Hopefully Canaan Smith-Njigba enjoyed what he saw from the Mariners in camp, because just a little over a week after Seattle claimed the powerful outfielder, they’ve DFA’d him to bring back a familiar face: 2019 Mariners third-rounder Levi Stoudt, a righty pitcher out of tiny Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
As a fast-moving college performer, Stoudt made it to Double-A Arkansas with Seattle in 2021 despite losing time to both Tommy John and the pandemic before being traded to the Reds as part of the Luis Castillo deal late in the 2022 season. Stoudt fits the more traditional model of the Mariners’ “Control the Zone” philosophy, not striking a ton out but also limiting free passes.