For Immediate Release

Thursday, November 12, 2015

MARINERS ACQUIRE RHP JOAQUIN BENOIT FROM SAN DIEGO

Minor leaguers Enyel De Los Santos (rhp) and Nelson Ward (inf) sent to Padres.
SEATTLE, Wash. Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today that the Mariners have acquired right-handed relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit (wah-KEEN behn-WAH)
from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Enyel De Los Santos and minor league
infielder Nelson Ward.
"Joaquin is a proven late game presence who brings both stability and impact to the back end of our bullpen, Dipoto said.
We value his experience, track record of durability and consistently high end performance."
Benoit, 38, was 6-5 with 2 saves and a 2.34 ERA (17 ER, 65.1 IP) in 67 relief appearances for the San Diego Padres in
2015. He posted a WHIP (walks + hits / innings pitched) of 0.90 last season, following a 0.77 WHIP in 2014. Opposing
hitters batted just .159 (36x226), and were held to a .242 on-base percentage while slugging just .305. Right-handers
were just .144/.250/.221 (15-for-104), the lowest batting average against of any NL pitcher to have faced 100+ righthanded batters.
The 6-foot-4, 250-pound right-hander is a veteran of 14 Major League seasons with Texas (2001-08), Tampa Bay (2010),
Detroit (2011-13) and San Diego (2014-15). He has a combined record of 54-42 with 50 saves and a 3.84 ERA (414 ER,
970.1 IP). For his career, Benoit has limited opposing hitters to a .223 batting average against, including a .214 mark by
left-handed hitters (.233 vs. RHH).
De Los Santos, 19, began his pro career by splitting last season between Rookie Peoria and Short-A Everett, going 6-0
with a 3.47 ERA (24 ER, 62.1 IP) in 13 starts. He combined to limit opponents to a .262 (61x233), while walking 18 and
striking out 71. He went 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA (7 ER, 24.2 IP) in 5 starts with the AZL Mariners before being promoted to
Everett on July 21 where he went 3-0 with a 4.06 ERA (17 ER, 37.2 IP) in 8 starts with the AquaSox. He averaged 10.0
strikeouts per 9.0 innings, including striking out a season-high 8 strikeouts in 4.1 innings on July 24 vs. Spokane.
Ward, 23, split the season between A Clinton and High-A Bakersfield, batting .278 (126x454) with 81 runs scored, 19
doubles, 13 triples, 9 home runs, 55 RBI, 4 HBP, 59 walks and 13 stolen bases in 122 games. He led all Mariners
farmhands, while finishing T4th among all minor league players, with 13 triples. He appeared in 46 games with Clinton,
batting .270 (44x163) with 27 runs scored, 7 doubles, 7 triples, 2 home runs, 16 RBI, 26 walks and 5 stolen bases before
being promoted to Bakersfield where he hit .282 (82x291) with 54 runs scored, 12 doubles, 6 triples, 7 home runs, 39 RBI,
4 HBP, 33 walks and 8 stolen bases in 76 games.
BENOITs PLAYING RECORD
YEAR

CLUB

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001

GCL Rangers
Savannah
Port Charlotte
Tulsa
Tulsa
Oklahoma
TEXAS
Oklahoma
TEXAS
Port Charlotte
Oklahoma
TEXAS
TEXAS
Frisco
Oklahoma
TEXAS
AZL Rangers
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
Frisco
Oklahoma
Durham
TAMPA BAY
DETROIT
DETROIT
DETROIT
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO

W-L

ERA

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

ER

HR

HB

BB

SO

WP

BK

3-3
4-3
7-4
4-4
1-0
9-5
0-0
8-4
4-5
0-0
2-1
8-5
3-5
0-0
0-1
4-4
0-0
1-1
7-4
3-2
0-0
1-0
0-1
1-2
4-3
5-3
4-1
4-2
6-5

2.05
3.82
5.31
3.83
3.32
4.19
10.80
3.56
5.31
0.00
3.82
5.49
5.68
0.00
5.40
3.72
0.00
4.86
2.85
5.00
16.20
0.00
2.79
1.34
2.95
3.68
2.01
1.49
2.34

10
15
22
16
4
24
1
16
17
1
6
25
28
1
3
32
1
56
70
44
3
2
8
63
66
73
66
53
67

10
15
22
16
4
24
1
16
13
1
6
17
15
1
1
9
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
24
11
2

