Padres add RHP Ty Adcock to bullpen on 1-year deal

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres' already deep bullpen mix just got a bit deeper.

On Thursday afternoon, the team announced that right-hander Ty Adcock has agreed to a one-year Major League deal with the club.

The 28-year-old has made 18 big league appearances across the past three seasons with the Mariners and Mets. He owns a 5.48 ERA, albeit in just 23 innings.

Adcock has spent most of the past two seasons pitching at Triple-A. Last year, he posted a 4.66 ERA at the Mets’ affiliate in Syracuse. Lately, however, he has impressed in the Dominican Winter League, pitching for Estrellas Orientales. He has allowed two earned runs over nine innings and 15 strikeouts to no walks.

With six openings on their 40-man roster (now down to five), the Padres felt it was worth banking on Adcock’s stuff. He sports a fastball that averaged 97 mph with a cutter in the low-to-mid 90s and a high-80s slider. With less than a year of service time, Adcock is still a couple years away from arbitration eligibility and is under team control for the foreseeable future.

Adcock joins a strong bullpen mix which already projects as one of the best in baseball. But right-hander Jason Adam might not return from quadriceps tendon surgery until after Opening Day. There’s also yet to be clarity on the possibility the Padres move a reliever into the rotation. Mason Miller and Adrian Morejon have been the big names mentioned. David Morgan is a possibility as well.

Wherever those pitchers end up, the signing of Adcock provides the Padres with further depth -- a valuable commodity in any bullpen.