A few hours after Max Scherzer inked a three-year deal with the Mets, reigning American League Cy Young winner Robbie Ray and the Seattle Mariners agreed to a five-year, $115 million contract.

MMO’s Michael Mayer was first to report that the sides were nearing an agreement, with ESPN’s Jeff Passan sharing the details of the deal.

Ray had a phenomenal season with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2021 after years of showing promise with the Arizona Diamondbacks but not really being able to put it all together. Ray lead the American League with a 2.84 ERA, 248 strikeouts, 193 1/3 innings pitched, 154 ERA+, 1.045 WHIP, and his 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings is currently the best mark in MLB history according to Baseball Reference.

While the southpaw’s 32.1% strikeout rate from this past season is the highest its been since 2017 in Arizona (32.8%), this was the fourth time in the past five seasons it has eclipsed the 30.0% mark. The big key for him in an award-winning campaign? Finally getting his control…under control. Entering 2021, Ray had a career walk rate of 11.0%, which included a career-worst 17.9% mark in 2020. With Toronto, he cut that number all the way down to a career-best 6.7% rate. That was aided by a career-best 61.6% first-pitch strike rate, as well.

The Mariners aren’t done according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, as Seattle is currently looking at Javier Báez and Kris Bryant as the potential lockout looms.