SAN DIEGO, CA - JUNE 8: San Diego Padres draft picks, from left, Matt Brash, Logan Driscoll, Joshua Mears and C.J Abrams, stand at home plate before a baseball game. Brash is now a Seattle Mariners prospect. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
When the Seattle Mariners traded Taylor Williams to the San Diego Padres last season, Matt Brash was the player to be named later in that deal. PTBNLs aren’t always exciting and many probably assumed Brash was “just another prospect” that you would never hear about again.
Well, he’s been a lot better than we could have asked for.