Seattle Mariners minor league players

Ryan Isiah Bliss (born December 13, 1999) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Seattle Mariners organization. He played college baseball for the Auburn Tigers.

Bliss grew up in LaGrange, Georgia and attended Troup County High School. He hit 8 home runs and was named an All-American by Rawlings-Perfect Game as a senior.[1] Bliss was selected in the 30th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign with the team.[2]

Bliss played college baseball for the Auburn Tigers for three seasons. He became the team's starting shortstop as a freshman and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman team after batting .281 with 50 runs scored.[3] In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4] As a sophomore, he batted for a .377 average with a team-high 21 runs scored in 18 games before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5] Bliss was named a First team All-American by the NCBWA and second team All-SEC after batting .365 with 15 home runs, 14 doubles, and 45 RBIs in his junior season.[6]

Bliss was selected in the second round with the 42nd overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[7] He signed with the team on July 18, 2021, and received a $1.25 million bonus.[8] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks and was promoted to the Visalia Rawhide of the Low-A West after two games.[9] Over 39 games for the 2021 season, he batted .267 with six home runs, 24 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases.

On July 31, 2023, Bliss, Dominic Canzone, and Josh Rojas were traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Paul Sewald.[10]

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Jonatan Clase (born May 23, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Clase signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent in July 2018. He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Dominican Summer League Mariners.

On November 15, 2022, the Mariners added Clase to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[11] He was optioned to the High-A Everett AquaSox to begin the 2023 season.[12]

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Zachary Dixon DeLoach (born August 18, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization.

DeLoach grew up in Lewisville, Texas and attended Hebron High School. He played college baseball for the Texas A&M Aggies for three seasons. He started 61 games as a true freshman in 2018 and hit .264.[13] DeLoach played collegiate summer baseball for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League and was named a league All-Star after hitting .323 with five home runs, 17 doubles, 38 RBIs and 10 stolen bases.[14] He hit for a .200 average in his sophomore season.[15] After the 2019 season he played for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star and led the league with a .353 batting average.[16][17][18] As a junior in 2020, DeLoach batted .421 with six home runs, 17 RBIs, and 25 runs scored in 18 games before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[19]

DeLoach was selected in the second round by the Seattle Mariners in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[20] After signing, he was assigned to the Mariners' alternate training site as the minor league season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21] DeLoach began the 2021 season with the Everett AquaSox of the High-A West.[22] He was promoted to the Arkansas Travelers of the Double-A Central after batting .313 with nine home runs and 37 RBIs in 58 games with the AquaSox.[23] Over 49 games with the Travelers to end the season, he hit .227 with five home runs and 22 RBIs.[24] He played in the Arizona Fall League for the Peoria Javelinas after the season.[25]

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Taylor Joseph Dollard (born February 17, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Dollard attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, Los Angeles, California. As a junior in 2016, he went 2-4 with a 3.38 ERA over 12 appearances, and as a senior in 2017, he went 2-0 with a 1.43 ERA and 42 strikeouts over 29+1⁄3 innings.[26] He went unselected out of high school in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, and enrolled at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to play college baseball.

Dollard made 19 appearance as a freshman at Cal Poly in 2018 and posted a 2.43 ERA. In 2019, his sophomore year, he made 19 relief appearances and went 5-0 with a 2.89 ERA and 48 strikeouts over 43+2⁄3 innings.[27] After the 2019 season, Dollard played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League with for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.[28][29] He made four starts in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[30] Dollard was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball draft with the 137th overall selection.[31] He signed for $406,000.[32]

Dollard made his professional debut in 2021 with the Modesto Nuts and was promoted to the Everett AquaSox during the season.[33] Over 19 games (18 starts) between the two teams, he went 9-4 with a 5.14 ERA and 133 strikeouts over 105 innings. He played the 2022 season with the Arkansas Travelers.[34] Over 27 starts, he went 16-2 with a 2.25 ERA and 131 strikeouts over 144 innings.[35] He led the minor leagues in wins.[36]

To open the 2023 season, he was assigned to the Tacoma Rainers.[37] Dollard made only three starts for Tacoma, logging a 7.56 ERA across 8+1⁄3 innings, before he was placed on the injured list with a shoulder impingement on April 26.[38] On June 27, it was announced that Dollard would undergo labrum surgery and miss the remainder of the season.[39]

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Gabriel Jesús González (born January 4, 2004) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization.

González signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent in February 2021.[40] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mariners.

González started 2022 with the Arizona Complex League Mariners before being promoted to the Modesto Nuts. He started 2023 with Modesto and was promoted to the Everett AquaSox in July.[41][42]

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Ryan Austin Jensen (born November 23, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Fresno State University.[43][44][45]

Jensen attended Salinas High School in Salinas, California. In 2016, as a senior, he went 2–5 with a 2.75 ERA.[46] He was not drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, thus enrolling at Fresno State University. He struggled as a freshman in 2017 and as a sophomore in 2018, posting ERAs of 6.60 and 5.35, respectively.[47] He broke out as a junior in 2019, going 12–1 with a 2.88 ERA in 16 games and being named Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year.[48][49]

Jensen was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 27th overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[50][51][52] He signed with the Cubs for $2 million and was assigned to the Eugene Emeralds.[53][54][55] Over six starts, he compiled a 2.25 ERA, striking out 19 over 12 innings.[56] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[57] Jensen split the 2021 season between the South Bend Cubs and Tennessee Smokies, going 3–7 with a 4.16 ERA and ninety strikeouts over eighty innings.[58] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox after the season.[59]

Jensen was optioned to the Double-A Tennessee Smokies to begin the 2023 season.[60] In 30 games split between Tennessee and the Triple–A Iowa Cubs, he accumulated a 2–7 record and 5.77 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 53.0 innings of work.[61]

On August 8, 2023, Jensen was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.[62]

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Stephen James Kolek (born April 18, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Kolek attended Shepherd High School.[63] He played college baseball at Texas A&M from 2016 to 2018.[64] Kolek was drafted in the 11th round of the 2018 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[65] He was traded to the Seattle Mariners in April 2021.[66]

His brother is Tyler Kolek.[67]

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Lázaro Yosmel Montes (born October 22, 2004) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Montes signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent in January 2022.[68] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mariners.

Montes started 2023 with the Arizona Complex League Mariners before being promoted to the Modesto Nuts.[69]

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Robert Alexander Pérez Jr. (born June 26, 2000) is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Pérez Jr. signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent in July 2016.[70] He made his professional debut in 2017 with the Dominican Summer League Mariners and also played with them in 2018. In 2019 he played with the Arizona League Mariners, Everett AquaSox and Tacoma Rainiers.[71]

Pérez Jr. did not play in 2020 due to the Minor League Baseball season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in 2021 to play for the Modesto Nuts. He started 2022 with Modesto before being promoted to the Everett AquaSox.[72] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.

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Kaden James Polcovich (born February 21, 1999) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Polcovich attended Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. After his junior year 2016 in which he batted .321 with 26 RBIs, he committed to play college baseball at the University of Kentucky.[73] Polcovich went unselected in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, and enrolled at Kentucky.

Polcovich was dismissed from the Kentucky baseball team during the first semester of his freshman year, and thus did not make an appearance for them.[74][75] He left Kentucky, and then enrolled at Northwest Florida State College where he hit .280 with three home runs, 18 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases over forty games as a freshman in 2018 while then batting .273 with 12 home runs and 38 RBIs over 53 games as a sophomore in 2019.[76] After his sophomore year in 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[77][78][79] He also transferred to Oklahoma State University.[80] As a junior at Oklahoma State in 2020, he batted .344 with two home runs over 21 games before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[81] He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the third round (78th overall) of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft and signed.[82][83][84]

Polcovich made his professional debut in 2021 with the Everett AquaSox of the High-A West with whom he batted .271/.415/.505 with ten home runs, 47 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases over 58 games.[85] He was promoted to the Arkansas Travelers of the Double-A South in late July, slashing .133/.242/.211 with two home runs, 14 RBIs, and four doubles over 36 games to end the season.[86] He returned to Arkansas for the 2022 season.[87] Over 118 games, he batted .242/.345/.386 with 12 home runs, sixty RBIs, and 18 stolen bases.[88]

Polcovich's father, Kevin played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1997 and 1998.[89]

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Alberto Rodríguez (born October 6, 2000) is a Dominican Republic professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.

