In the next installment of the 2018 winter blockbuster MLB Hot Stove: The Great Deadening, the Mariners have claimed RHP Chase(n) Bradford off waivers from the Mets. Perhaps the most interesting thing about Bradford is his first name controversy. Fangraphs calls him “Chase,” Baseball-Reference calls him “Chasen,” and Wikipedia is Switzerland:
The Mariners’ 40-man roster was at 39, so this marks the first point this off-season the roster has been full. Progress! It also means that we won’t need to invent a player for the final 40 in 40 installment, which was something I was kind of looking forward to, alas.