Roster Fills Back Up

The Mariners added a whopping 10 players to their 40-man roster today, all from within the farm system. The roster now has 39 players on it. Today was the last day to protect players from the Rule 5 draft, hence the big surge today. Without further ado, the names:

• INF Alex Liddi
• OF Johermyn Chavez
• OF Carlos Peguero
• LHP Cesar Jimenez
• LHP Mauricio Robles
• RHP Maikel Cleto
• RHP Josh Lueke
• RHP Yoervis Medina
• RHP Michael Pineda
• RHP Tom Wilhelmsen

Many of them are not surprising. Pineda and Lueke are prospects, but definitely had to be added simply because they are candidates for the opening day roster. I won't be shocked to see Robles come up during the year at some point too.