Ryne Harper

Andrew Ahyim Aplin (born March 21, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners' Minor League Baseball organization. He attended Arizona State University, where he played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Aplin was born Suisun City, California, but lived in the Phoenix metropolitan area in the mid-1990s. When he was six, his family moved back to California. Aplin attended Vanden High School in Fairfield, California. After graduating, the New York Yankees selected Aplin in the 33rd round of the 2009 MLB draft. He did not sign, and instead enrolled at Arizona State University to play college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team.

The Houston Astros selected Aplin in the fifth round, with the 159th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB draft. He signed quickly, and made his professional debut for the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Pennsylvania League.

In 2013, Aplin played for the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League. Aplin began the 2014 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League. At the trade deadline, the Astros traded outfielder Austin Wates to the Miami Marlins, and promoted Aplin to the Class AAA Pacific Coast League to replace him. The Astros added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.

On May 24, 2017, the Astros traded Aplin to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later or cash considerations. He was designated for assignment on June 2, 2017.

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David Clemente Banuelos (born October 1, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners organization.

Banuelos attended Damien High School in La Verne, California, graduating in 2014. He then enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, and played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags. He became the Dirtbags' starting catcher as a sophomore in 2016. During the summer of 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League. In 2017, he was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America and one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award.

The Seattle Mariners selected him in the fifth round of the 2017 MLB draft. He signed with the Mariners, receiving a $300,000 signing bonus, and made his professional debut with the Everett AquaSox of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. In 2017, MLB.com ranked him the Mariners' #15 prospect.

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Braden Adam Bishop (born August 22, 1993) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Seattle Mariners organization. He is known for his abilities as a runner and on defense in center field.

Bishop was born in Woodland, California. His hometown is San Carlos, California. His parents are Randy (who owns a private investigation company) and Suzy Bishop (who ran track at UCLA and has been a movie producer and head of the Vancouver Film School in Canada), and he has a younger brother, Hunter (who is an outfielder for the Arizona State Sun Devils). Spurred by his mother Suzy's struggle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease starting at age 54, he has started a charity to spread awareness of the affliction known as “4Mom.”

He attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California. Bishop then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, where he played baseball for the Washington Huskies. In 2014, he batted .304/.394/.359 with 21 steals (leading the Pacific-12 Conference) in 24 attempts. In his senior year in college he was All-Pac-12, and selected to the All-Pac-12 Defensive Team.

Bishop was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 36th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of high school, and by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft out of college.

He played in 2015 for the Everett AquaSox of the Class A- Northwest League, batting .320 (second in the league)/.367/.393 with 13 steals in 16 attempts, and led the league with 12 HBP and 11 sacrifice hits. In August 2015 MLBPipeline.com ranked Bishop as the Mariners' #14 prospect. He was named Northwest League Player of the Week on August 24, 2015, a Northwest League Post-Season All Star, and an MILB.com organization All Star.

In 2016, Bishop played for the Clinton LumberKings of the Class A Midwest League, and the Bakersfield Blaze of the Class A+ California League, batted a combined .273/.338/.326 with 8 steals in 9 attempts, and was named an All Star with Bakersfield. MLBpipeline.com ranked him the #9 Mariners prospect.

In February 2017 MLB.com ranked him the #6 Mariners prospect, the best defensive player in the organization, and tied for the best runner in the organization. He began 2017 with the Modesto Nuts of the California League, batted .296/.385/.400 with 16 steals in 20 attempts and was the MVP in the mid-season California League All Star Game, and was promoted to the Arkansas Travelers of the Class AA Texas League. In July 2017 Baseball America ranked him the #7 2017 mid-season prospect of the Mariners. The Seattle Times named Bishop the Mariners' 2017 Player of the Year. He will play for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League in the fall of 2017.

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Ralston Alexander Cash (born August 20, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Cash attended Lakeview Academy in Georgia and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB Draft. He played in 2010 for the Ogden Raptors and the Arizona League Dodgers. Major hip surgery ended his season early and caused him to miss the entire 2011 season. He returned to action with the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League in 2012, where he was 1–6 with a 6.42 ERA in nine games. In 2013, also with Great Lakes, he was 4–3 with a 3.19 ERA in 16 games (eight starts). He transitioned to the bullpen in 2014 where he was in 29 games for the Loons and another six for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Double-A Southern League. He was 3–1 with a 2.90 ERA combined. In 2015, with the new AA affiliate, the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League he was 2–6 with a 3.47 ERA in a career high 49 games. After the season, he played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the league's Fall Stars Game. He returned to Tulsa to start the 2016 season. He was 5–3 with a 3.00 ERA in 29 appearances for the Drillers and was then promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he was 4–0 with a 2.62 ERA in 17 appearances. After the season, the Dodgers assigned Cash to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.

