A new face and a long-awaited friend have joined the Mariners 40-man roster in the past ~24 hours, and this is the point at which we could no longer evade discussing them. RHP Ruben Alaniz has been signed to what appears to be a major league minimum contract, and as a player with minor league options remaining, he will likely come into camp competing for a bullpen spot in Seattle or begin in Tacoma. OF Braden Bishop, by contrast, has grown up in the Mariners organization, and would’ve made his way to Tacoma last season were it not for a wayward fastball hitting his hand and concluding his year prematurely.
Mariners add millennials RHP Ruben Alaniz, OF Braden Bishop to 40-man roster
