The 2019 draft has come to a close, meaning there’s a clutch of new Mariners just waiting to become our favorites. The LL staff has combed through the draft tracker, done some perfunctory Googling, and are now ready to present the players to whom we swear fealty like Brienne of Tarth trudging around the frozen North pledging allegiance to various ungrateful Stark children. Since we wrote that topical lede, some of the picks have begun playing, and their affiliate will be noted. [John: RUDE. -Kate]
Last year’s picks are looking pretty good, with only Matthew and Kate having lost their adopted children: Kate’s Stanford engineering marvel Beau Branton retired from baseball after getting hit with pitches near-constantly in the California League, and Matthew’s swaggy son Josh Stowers became fellow swaggy son Shed Long in a trade with the Yankees, so we’ll call that one even.