The MLB offseason has reached that point where teams are mostly focused on finding enough bodies to populate a spring training roster. The Seattle Mariners have been doing a bit of this in their own right, adding Patrick Wisdom on a minor league deal on Wednesday.
Elsewhere in the AL West, the Athletics are also at it. And on Wednesday, they picked up a name that will be familiar to Mariners fans: Cade Marlowe.
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The transaction was relayed by Darragh McDonald of MLB Trade Rumors, who notes that Marlowe has been assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas.