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2020 ADDITIONAL BIOS -- Austin Adams • RHP 24 Greg Allen • OF 57 Dan Altavilla • RHP 11 Jason Castro • C 52 Mike Clevinger • RHP 25 Tim Hill • LHP 3 Jorge Mateo • INF/OF 18 Mitch Moreland • 1B/DH 22 Austin Nola • C 47 Trevor Rosenthal • RHP 45 Taylor Williams • RHP AUSTIN ADAMS #63 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER AGE: 28, turns 29 on May 5 BORN: 05-05-91 in Tampa, FL BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 220 ML SERVICE: 1 Year, 15 Days OPTIONS REMAINING: 0 CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2020 ACQUIRED: In trade with Washington in exchange for Nick Wells (lhp) and cash considerations on May 4, 2019. ADAMS 2019: • Seattle Totals – Went 2-2 with 10 ADAMS’ CAREER HIGHS holds while posting a 3.77 ERA MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4 — 3 times, (13 ER, 31.0 IP) with 51 strikeouts last: 7/2/19 vs. STL and 14 walks in 29 appearances LOW-HIT GAME: None (2 starts) with the Mariners. LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 1 — 2 times, • Ouch – Underwent left ACL last: 9/15/19-active reconstruction surgery in Dallas, LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 2 — 7/3–9/7/19 performed by Dr. Daniel Cooper, on MOST INNINGS: 2.0 — 3 times, October 15…sustained the injury last: 9/7/19 at HOU on September 21 at Baltimore. • What a Relief – In 27 relief outings with Seattle, MOST K/9.0 IP AMONG posted a 3.07 ERA (10 ER, 29.1 IP) with 49 strikeouts and 12 walks…tallied at least 1 strikeout AL RELIEVERS IN 2019 in 23 of 27 relief appearances as a Mariner, (MIN. 100 BF) including 13 games with multiple strikeouts. • Ring ‘Em Up – Posted 15.03 strikeouts-per- Rk. Name K/9.0 IP 9.0-innings as a reliever (49 K, 29.1 IP), 3rd-best 1. Darwinzon Hernández-BOS ....16.46 among American League relievers (min. 100 BF)… 2. Matt Barnes-BOS .............15.39 trailed Darwinzon Hernández-BOS (16.46) and 3. Austin Adams-SEA.......... 15.03 4. Josh James-HOU .............14.77 Matt Barnes-BOS (15.39)…ranked ahead of Josh 5. Ken Giles-TOR ..................14.09 James-HOU (14.77) and Ken Giles-TOR (14.09). • Seattle Strikeout Rate – In 27 relief appearances with the Mariners, averaged 15.03 strikeouts-per-9.0-innings (49 K, 29.1 IP), 3rd-best by a Mariners reliever in single-season club history (min. 100 BF)…trails only Edwin Díaz in 2016 (15.33) and Díaz in 2018 (15.22). • On the Shelf – Placed on the 10-day Injured List with a right shoulder strain on July 6 (retro to 7/4)…made 4 appearances on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma, beginning Aug. 22…his rehab was transferred to Double-A Arkansas on Aug. 26, where he made 2 appearances…reinstated from the IL on September 1…missed 45 games. • Return – Had scoreless outings in each of his first 2 outings (1.2 IP) after being reinstated from the IL (9/1 at TEX and 9/5 at HOU)…allowed at least 1 run in each of his next 3 appearances (3.2 IP)…bounced back to work 2.1 scoreless innings over his next 3 games. • For Openers – Made 2 starts – including his first career start on June 6 vs. Houston – as an “opener”…on June 6 against the Astros, allowed 3 runs on 3 hits (1 home run) and 2 walks in 0.2 innings pitched…on June 9 at Los Angeles-AL, tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the 1st, striking out Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. • The Other Washington – Began the season in the Nationals organization…made 1 relief appearance for Washington (4/20 at MIA)…designated for assignment on April 30. • Welcome to Seattle – Acquired by the Mariners from the Nationals in exchange for minor leaguer Nick Wells (lhp) and cash considerations on May 4…optioned to Triple-A Tacoma, where he made 2 relief appearances (2.1 IP) before being recalled by Seattle on May 13. • Winner – Earned his first career win on July 2 vs. St. Louis…struck out all 4 batters faced (José Martínez, Paul DeJong, Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O’Neill) in 1.1 scoreless innings. • Do the Splits – Limited opposing left-handed batters to a .149 (7x47) average against while striking out 24 and walking only 5…limited opposing right-handed batters to a .200 (13x65) average against while striking out 29 and walking 11. • On the Road Again – Posted a 1.62 ERA (3 ER, 16.2 IP) in 16 outings (1 start) on the road. • Minor Details – Made 8 relief appearances for Triple-A Fresno (WAS), posting a record of 0-1 with 1 save and a 2.70 ERA (3 ER, 10.0 IP) with 20 strikeouts and 3 walks. 