After selecting three college catchers in last year’s draft, the Mariners waited until the 11th round of the 2019 Draft to select a backstop from this year’s crop of draftable talent, selecting C Carter Bins out of Fresno State University. Bins has been drafted before, back in 2016 when the Phillies used a 35th-round pick on him when he was coming out of high school.
A defensive-minded catcher, Bins’ defensive abilities reportedly rival those of any other receiver in this draft class with his bat being the only thing preventing him from having a productive professional career.