Bliss played college baseball for the Auburn Tigers for three seasons. He became the team's starting shortstop as a freshman and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman team after batting .281 with 50 runs scored.[3] In 2019,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4] As a sophomore,he batted for a .377 average with a team-high 21 runs scored in 18 games before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5] Bliss was named a First team All-American by the NCBWA and second team All-SEC after batting .365 with 15 home runs,14 doubles,and 45 RBIs in his junior season.[6]
Bliss began the 2024 season with the Triple–A Tacoma Rainiers,hitting .247/.382/.445 with seven home runs,35 RBI,and 28 stolen bases. On May 27,2024,Bliss was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[11]
Dollard made his professional debut in 2021 with the Modesto Nuts and was promoted to the Everett AquaSox during the season.[19] Over 19 games (18 starts) between the two teams, he went 9-4 with a 5.14 ERA and 133 strikeouts over 105 innings. He played the 2022 season with the Arkansas Travelers.[20] Over 27 starts, he went 16-2 with a 2.25 ERA and 131 strikeouts over 144 innings.[21] He led the minor leagues in wins.[22]
To open the 2023 season, he was assigned to the Tacoma Rainers.[23] Dollard made only three starts for Tacoma, logging a 7.56 ERA across 8+1⁄3 innings, before he was placed on the injured list with a shoulder impingement on April 26.[24] On June 27, it was announced that Dollard would undergo labrum surgery and miss the remainder of the season.[25]
Farmelo was selected 29th overall by the Seattle Mariners in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Mariners on July 17,2023 for an over-slot bonus of $3,200,000.[35][36] He joined the roster of the Modesto Nuts,Single-A affiliate of the Mariners,for the 2023 play-offs and played as an outfielder.[37]
Peete grew up in Tyrone,Georgia and attended Trinity Christian School.[43] As a junior,he racked up an average of .400 with 4 home runs,5 doubles,a triples &12 RBIs.[44] But prior to that however,he represented the Southeast Region team in the 2018 Little League World Series and batted .409.[45] He was named the 2023 Region 4-4A Player of the Year &2023 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team (Southeast) after his senior year when he batted .444 with 12 home runs,7 doubles,4 triples &36 RBIs.[46] Peete has committed to play baseball at Georgia Tech.[47]
Peete was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the Competitive Balance A Round,with the 30th overall selection,of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.[48] On July 18,2023,He signed with The Mariners to an over slot deal worth $2.5 million.[49] Peete started his professional career the same month with the ACL Mariners by playing 10 games and recorded with a batting average of .351 with 13 high &6 RBIs.[50] Later in the season,he was sent up to the Modesto Nuts &contributed with an batting average of .242 with 15 hits and 14 RBIs,including his first 2 home runs of his career. Both of which,resulted in grand slams.[51]
Polcovich was dismissed from the Kentucky baseball team during the first semester of his freshman year,and thus did not make an appearance for them.[57][58] He left Kentucky,and then enrolled at Northwest Florida State College where he hit .280 with three home runs,18 RBIs,and 13 stolen bases over forty games as a freshman in 2018 while then batting .273 with 12 home runs and 38 RBIs over 53 games as a sophomore in 2019.[59] After his sophomore year in 2019,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[60][61][62] He also transferred to Oklahoma State University.[63] As a junior at Oklahoma State in 2020,he batted .344 with two home runs over 21 games before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[64] He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the third round (78th overall) of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft and signed.[65][66][67]
Polcovich made his professional debut in 2021 with the Everett AquaSox of the High-A West with whom he batted .271/.415/.505 with ten home runs,47 RBIs,and 16 stolen bases over 58 games.[68] He was promoted to the Arkansas Travelers of the Double-A South in late July,slashing .133/.242/.211 with two home runs,14 RBIs,and four doubles over 36 games to end the season.[69] He returned to Arkansas for the 2022 season.[70] Over 118 games,he batted .242/.345/.386 with 12 home runs,sixty RBIs,and 18 stolen bases.[71]
On November 18,2021,the Mariners added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[75] In 2022,Rodríguez appeared in 119 games for the High-A Everett AquaSox,slashing .261/.336/.396 with 10 home runs and 46 RBI.
On January 17,2023,Rodríguez was designated for assignment by Seattle following the acquisition of J. B. Bukauskas.[76] On January 24,Rodríguez cleared waivers and was sent outright to High-A Everett.[77]
In Williamson's career he made First Team All-CAA three times (2021–2023),in the process becoming the first player in William &Mary's history to be named to the CAA's First Team for three straight years.[78] He also won the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 after having a .975 fielding percentage.[79] The 2023 season was the best for Williamson where he had a .391 batting average,and a .513 on base percentage,slugging 12 home runs,and 49 RBI's,while also stealing 14 bases.[80] For his performance on the year he was named CAA Player of the Year.[81] In 2023,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[82]
Williamson was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the second round,with the 57th overall selection,of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.[83][84] On July 14,2023,Williamson signed with the Mariners for an under slot deal worth $600,000.[85]
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