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By Jackson Roberts
Contributing Sports Writer
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One of the Seattle Mariners' top attributes as an organization is constantly being able to replenish their pitching staff.
When the Mariners identify a minor-league arm they like, it's got the potential to burn the rest of the American League West, and also whichever team let that arm go. The Mariners' latest minor-league pickup could come back to haunt the Baltimore Orioles, specifically.
According to the official transactions log, the Mariners recently signed 27-year-old right-hander Houston Roth to a minor-league contract. The deal was signed on Friday, but did not appear on the log until Tuesday.
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Roth, who spent the majority of last season in Triple-A with some Double-A games sprinkled in, had a 2.96 ERA and 54 strikeouts in his 51 2/3 minor-league innings. He's almost always posted more strikeouts than innings pitched in each of his stints, and now sports 435 punchouts in 399 frames since the Orioles drafted him in the 29th round in 2019 -- the last season such a round even existed in the draft.
Roth definitely has a bit of a walk problem, however, which one might expect from a 27-year-old pitcher who has reached Triple-A in each of the last three seasons, but has yet to debut in the majors. He's issued 4.1 walks per nine innings throughout his minor-league career.
Coming into the season, Roth doesn't project to be someone the Mariners would call upon quickly if there were injuries in the bullpen. But if he builds on his strong campaign last year, which featured his lowest WHIP since 2019, he could emerge as a candidate to make that long-awaited debut.
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