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- Updated: September 18, 2016
SEATTLE — He made the jump from Double-A Jackson to the Majors during the season, throws heat in the upper 90s and has been a big contributor to the Mariners’ bullpen already as a rookie. But, no, we’re not talking about closer Edwin Diaz this time.
Dan Altavilla, a stocky 24-year-old from Pennsylvania, has made his own mark on the Mariners in his short time since getting the call up in late August, with a 1.29 ERA in nine appearances and enough presence to already be getting some use in late-inning situations.
Altavilla has pitched so well that general manager Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servais informed him on Sunday morning that he will no longer be throwing in the Arizona Fall League this offseason as originally planned, due to the unexpected workload he’s carrying into late September with the big league club.
“I just had a meeting with Jerry and Servais and they said I’m not going to go,” Altavilla said prior to Sunday’s series finale with the Astros. “I’m just going to take it home after the season. Either way would have been good for me, but throwing regularly here, they just said there’s no real need to …