40 ADAMS (continued) PERSONAL: Austin Lance Adams…resides in Tampa, FL…attended the University of South Florida from 2010-12…helped the Bulls to their first Big East Championship final in 2012. CAREER: Selected by the Angels in the 8th round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of the University of South Florida…made his Major League debut with the Nationals on July 15, 2017 at Cincinnati…has appeared in parts of 3 Major League seasons with the Nationals (2017- 19) and Mariners (2019). 2012: Made his pro debut with Short-A Orem, where he recorded 4 saves in 24 relief outings. 2013: Was 2-1 with 1 save in 27 relief outings with Single-A Burlington…fanned 36 in 31.2 innings. ADAMS 2014: Named to the Cal League Midseason All-Star Team…in 42 relief outings with Single-A Inland Empire, was 3-2 with 1 save and a 3.79 ERA (25 ER, 59.1 IP) while striking out 80. 2015: Appeared at three levels of the Angels minor league system and did not allow a home run in 55.0 innings pitched…began the year with Single-A Inland Empire before being promoted to AA Arkansas, where he spent most of the season…posted a 2.95 ERA (12 ER, 36.2 IP) while striking out 49 in 27 appearances for the Travelers. 2016: Spent most of the season with AA Arkansas for the second year in a row…lowered his BB/9.0 IP ratio and WHIP from 2015…had a 3.05 ERA in 32 games with the Travelers. 2017: Began the season with AAA Syracuse but broke into the Majors with Washington… made his big league debut on July 15 at Cincinnati…recalled on Sept. 1 and allowed just 1 earned run in 5.0 innings over 5 games in the month…in 44 games with Syracuse, posted a 2.14 ERA (14 ER, 59.0 IP) while striking out 91. 2018: Appeared in 2 games with the Nationals from April 25-29; tossed 1.0 scoreless inning…spent most of the season with Triple-A Syracuse, going 1-4 with 9 saves and a 3.50 ERA (18 ER, 46.1 IP) with 78 strikeuts and 20 walks in 41 games…gave up just 1 home run. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None. AWARDS: None. ADAMS’ PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2012 Orem 0-1 5.96 24 0 0 0 4 25.2 22 20 17 4 4 15 30 6 0 2013 Burlington 2-1 3.98 27 0 0 0 1 31.2 25 17 14 0 1 17 36 14 0 2014 Inland Empire 3-2 3.79 42 0 0 0 1 59.1 27 28 25 3 10 53 80 14 2 2015 Inland Empire 2-1 2.45 9 0 0 0 0 14.2 10 5 4 0 2 7 21 3 0 Arkansas 1-1 2.95 27 0 0 0 1 36.2 22 13 12 0 2 31 49 8 1 Salt Lake 0-0 9.82 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 4 4 0 0 9 1 1 0 2016 Arkansas 0-1 3.05 32 0 0 0 4 41.1 29 14 14 2 3 24 61 4 0 AZL Angels 0-0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2017 Syracuse 6-2 2.14 44 0 0 0 5 59.0 44 22 14 2 4 37 91 9 0 WASHINGTON 0-0 3.60 6 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 2 0 1 8 10 1 0 2018 Syracuse 1-4 3.50 41 0 0 0 9 46.1 47 24 18 1 6 20 78 3 3 WASHINGTON 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2019 Fresno 0-1 2.70 8 0 0 0 1 10.0 7 4 3 0 0 3 20 4 0 WASHINGTON 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 Tacoma # 0-0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 SEATTLE 2-2 3.77 29 2 0 0 0 31.0 20 13 13 4 0 14 51 2 0 Arkansas # 1-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 Minor Lg Totals 16-14 3.34 265 0 0 0 26 340.0 236 152 126 12 32 218 482 66 6 ML Totals 2-2 3.79 38 2 0 0 0 38.0 25 18 16 4 2 27 63 5 0 ADAMS’ CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Los Angeles-AL in the 8th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft… signed by Angels scout Tom Kotchman.