Rodríguez signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent in 2017. After the 2020 season, the Blue Jays traded Rodríguez to the Seattle Mariners as the player to be named later in the trade for Taijuan Walker after the 2020 season.[90][91]

On November 18, 2021, the Mariners added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[92] In 2022, Rodríguez appeared in 119 games for the High-A Everett AquaSox, slashing .261/.336/.396 with 10 home runs and 46 RBI.

On January 17, 2023, Rodríguez was designated for assignment by Seattle following the acquisition of J. B. Bukauskas.[93] On January 24, Rodríguez cleared waivers and was sent outright to High-A Everett.[94]

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Jake Scheiner
Scheiner with the Crosscutters in 2017
Seattle Mariners – No. 72
infielder/outfielder
Born: (1995-08-13) August 13, 1995 San Mateo, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Jake Maxwell Scheiner (born August 13, 1995) is an American professional baseball infielder/outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Scheiner was born in San Mateo, California, to Jeff and Tani Scheiner, and his siblings are Sam and Sophie.[95] He attended Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, California.[96] He was First Team All-League in 2012 and 2013, and First Team All-Empire in 2014.[95] He was not drafted out of high school in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, and enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College where he played college baseball.

Scheiner redshirted as a freshman at Santa Rosa in 2015. In 2016, as a redshirt freshman, he hit .402/.486/.674 with eight home runs and 61 RBIs in 184 at bats over 47 games.[97] He was named Big 8 Most Valuable Player, NorCal Player of the Year, First Team All-American, and State Championship MVP.[98][95]

After the season, he transferred to the University of Houston. In 63 games, Scheiner slashed .346 (fourth in the American Athletic Conference)/.432(fourth)/.667(leading the conference) in 243 at-bats with fifty runs (second), 18 doubles (third), three triples (sixth), and 18 home runs, 64 RBIs, and 12 hit by pitch--all leading the conference, while playing shortstop, third base, and second base.[99] He was named American Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year,[100] and was a consensus All-American.[101]

After the season, Scheiner was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[102] He signed with the Phillies,[103] and was assigned to the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, batting .250 with 14 doubles (ninth in the league), four home runs, 19 RBIs, and seven hit by pitch (third) in 236 at-bats over 61 games.[104][105]

In 2018, Scheiner played for the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League,[106] where he hit .296/.372/.470 in 463 at-bats with thirty doubles (fifth in the league), five triples (seventh), 13 home runs, 67 RBIs (sixth), and 49 walks (fifth) in 122 games and was named a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star and Post-season All Star.[107][108][109][110][111] He began 2019 with the Clearwater Threshers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.

On June 2, 2019, Scheiner was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Jay Bruce and cash considerations.[112] He was assigned to the Modesto Nuts of the Class A-Advanced California League, with whom he finished the season. Over 119 games between Clearwater and Modesto, Scheiner slashed .266/.325/.451 with 16 home runs and 83 RBIs.[108] His .504 slugging percentage with Modesto was 9th in the league.[113]

Scheiner did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[114] He was assigned to the Arkansas Travelers of the Double-A Central for the 2021 season, where he slashed .253/.343/.456 with 74 runs (second in the league), 20 doubles (eiegth), 18 home runs (seventh), 60 RBIs (tenth), 47 walks (ninth), and nine hit by pitch (ninth), while leading the league with 133 strikeouts.[115][116] On May 23, 2021, he was named Texas Player of the Week.[108] In the field he played first base, third base, second base, right field, left field, and shortstop.[115][116]

He returned to Arkansas for the 2022 season.[87] Over 127 games and 477 at bats, Scheiner led the Texas League with 34 doubles and 105 RBIs, and batted .252/.356/.455 with 21 home runs (seventh in the league), 73 walks (fourth), and 9 sacrifice flies (second).[117][118] Defensively, he played first base, third base, and left field.[115]

Through 2022, in the minor leagues he had played 193 games at first base, 150 games at third base, 73 games in left field, 49 games at second base, 10 games in right field, 5 games at shortstop, and one game in center field.[119]

Scheiner began the 2023 season with the AAA Tacoma Rainiers.[119]

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