Cash announced on his Instagram page that he had been released by the Dodgers on August 14, 2017. Two days later he signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners.

Ralston Cash is the founder of the "Ralston Cash Foundation". Their mission is to help kids who have lost a parent to cancer in the previous year.

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Ryne Richard Harper (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Harper attended Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Tennessee and played college baseball at Austin Peay State. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 37th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and played in their organization until 2015. In December 2015, he was sent to the Seattle Mariners to complete an earlier trade for José Ramírez.

Harper was called up to the majors for the first time on May 28, 2017. He was outrighted on June 17, 2017.

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Marcus Chase Littlewood (born March 18, 1992) is a professional baseball player in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Littlewood was drafted in the 2nd round (67th overall) of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners. He signed with the club for $900,000 on August 17, 2010. Marcus was committed to play baseball with the Toreros at the University of San Diego as a shortstop before being drafted by the Mariners. He has since switched positions and became a catcher.

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Tyler Christian Marlette (born January 23, 1993) is a professional baseball catcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Marlette was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft out of Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida. He was committed to play college baseball at the University of Central Florida, but was given a $650,000 bonus to sign with the Mariners. He made his professional debut that season with the Pulaski Mariners, hitting .156 over 45 at bats in 12 games. He spent most of the 2012 season with Pulaski and played two games with the Everett AquaSox. He finished the year hitting .286/.306/.427 with five home runs over 213 at bats. In 2013, he played for the Clinton LumberKings. He hit .304/.367/.448 with six home runs over 270 at bats in 75 games. Prior to the 2014 season he was ranked by MLB.com as the 10th-best catching prospect in baseball.

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Seth Wayne Mejias-Brean (born April 5, 1991) is a professional baseball third baseman for the Seattle Mariners organization.

Mejias-Brean attended the University of Arizona, where he played college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats baseball team and was a member of the national champion 2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball team. He was selected by the Reds in the eighth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

In 2012, he was named a Pioneer League post-season All-Star. He was rated as the 17th-best prospect in the Reds organization prior to the 2013 season. He was traded to the Seattle Mariners on May 2, 2017.

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Ian Andrew Miller (born February 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Miller attended Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and played college baseball at Wagner College.

Miller was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 14th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Pulaski Mariners. In 2017, he reached the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers for the first time.

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Nicholas William Neidert (born November 20, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Neidert attended Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Mariners.

Neidert pitched 2016 with the Clinton LumberKings and started 2017 with the Modesto Nuts. In 2017, MLB.com rated him the Mariners' #2 prospect.

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Dario Pizzano (born April 25, 1991) is a minor league baseball left fielder currently in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Prior to playing professionally, he attended Malden Catholic High School in Malden, Massachusetts and then Columbia University, where he earned first team All-Ivy League honors each year he played with the team. At the time, he was one of only 21 players in the history of the game to be named to three All-Ivy League teams. In 2010, he hit .374 with a .426 on-base percentage and a .741 slugging percentage in 46 games, hitting 12 home runs and driving 36 runs in. He was named Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year and a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American that season. In 2011, he hit .359/.433/.654 with 9 home runs and 36 RBI in 43 games and in 2012, he hit .360/.457/.547 with 4 home runs and 36 RBI. He was named Ivy League Player of the Year that year.

He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft. With the Pulaski Mariners and Everett AquaSox that year, Pizzano hit .354/.442/.507 with 74 hits in 59 games, earning a spot on the Appalachian League Post-Season All-Star squad and the MiLB.com Organization All-Star team. He led the Appalachian League in batting average (.356) and on-base percentage (.442) that year. With the Clinton LumberKings in 2013, he hit .311/.392/.471 with 144 hits in 126 games and was named to the Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star team. He also hit 40 doubles, becoming the only minor leaguer since 2006 to hit 40 or more doubles and strike out 50 or fewer times in a campaign of at least 120 games played. He hit .244/.341/.404 with 100 hits in 116 games between the High Desert Mavericks and Jackson Generals in 2014.

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Peter Clem Tago (born July 5, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the first round (47th overall) of the 2010 Amateur Draft out of Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, CA. Although he signed in 2010, Tago did not play his first professional game until May 20, 2011.

Prior to the 2013 season, MLB named him the 17th-best prospect in the Rockies system. On December 11, 2014, he was selected in the Rule 5 Draft by the White Sox from the Rockies.

Tago signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners in November 2016.

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