The Mariners have informed around 50 minor leaguers of their release, effective June 1st. Additionally, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, Seattle has instituted further cuts to pay for employees, this time focused on the non-Baseball Ops side. The Mariners committed recently to retaining all baseball operations staff (an easy way to remember who is Baseball Ops is who deals directly with people wearing uniforms, including analysts, video coordinators, and the like), but will be making cuts from departments like sales, guest services, game day staff, etc. The Mariners have also committed to paying their remaining minor leaguers their weekly $400 stipend through the remainder of the season in lieu of their salary—“remaining” being an important word here, as the organization has made a significant number of cuts to their minor-league ranks.
Mariners reportedly cut ~50 minor leaguers, commit to weekly $400 stipend for remaining MiLB players, add cuts to non-baseball ops staff
