It's unclear when Adams could make his debut this season, but he could pitch in higher-leverage situations when he's ready to return.Images by Getty Images and US Presswire© 2004-2020 CBS Interactive. He’s got the demeanor you like out of a reliever, no situation is really too big for him. BALTIMORE -- When the Mariners look at which relievers they unearthed this season who could help headline the bullpen going forward, Austin Adams’ name leaps to mind.
He’ll fight through it and go through the surgery and rehab, and we’ll get him back.
But the promising 28-year-old right-hander’s future was put on hold Sunday after learning he’ll need surgery to repair a torn ACL and meniscus“It’ll be a significant recovery,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. SEATTLE -- Nobody knows when Major League Baseball might resume, but in some good news out of the Mariners, general manager Jerry Dipoto said on Saturday that injured reliever Austin Adams is progressing well in his rehab from knee surgery and has a chance to be ready to go whenever games do get played. He really did nice things for us, and he will be back. “Even when I do struggle, [I am] throwing strikes and competing with the best in the world. He did a lot of good things for himself and for us this year.”Adams is Example A of a player who grabbed hold of the opportunity the Mariners provided to numerous contenders in their bullpen churn this season. Austin Adams profile page, biographical information, injury history and news Reliever Austin Adams won’t be available when the Mariners’ season kicks off Friday, as he’s still working back from the right knee surgery he underwent last September. "We're slow playing him a little bit," Servais said. “He’s pretty shook about it, as anybody would be. The Florida native has always had a big-time slider, but a high walk rate had limited his advancement until now.“When he’s been healthy, the strikeout numbers speak for themselves,” Servais said.