For Immediate Release

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

MARINERS SIGN FREE AGENT RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER KEYNAN MIDDLETON

OF Phillip Ervin designated for assignment
SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today that the Mariners have signed right-handed pitcher Keynan Middleton to a Major League contract.

To make room on Seattle’s Major League, 40-man, roster, outfielder Phillip Ervin was designated for assignment.

After today’s roster moves, Seattle’s Major League, 40-man, roster remains full at 40 players.

Middleton, 27, appeared in 13 games with the Angels during the 2020 season, going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA (7 ER, 12.0 IP)
with 6 walks and 11 strikeouts. He has seen limited action since the start of 2018 season after undergoing Tommy John
Surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache on May 22, 2018. He spent the majority of the 2019 season on the Injured List
recovering from the procedure, before making his first appearance on Aug. 28 vs. Texas. In 2020, Middleton’s fastball
averaged 97.1 mph, while topping out at 99.6 mph. His 97.1 mph average fastball velocity was his highest in any season of
his 4-year Major League career.

Middleton is a life-long resident of the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Portland, OR and went on to play high school
baseball at Milwaukie High School, just south of Portland. He played college baseball at Lane Community College in
Eugene, OR, where he also played basketball, averaging 11 points and 4.6 rebounds per game as a shooting guard.

“I’m happy to come back home to the Pacific Northwest and play for the home team,” Middleton said.

Middleton was originally selected by the Angels in the third round of the of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Lane
Community College. He made his Major League debut with the Angels on May 5, 2017 vs. Houston. Overall, he has
appeared in parts of 4 Major League seasons with the Angels (2017-20), going 6-2 with a 3.48 ERA (37 ER, 95.2 IP) with
40 walks and 96 strikeouts.

Ervin, 28, was claimed off waivers from Cincinnati on Sept. 3 after being designated for assignment on Aug. 28. With the
Mariners, he hit .205 (8x39) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 4 RBI and 8 walks in 18 games. Overall, the 5-foot-10, 207-pound
outfielder hit .149 (11x74) with 10 runs, 1 HBP, 14 walks and 1 stolen base in 37 games between Cincinnati (19 G) and
Seattle (18 G) during the 2020 season.
Ervin was originally selected by the Reds with the 27th overall pick in the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Samford
(AL) University. He made his Major League debut with the Reds on April 22, 2017 vs. the Chicago Cubs. In parts of four
Major League seasons with the Reds (2017-20) and Mariners (2020), Ervin has hit .247 (145x586) with 75 runs scored, 26
doubles, 8 triples, 17 home runs, 68 RBI, 56 walks and 15 stolen bases in 237 career games. He has appeared defensively
at all three outfield positions throughout his Major League career: left field (115 G, 66 GS), right field (74 G, 42 GS) and
center field (45 G, 31 GS).

--statistics for both players appear on the following page--

 MIDDLETON’s PLAYING RECORD
YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2013 Orem 1-3 8.10 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.1 29 24 21 4 2 15 15 7
AZL Angels 0-0 6.35 4 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 4 4 0 0 3 5 0
2014 Orem 5-4 6.45 14 14 0 0 0 0 67.0 69 58 48 9 6 30 53 7
2015 Burlington 6-11 5.30 26 26 0 0 0 0 125.2 148 78 74 15 3 47 88 8
2016 Inland Empire 1-1 3.72 25 0 9 0 0 0 36.1 22 15 15 7 0 20 56 4
Arkansas 0-0 1.20 13 0 9 0 0 6 15.0 11 2 2 1 0 4 18 0
Salt Lake 0-1 4.91 8 0 4 0 0 2 14.2 14 8 8 1 0 4 14 1
2017 Salt Lake 0-0 2.84 10 0 6 0 0 2 12.2 11 5 4 0 1 4 8 0
LOS ANGELES-AL 6-1 3.86 64 0 17 0 0 3 58.1 60 25 25 11 0 18 63 2
2018 LOS ANGELES-AL 0-0 2.04 16 0 9 0 0 6 17.2 14 4 4 1 1 9 16 1
Salt Lake 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2019 AZL Angels 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Inland Empire 0-0 0.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
Salt Lake 0-0 2.08 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 0 0 3 5 0
LOS ANGELES-AL 0-0 1.17 11 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 1 1 0 0 7 6 1
2020 LOS ANGELES-AL 0-1 5.25 13 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 12 8 7 2 0 6 11 1
Minor League Totals 13-20 5.13 117 51 28 0 0 10 310.1 311 195 177 37 12 135 275 27
ML Totals 6-2 3.48 104 0 30 0 0 9 95.2 90 38 37 14 1 40 96 5

ERVIN’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP
2013 Dayton .349 12 43 7 15 20 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 8 10 2 1 .465 .451
Billings .326 34 129 27 42 77 9 1 8 29 0 0 3 17 24 12 0 .597 .416
2014 Dayton .237 132 498 68 118 187 34 7 7 68 0 10 7 46 110 30 5 .376 .305
2015 Pensacola .235 17 51 7 12 21 3 0 2 8 0 0 2 13 15 4 3 .412 .409
Daytona .242 109 405 68 98 152 18 0 12 63 1 7 9 53 83 30 7 .375 .338
2016 Pensacola .239 123 419 71 100 167 22 3 13 45 0 3 18 65 88 36 10 .399 .362
2017 CINCINNATI .259 28 58 8 15 26 2 0 3 10 1 0 1 4 15 4 1 .448 .317
Louisville .256 99 363 46 93 138 20 2 7 40 5 0 2 37 83 23 6 .380 .328
2018 CINCINNATI .252 78 218 27 55 88 10 1 7 31 0 4 5 20 60 6 1 .404 .324
Louisville .289 48 173 25 50 85 12 4 5 38 1 3 5 20 39 10 7 .491 .373
2019 CINCINNATI .271 94 236 30 64 110 11 7 7 23 0 2 4 18 63 4 3 .466 .331
Louisville .290 40 145 27 42 70 8 1 6 26 0 3 5 19 34 6 6 .483 .384
2020 CINCINNATI .086 19 35 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 1 0 .086 .238
SEATTLE .205 18 39 5 8 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 14 0 0 .282 .340
Minor Lg. Totals .256 614 2226 346 570 917 128 18 61 323 7 26 51 278 486 153 45 .412 .348
ML Totals .247 237 586 75 145 238 26 8 17 68 0 0 11 56 160 15 5 .406 .322

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