Your cheat sheet to the 2019 Mariners

Who’s here, who’s gone, who’s on a minors deal, who plays third if Kyle Seager gets injured (hint: it’s you)

Sometimes at LL, we spend so much time tracking the day-to-day moves of the team that it’s valuable to take a step back and look at the whole picture. For others who take the off-season as an opportunity to step away from baseball and invest in other hobbies or things like “family time” or “work,” it can be jarring to come back to a team that’s been completely remodeled in the interim. However, pitchers and catchers report today, which means baseball is officially upon us, so here is a handy-dandy cheat sheet to get you quickly up to speed on who’s here, who’s gone, and all the other moves in between, with handy links to our recent writeups on them. We will keep this list updated throughout the spring, so check back early and often.

You can read detailed profiles about every player on the 40-man at our 40 in 40 series here. The current 40-man roster consists of:

Pitchers: Ruben Alaniz, Dan Altavilla, Shawn Armstrong, Gerson Bautista, Chasen Bradford, Brandon Brennan, Roenis Elias, Matt Festa, Cory Gearrin, Marco Gonzalez, Félix Hernández, Yusei Kikuchi, Mike Leake, Wade LeBlanc, Zac Rosscup, Nick Rumbelow, Ricardo Sanchez, Justus Sheffield, Hunter Strickland, Erik Swanson, Anthony Swarzak, Sam Tuivailala

Catchers: David Freitas, Omar Narváez

Infielders: Tim Beckham, J.P. Crawford, Joey Curletta, Dee Gordon, Ryon Healy, Shed Long, Dylan Moore, Kristopher Negrón, Kyle Seager, Daniel Vogelbach

Outfielders: Braden Bishop, Jay Bruce, Mitch Haniger, Domingo Santana, Mallex Smith

DH: Edwin Encarnación

Departures:

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James Paxton, LHP (Yankees)

Josh Stowers, OF (Yankees)

Robinson Canó, 2B (Mets)

Edwin Díaz, RHP (Mets)

Jean Segura, SS (Phillies)

Juan Nicasio, RHP (Phillies)

James Pazos, LHP (Phillies)

Ben Gamel, OF (Brewers)

Noah Zavolas, RHP (Brewers)

Chris Herrmann (claimed on waivers by HOU, later signed with OAK)

Mike Zunino, C (Rays)

Guillermo Heredia, OF (Rays)

Michael Plassmeyer, RHP (Rays)

Alex Colomé, RHP (White Sox)

Free agency departures (signings in parentheses):

RHP David Phelps (TOR), RHP Adam Warren, LHP Zach Duke (CIN), SS Andrew Romine (PHL), OF Cameron Maybin, DH Nelson Cruz (MIN), OF Denard Span, 2B Gordon Beckham (DET), RHP Nick Vincent, RHP Erasmo Ramirez (BOS), RHP Ryan Cook, RHP Justin Grimm (CLE)

Released to play in Japan:

RHP Casey Lawrence

Additions:

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Yusei Kikuchi, LHP (IFA)

Tim Beckham, SS (FA)

Cory Gearrin, RHP (FA)

Shed Long, INF (Yankees)

Hunter Strickland, RHP (FA)

Jay Bruce, OF (Mets)

Anthony Swarzak, RHP (Mets)

Gerson Bautista, RHP (Mets)

Jarred Kelenic, OF (Mets)

Justin Dunn, RHP (Mets)

J.P. Crawford, SS (Phillies)

Edwin Encarnación, DH/1B (Cleveland)

Brandon Brennan, RHP (Rule 5 Draft from COL)

Zac Rosscup, RHP (FA)

Domingo Santana, OF (Brewers)

Mallex Smith, CF (Rays)

Jake Fraley, OF (Rays)

Dylan Moore, INF (FA)

Ruben Alaniz, RHP (FA)

Justus Sheffield, LHP (Yankees)

Erik Swanson, RHP (Yankees)

Dom Thompson-Williams, OF (Yankees)

Ricardo Sánchez, LHP (cash considerations from ATL)

Omar Narváez, C (White Sox)

The 2019 Mallex Smith Memorial Mariner:

Carlos Santana, 1B (acquired from Philadelphia, flipped to Cleveland for EE)

Signed on a minors deal:

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Tayler Scott, RHP (AAA)

Tyler Danish, RHP (AAA)

Robin Leyer, RHP (AAA)

Nabil Crismatt, RHP (AAA)

Jorgan Cavanerio, RHP (AAA)

Tim Lopes, 2B (AAA)

Tito Polo, OF (AAA)

Orlando Calixte, SS (AAA)

Dustin Ackley, 2B (AAA)

Jose Lobaton, C (AAA)

Tommy Milone, LHP (AAA)

Austin Nola, C (AAA)

Ichiro Suzuki, OF (AAA)

Eliezer Mejia, LHP (DSL)

Alexander Capriata, C (most likely the bullpen catcher for Tacoma)

Aaron Knapp, OF (A+)

Harold Melenge, LHP (DSL)

Added to the 40-man:

Joey Curletta, 1B

Braden Bishop, CF

DFA’d, lost on waivers:

John Andreoli, OF (TEX SF)

Kaleb Cowart, INF/RHP (DET)

DFA’d, remains with organization:

Max Povse, RHP (AAA)