As the Slowest Offseason of All Time™ finally gave way to the 2018 Major League season last Thursday, organizations started assembling their rosters for the looming onset of the Minor League Baseball season.
All four of the Mariners four full-season minor league affiliates open their seasons Thursday night, and in advance of the season officially getting underway, we’re going to preview each of the M’s affiliate rosters. So far we’ve done the low-A club, the Clinton LumberKings; today we’ll look at the defending California League Champions, the Modesto Nuts.
The rotation in Modesto will have a completely new look in 2018, anchored by 26th-rounder/top Mariner pitching prospect/extremely Good Boy Ljay Newsome, winner of the terribly-named “60 ft.