Matt Brash was clinging to a roster spot with his teeth. Certainly his 2021 had been successful. So much so that he’d moved onto Top 100 lists heading into 2022 and ended up breaking camp with the Seattle Mariners as their fifth starter. That’s an incredible feat, but he was just two years removed from being a Player To Be Named Later, hardly a lock to have an extensive MLB career. No, his status as a PTBNL was more fitting for his history as a fourth-round pick out of Niagara University. And while his debut in Chicago had gone well, his next few turns through the rotation had not, and on May 5 he found himself getting the rare double demotion: both to Triple-A, and a move to the bullpen.
40 in 40: The secret of Matt Brash’s success
