Cory Gearrin might be fixed

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports when you might be fixedIt’s hard to imagine making a worse first impression than Cory Gearrin made to Mariners fans. He did kick off his Mariners career with three scoreless outings (he apparently pitched in the first Japan game, which I do not remember at all despite being there), his next two were capital-B Brutal. Thirty total pitches, seven strikes, five walks, and just one out recorded. To make matters even worse, he was slow, slower, and slowest on the mound; the only thing more unwatchable than a guy who can’t throw strikes is a guy who does so at a snail’s pace. Gearrin quickly drew comparisons to previous early-season relievers/Sporcle answers like Kameron Loe and Casey Fien, with many calling for his outright DFA. Reactionary as that may sound, it was an understandable sentiment in the face of his performance and one-year contract status - in fact, neither Loe nor Fien lasted longer than two weeks on the active roster.

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