Two Days Before Mariners First game

The players  are not only getting  ready

for the season or making the ball club

they swinging in the batting cage or

pitching on the mound for their taste of

action.

The Mariners have ten listed on their

40-man roster as outfielders.  Two of them

Dylan Moore  and Sam Haggerty will be

playing more infield  during training  camp. 

Moore  is expected to platoon  at  second  base 

during g the season  against lefties. Likely 

play some shortstop  as well and maybe third

base too.

You take those two away along with Taylor 

Trammell who is injured and won't participate 

in games during  spring training. Julio Rodriguez 

will be going to the World  Baseball  Classic  so

when he does leaves six outfielders. They have 

three nonroster players in camp to.

Jarred Kelenic  is expected to  be  the  starting 

left fielder when the season starts  so he will

see a lot of action there especially before Julio

leaves for the WBC. Teoscar Hernandez  is expected 

to be the regular  right fielder but will see action at

dh as well.  With the dh the outfielders should get

in a lot of at bats during  camp. 

AJ Pollock  is  expected to  start  in left field 

against lefties.  Depending on  how  he hits

against righties  he maybe  at dh as well.

Competing for  an extra outfielder spot is 

Cade Marlowe  and Cooper Hummel . It is

hard right now to know which or whether one

will get that spot. 

The starting lineup will be eight players not

counting the dh. The Mariners  won't likely 

have someone  dh all or most of the time.

They have a back up  catcher making it nine.

So there will be four bench players besides

the  catcher. AJ Pollock  and Dylan Moore  

are expected  to  be two of those players 

which leaves two left.  One could be Sam

Haggerty  who could fill in the infield or outfield.

Cooper Hummel  makes the team he would be

the extra outfielder  and  third catcher. This

be an edge for both players. Haggerty had  

a good season  last year so puts him in a good

position. 

The Mariners  signed veteran infielder Tommy 

La  Stella during the off-season  so he makes 

the team he would play  third and first. Also

second base as well. The Mariners like Cade

Marlowe  so he could be the extra outfielder 

off the bench. In this case he does make the

team he could dh some as well as the outfield.

Could see him play some right field when

Hernandez  is at dh. 

To see who ends up being on the bench will

be interesting.  Of course,  injuries during the

spring  may change  things. The Mariners 

could make a trade as well.  Go M's.