The Seattle Mariners tried really hard to sell Jose A. Ferrer as being totally worth giving up Harry Ford in a trade. Honestly, you could kind of tell they knew they had to distract everyone from how their prized new bullpen addition came with a career 4.48 ERA.
So, that's how it started. And here's how it's going: through three Cactus League appearances, the left-handed Ferrer has allowed five runs on five hits, two walks and a hit by pitch.
That's a 22.50 ERA, which makes this spring the exact opposite of Ferrer's spring experience with the Washington Nationals last year, when he had a 0.