Journeyman reliever Bass added as potential closer

The Marlins’ fortification and overhaul of their bullpen continues.

The Marlins have agreed to terms with journeyman right-handed relief pitcher Anthony Bass, a source confirmed Friday to the Miami Herald. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reported

The Marlins continued to fortify their bullpen by agreeing to terms with relief pitcher Anthony Bass. He will compete with Yimi Garcia to be the team’s closer.

the deal is for two years with a team option for 2023, making Bass the first player to receive a multiyear deal under new general manager Kim Ng.

The deal is pending a physical, and the Marlins will have to make a corresponding move to place

him on the 40-man roster once the deal is official.

Bass, 33, has a career 4.32 ERA over 217 career games in nine MLB seasons. The Marlins will be his fifth team in five years after being with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020, Seattle Mariners in 2019, Chicago

Cubs in 2018 and Texas Rangers in 2017.

Bass, who has primarily worked as a late-inning reliever the last few years, will most likely compete with Yimi Garcia to be the Marlins’ closer.

He converted seven of nine save opportunities for the Blue Jays in 2020 and five of 10 opportunities for the Mariners in 2019.

Bass made his MLB debut in 2011 with the San Diego Padres, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2008, and moved full-time to the bullpen in 2013 after starting 15 of 24 games in 2012. He played with the Houston Astros in 2014 and Rangers in 2015 before spending a year with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Jappan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League. In his four years.

Sports Grid’s Craig Mish was first to report the deal.

Over the past two years, Bass has moved toward the sinker as his go-to pitch. He threw it 54 percent of the time in 2020 (208 out of 385) and 48.2 percent of the time in 2019 (344 out of 714).

His secondary pitch is a slider that has a high