Zoning in on Charlie Furbush

Save for Felix Hernandez, no player has been with the Mariners longer than Charlie Furbush. Acquired from the Tigers in 2011 trade that sent Doug Fister and David Pauley to Detroit, Furbush was something of an afterthought to some in a deal that also brought in prospect Francisco Martinez and Casper Wells. But since then, he’s proven to be an invaluable part of the bullpen–and clubhouse.

Furbush has a reputation as a character in the clubhouse, something even the fans have experienced through his weekly Bullpen Banter segments on the radio and the Mariners Podcast. But it hasn’t always been that way, as Joaquin Benoit, a teammate of his back in Detroit, recently noted when asked what a young…