And it seems we’ve seen the first of those tough decisions this afternoon, as the Mariners have reassigned left-handed pitcher Nick Margevicius and outfielder Braden Bishop to Triple-A Tacoma, bringing the number of bodies in their major league camp down to 51. Both players had a realistic path to break camp with the team, so this comes as a bit of a surprise given how fairly early on in the process Seattle still is.
Margevicius isn’t as much of a surprise as his hopes of making the MLB roster dwindled when the Mariners signed Taijuan Walker.