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Marlins released RHP Ryan Cook.
Cook failed to carve out a spot on the Opening Day roster after agreeing to a minor league contract with Miami back in January. The 33-year-old right-hander has made just 19 appearances at the major league level since 2015. He is now a free agent and may struggle to latch on with a new team this summer.
Cook signed a minor-league contract with the Marlins on Tuesday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
Cook will make between $750,000 and $1 million if he makes the big-league roster. The 32-year-old spent last season pitching for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. In 224 career innings in the majors, he owns a solid 3.58 ERA, though his most recent successful season was all the way back in 2014, when he recorded a 3.42 ERA in 50 innings for Oakland.
Cook agreed to a one-year, $1.3 million contract with the Yomiuri Giants, the Japan Times reports.
Cook appeared in 19 games for the Mariners in 2018, logging a 5.29 ERA and 1.29 WHIP with 23 strikeouts in 17 innings of relief. At age 31, he may finish his career in Japan.
Cook was outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
Cook appeared in 19 games for the Mariners in 2018, logging a 5.29 ERA and 1.29 WHIP with 23 strikeouts in 17 innings of relief. In order to protect some of their younger minor-league prospects, the Mariners elected to send him off the 40-man roster as the offseason gets underway.
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