Mariners Officially Lose 36 Players to Free Agency

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ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - APRIL 25: Will Wilson #7 of the Seattle Mariners hits a solo home run, the first of his career, against the St. Louis Cardinals in the second inning at Busch Stadium on April 25, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Every year, five days after the World Series ends, players on minor league contracts in every MLB organization become free agents.

Specifically, the players whose contracts ended at the conclusion of the 2026 season — they hit the open market. And so each year, there’s a list of the players who are minor league free agents from a given organization — Baseball America helpfully compiles all that information in one place.

Most of the lists have some similarities — a few players who never climbed out of the low minors; a few veterans who were likely on one-year minor league contracts; and a couple of sort-of prospects who didn’t quite break through.

And then there’s the list of the Seattle Mariners this year.

They have 36 players from their organization entering free agency from the minor leagues, an astounding number.

Mariners Lose 36 Players to Minor League Free Agency

GettySEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JUNE 02: Patrick Wisdom #35 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates a run during the fourth inning against the New York Mets at T-Mobile Park on June 02, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

The list of Mariners who are entering minor league free agency, compiled by Baseball America, looks like this:

RHP William Armbruester
RHP Taylor Dollard
RHP Dane Dunning
RHP Scott Effross
RHP Carson Fulmer
RHP Nick Garcia
RHP Domingo González
RHP Ben Hernandez
RHP Nick Hull
RHP Nolan Kingham
RHP Conor Larkin
RHP Pedro Lemos
RHP Adam Leverett
RHP Gabe Mosser
RHP Jean Muñoz
RHP Adrián Quintana
RHP Houston Roth
RHP Troy Watson
RHP Simeon Woods Richardson
LHP Jhonathan Díaz
LHP Caleb Franzen
LHP Lael Lockhart
LHP Josh Simpson
C Jacob Nottingham
C Jakson Reetz
1B Patrick Wisdom
3B Andy Ibáñez
3B Luis Suisbel
3B Will Wilson
SS Axel Sánchez
SS Weston Wilson
OF Daniel Amaral
OF Stuart Fairchild
OF Connor Joe
OF César Quintas
OF Sammy Siani

There are certainly some familiar names there.

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GettyNEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 04: Stuart Fairchild #17 of the Cleveland Guardians prepares for a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

There’s a lot of big league experience on that list.

Just among the hitters, Nottingham and Reetz and Wisdom and Ibanez and both Will and Weston Wilson, and Fairchild and Joe — they’ve all either been promising prospects or legitimate big league ballplayers, at least for brief stints.

The pitcher list has a bit less of that, but Dane Dunning and Carson Fulmer and Simeon Woods Richardson fit a similar category.

In the end, the Mariners could still sign back some of these players if they like. They get to free agency a bit by default.

But even if Seattle doesn’t bring these guys back, it’s a reminder that there’ll be a lot of Mariners signings at some point — their minor league ranks need replenishing.