44.0
80.0
105.0
82.1
21.2
131.0
5.0
98.2
84.2
5.0
33.0
105.0
103.0
2.0
5.0
87.0
2.0
79.2
82.0
45.0
1.2
3.0
9.2
60.1
61.0
71.0
67.0
54.1
65.1

40
79
117
73
23
113
8
74
91
1
28
99
113
0
4
69
0
68
68
40
4
1
8
30
47
59
47
28
36

14
41
67
40
8
63
6
42
51
0
17
67
67
0
3
39
0
49
28
28
3
0
3
10
22
31
15
10
17

10
34
62
35
8
61
6
39
50
0
14
64
65
0
3
36
0
43
26
25
3
0
3
9
20
29
15
9
17

0
8
5
6
1
14
3
8
6
0
3
23
19
0
1
9
0
5
6
6
0
0
2
6
5
14
5
3
7

1
3
11
4
1
4
0
7
5
0
2
3
8
0
1
2
0
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2

11
18
50
30
6
73
3
37
58
3
11
51
31
0
4
38
1
38
28
35
4
0
3
11
17
22
22
14
23

38
68
83
72
23
142
4
103
59
8
31
87
95
6
2
78
4
85
87
43
2
3
17
75
63
84
73
64
63

1
3
3
6
2
7
0
6
7
0
1
3
3
0
1
1
0
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
3
2

0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0

Minor Lg Totals

39-26

3.92

132

118

624.0

565

301

272

48

35

251

602

32

ML Totals

54-42

3.84

661

55

50

970.1

803

440

414

117

30

391

960

36

2002

2003
2004
2005

2006
2007
2008

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

more

BENOITs DIVISION SERIES RECORD

YEAR

CLUB, OPP

W-L

ERA

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

ER

HR

HB

BB

SO

WP

BK

2010
2011
2012
2013

TB vs. TEX
DET vs. NYY
DET vs. OAK
DET vs. OAK

1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0

0.00
2.45
6.00
5.40

3
2
3
3

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
2

3.2
3.2
3.0
3.1

0
4
4
3

0
1
2
2

0
1
2
2

0
1
1
0

0
0
0
1

0
1
1
1

3
6
2
4

0
0
1
0

0
0
0
0

1-0

3.29

11

13.2

11

17

DS Totals

BENOITs LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD

YEAR

CLUB, OPP

W-L

ERA

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

ER

HR

HB

BB

SO

WP

BK

2011
2012
2013

DET vs. TEX

DET vs. NYY
DET vs. BOS

0-0
0-0
0-0

0.00
0.00
7.71

3
1
3

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
1

4.0
0.2
2.1

0
1
4

0
0
2

0
0
2

0
0
1

0
0
0

2
0
0

3
0
4

0
0
0

0
0
0

0-0

2.57

7.0

LCS Totals

BENOITs WORLD SERIES RECORD

YEAR

CLUB, OPP

W-L

ERA

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

ER

HR

HB

BB

SO

WP

BK

2012

DET vs. SF

0-0

0.00

1.2

DE LOS SANTOS PLAYING RECORD

YEAR

CLUB

2015

AZL Mariners
Everett

W-L

ERA

GS

CG

SHO

SV

IP

ER

HR

HB

BB

SO

WP

BK

3-0
3-0

2.55
4.06

5
8

5
8

0
0

0
0

0
0

24.2
37.2

24
37

8
19

7
17

1
2

1
6

5
13

29
42

1
5

1
0

6-0

3.47

13

13

62.1

61

27

24

18

71

Minor Lg Totals

WARDs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR

CLUB

AVG

AB

TB

2B

3B

HR

RBI

SH

SF

HB

BB

SO

SB

CS

SLG

OBP

2014

Pulaski
Everett
Clinton
Clinton
Bakersfield

.350
.223
.232
.270
.282

11
31
18
46
76

40
94
56
163
291

6
12
8
27
54

14
21
13
44
82

22
31
20
71
127

3
2
3
7
12

1
1
2
7
6

1
2
0
2
7

8
11
3
16
39

1
0
2
3
8

0
1
1
0
1

0
1
0
0
4

4
16
4
26
33

7
17
10
41
83

5
3
3
5
8

1
3
3
4
3

.550
.330
.357
.436
.436

.409
.339
.279
.370
.362

.270

182

644

107

174

271

27

17

12

77

14

83

158

24

14

.421

.356

2015

Minor Lg Totals

# rehab assignment

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