Seattle Mariners Pitchers and Catchers Report!

Mariners pitchers and catchers report today! That’s exciting news for baseball fans, especially for those of you that like Mariners pitchers and catchers! Perhaps only two of the reporting catchers are bringing bats, the rest will spend their entire Mariners careers shagging fly balls in the outfield in Arizona and catching bullpens, because all bats are for Jesus Montero, who is a designated hitter who owns a catcher’s mitt, so he’ll be asked to catch some bullpens also.

The Mariners have 35 pitchers and seven catchers reporting to camp. They’ll probably end up with Chris Gimenez back on the roster also. If they decided to comprise their entire 40 man roster of pitchers and catchers, they’d still at least have to cut Oliver Perez and Guillermo Quiroz to make it happen.

Fuck you Oliver Perez and Guillermo Quiroz!

This is my first attempt of the year (and the first time on this website) at rosterbation. Based on the list of camp invites, this is how I think that the roster will shake out. And the names after that are how I believe the team will look by the end of August (based on the Mariners being out of contention and sellers at the deadline).

I am going to project trades, but not partners, so the second list will be comprised entirely of Mariners also, though chances are if any big trades happened they’d include some MLB ready prospects.

“Hey you asshole, there are 26 guys on this roster!” –You

“That accounts for the possibility that the Mariners roll the season out with 11 pitchers on their roster instead of 12! Don’t call me an asshole!” –Me

Position	Opening Day	August 31
Catcher	Miguel Olivo	John Jaso
First Base	Justin Smoak	Justin Smoak
Second Base	Dustin Ackley	Dustin Ackley
Third Base	Chone Figgins	Kyle Seager
Shortstop	Brendan Ryan	Nick Franklin
Left Field	Mike Carp	Mike Carp
Center Field	Franklin Gutierrez	Franklin Gutierrez
Right Field	Ichiro Suzuki	Ichiro Suzuki
Designated Hitter	Jesus Montero	Jesus Montero
Bench	Kyle Seager	Casper Wells
Bench	Casper Wells	Alex Liddi
Bench	John Jaso	Adam Moore
Bench	Carlos Guillen	Trayvon Robinson
Bench	Luis Rodriguez	Vincent Catricala
Starting Pitcher 1	Felix Hernandez	Felix Hernandez
Starting Pitcher 2	Jason Vargas	Jason Vargas
Starting Pitcher 3	Hisashi Iwakuma	Danny Hultzen
Starting Pitcher 4	Kevin Millwood	Hector Noesi
Starting Pitcher 5	Blake Beavan	James Paxton
Closer	Brandon League	Tom Wilhelmsen
Setup	George Sherrill	Chance Ruffin
Relief Pitcher	Hong-Chih Kuo	Carter Capps
Relief Pitcher	Shawn Camp	Stephen Pryor
Relief Pitcher	Tom Wilhelmsen	Sean Henn
Relief Pitcher	Charlie Furbush	Charlie Furbush
Relief Pitcher	Cesar Jimenez	Cesar Jimenez

Baseball is almost here!