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Mariner PBO Jerry Dipoto and general manager Justin Hollander reportedly completed the Brendan Donovan trade in the Washington State Capitol while the Legislature honored the team: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7017969/2026/02/03/seattle-mariners-brendan-donovan-trade-state-senate/?unlocked_artic...

Williamson hit 1 HR in 295 MLB PAs and even when he increase his power he only hit 5 in two months in the hitters Paradise that is the PCL. 15 HR pace. Try on this comp for Ben Williamson: The Seattle Mariners acquired Brendan Donovan in a three-team trade that sent infielder Ben Williamson to Tamp...

Clever quote from the FanGraphs analysis of the Brendan Donovan trade:

It’s a classic case where a dime and four nickels are less useful to the Mariners than a quarter.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/another-fin ... team-swap/

Nice pickup, but what are the chances Cole Young or Colt Emerson outproduce Brendan Donovan this season? In 2027?

Seattle Sports' video interview with Jerry Dipoto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cukwh011mc

Keith Law of The Athletic ranks the Seattle farm system third behind those of the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers: The No. 1 system last year fell off a little bit in 2025 due to some departures (Cole Young and Logan Evans graduated; they traded Harry Ford, Jeter Martinez and Ashton Izzi) ...

Aaron Goldsmith and Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports with an interesting interview of Logan Gilbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_lB2FmVuM Can you summarize for those of us that don't want to watch a 26 minute interview? Thanks. The interview was wide-ranging but perhaps the two highlights we...

Aaron Goldsmith and Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports with an interesting interview of Logan Gilbert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_lB2FmVuM

ESPN's Top 100 prospect list released Tuesday includes five Seattle prospects although Lazaro Montes, Jonny Farmelo and Felnin Celestern fail to make the cut:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/476 ... jesus-made

With seven representatives, the Seattle Mariners have the most prospects on the recently released MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect list:

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mlb-clubs ... e-coverage

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026/top100/