Yesterday the Mariners announced an interesting free-agent signing: RHP Jaime Schultz, a 14th-round pick by the Rays in 2013. What’s interesting about Schultz is he does this:
Hard-throwing relievers aren’t uncommon in MLB these days, but hard-throwing relievers who are also 5’9” are. Even less common are sub-six foot pitchers who aren’t hard throwers who also aren’t left-handed or wildly deceptive in some other way. The Mariners, though, firmly adhering to Short King Marcus Stroman’s edict of HDMH (Height Doesn’t Measure Heart), have a few of these unicorns in their stable of pitchers, and the short king of them all is Sam Delaplane.