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Ryne Harper: The Boy Who Couldn’t Get Past Double-A

Back on December 4, 2015, sandwiched between sending Mark Trumbo packing for Baltimore and jettisoning fan favorites Carson Smith and Roenis Elias to Boston in return for veteran innings-eater Wade Miley, to nobody's surprise, the Mariners shipped unimpressive bullpen arm Jose Ramirez to Atlanta for a PTBNL. Exactly one week later, the player was named, and his name was Ryne Harper (before you look, no, that's not Bryan Harper, Bryce Harper's brother).

Harper, 27, was drafted back in 2011 in the 37th round out of Austin Peay State.