Seattle Mariners sign former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder
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The Seattle Mariners have signed former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Rob Refsnyder to a one-year contract.
The Mariners announced the signing of outfielder Rob Refsnyder to a one-year contract on Monday.
Welcome to Seattle, Rob! 👋 We've signed OF/1B Rob Refsnyder to a 1-year Major League contract through the 2026 season.
According to a report from Chris Cotillo of MassLive, it's a $6.25M deal with another $250K available in incentives.
Rob Refsnyder has a one-year, $6.25M deal with Seattle, source tells MassLive.
Refsnyder has been mostly a platoon player in his four-year tenure with the Red Sox
Refsnyder adds a potent right-handed platoon bat to Dan Wilson's outfield. He has teed off on left-handed pitching as a member of the Red Sox.
Refsnyder carries a .312/.407/.516 batting line with 19 home runs, 28 doubles and one triple across 509 plate appearances with the platoon advantage over the past four seasons.
He has a middling .235/.315/.355 slash in 435 trips to the dish against right-handers in that stretch.
It's a limited profile, but few players are better in the short side platoon role than Refsnyder is.
Among hitters with 400+ PAs against southpaws going back to 2022, only Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt have a better on-base percentage. Refsnyder is sixth in batting average and 16th in slugging.
He's seventh in OPS trailing Judge, Yordan Alvarez, Goldschmidt, Yandy Diaz, Jose Altuve and Ketel Marte.
Refsnyder came up as an infielder in the Yankees system. He has been a full-time outfielder since 2020 and has been exclusively in the corner outfield over the past two seasons.
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