Mariners minors. Thread for interesting news and stats.

[Juliooooo]

Headline should have been “ A’s trade AJ for JJ Pleday today” opportunity missed

[rockycola]

Mariners signed Delino DeShields (son of Delino DeShields) to a minor league contract. A little more insurance for the outfield. Weakish bat, got speed, got defense.

By Mark Polishuk | March 19, 2023 at 4:53pm CDT

The Mariners have signed outfielder Delino DeShields to a minor league deal, according to the team’s official transactions page. DeShields last played in the big leagues in 2021, as a member of the Reds.

Seattle becomes the eighth different MLB organization of DeShields’ career, though he has seen official game action with only three of them, playing with Texas from 2015-19, Cleveland in 2020, and then Cincinnati in 2021. The outfielder was also briefly a member of the Red Sox in between stints with the Rangers and Reds in 2021, and he signed minor league contracts with the Marlins and Braves in 2022. DeShields spent the 2022 campaign with Triple-A Gwinnett, hitting .220/.367/.264 over 426 PA for Atlanta’s top affiliate.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/03/ ... tract.html

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... 3-03-19_br
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[GL_Storm]

DeShields isn't a very good player, but he's been able to make some money and log more than 5 years ML service time, and he's still young enough to keep pecking away at it. Better than working at Target I suppose.