It feels like just yesterday we were sitting down at the Thanksgiving table and yet here we are, just over a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting on February 11th. This year, as in past years, we will be previewing the Mariners’ 40-man roster with a series of brief profiles that we hope will serve as a resource to you for Spring Training (or as it’s also known, who’s that guy?) and beyond. At the time of this writing, the first week of January, the 40-man roster isn’t full, and Edwin Encarnación is still a Mariner, so we will adjust the series to reflect upcoming roster shuffles. After an off-season of heavy trading, the 2019 Mariners will look drastically different from the 2018 team. It is our humble hope that this year, in particular, the 40 in 40 series will help you pick out some new favorites among the sea of new faces donning the teal this season, or perhaps re-introduce some old friends in a new light. At the very least, the titles of some of these will serve as preternaturally perceptive (Zach’s profile of Edwin Díaz: “Can Sugar bounce back and become everything we thought he’d be?”), hilariously incorrect (John’s profile of Kyle Seager: “The Mariners’ steady hand will adjust, again”), or presciently sad (Isabelle’s “Gracias, Nelson Cruz”). Lay your bets now on which of these profiles will acquire the otherworldly glow of righteousness, and which will lay blackened and abandoned on the side of the road as 2019 speeds ever-further into the future.
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40 in 40: 2019
Previewing the Mariners’ 40-man roster in 2019
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March 5, 2019
40 in 40: Shed Long
Shed swiped right on baseball. Now, we wait for the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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February 28, 2019
40 in 40: Tim Beckham
Tim Beckham is a former No. 1 overall pick and is seen here wearing a backwards hat. It is unclear if anyone else has ever fit this criteria
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February 27, 2019
40 in 40: Edwin Encarnacion
Somehow, Mariners fans seem to have forgotten this three-time all-star is on their roster
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February 26, 2019
40 in 40: Yusei Kikuchi
The most exciting new Mariner — and, perhaps, a core piece of the next contending M’s team
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February 23, 2019
40 in 40: Dan Altavilla
Can the stocky stud fill the hole in the Mariners’ bullpen?
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February 22, 2019
40 in 40: Chasen Bradford
Chasen Bradford reprises his role as ‘Chasen Bradford’ in his second season with the Mariners
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February 20, 2019
40 in 40: Félix Hernández
Sometimes you win in baseball, but sometimes it hurts instead.
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February 19, 2019
40 in 40: Matt Festa
After an outstanding year in Double-A, Matt Festa is poised to make the leap into the major leagues in 2019.
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February 18, 2019
40 in 40: Justus Sheffield
Wisdom’s a gift but you’d trade it for youth. Age is an honor, it’s still not the truth.
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February 12, 2019
40 in 40: Jay Bruce
After an injury-plagued 2018, Jay Bruce hopes to bounce back with the Mariners.
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February 11, 2019
40 in 40: Shawn Armstrong
One of last offseason’s fliers looks to factor into the 2019 bullpen picture
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February 5, 2019
40 in 40: Wade LeBlanc
What do you get when you cross Jamie Moyer with The Dukes of Hazzard? Seattle Mariners pitcher Wade LeBlanc.
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January 30, 2019
40 in 40: Roenis Elías
You can go home again (home may not be actual home, terms and conditions apply)
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January 28, 2019
40 in 40: Ricardo Sanchez
The 21-year-old provides much-needed left-handed pitching depth to the organization