LL’s Top 50 Mariners Prospects 2019: #9 - Braden Bishop

Braden Bishop is hungry and ready for major league action.Welcome to the Top 10 of LL’s Top 50 Prospects of 2019! To date, we’ve covered prospects 50-10 in the system (you can catch up here). Today, we take a look at outfielder Braden Bishop, a player we can expect to see in Seattle at some point this season.

The story of Braden Bishop is the story of a player valued for his defense and speed, yet discounted because of his bat. Bishop has rejected this plot line as a trite retelling of a tale he has heard many times, and in which he has no interest in participating. Instead, he has wrestled the pen from baseball and is writing his own version of the story of a player working his way toward…