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People last year were talking about RRS as a possible clubhouse leader type...the great down-under hope to fix the broken Mariner clubhouse and anchor the pitching staff.  People who know him think he's nails...a bulldog with a winning attitude and an outgoing friend-to-all personality to boot.  Could be a MAJOR asset to the Mariners going forward to the post-Griffey era.
I do like the Andy Pettitte family of pitchers as RRS's best fit comparison.  Pettitte is more effective against power hitting righties than RRS will be because his fastball has the cutting action (as you noted), but I'll take dirt cheap park neutral 4 FIP innings (in Safeco, he'll pitch better than Washburn...which as we saw this year with our outfield, could be a perfect storm situation some years), and he's under club control for at least three more seasons.