SEATTLE, WA — Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Justin Hollander announced today the following roster moves:
· Ryan Bliss (#1), INF, selected from Triple-A Tacoma.
· Jorge Polanco, INF, placed on 10-day Injured List (right hamstring strain).
· Sam Haggerty, INF/OF, recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and placed on 60-day Injured List (torn right Achilles).
The Mariners 40-man, Major League roster remains full at 40 players.
From the Seattle Mariners:
Bliss, 24, will make his Major League debut when he first appears in a game. The 5-foot-7, 165-pound infielder has appeared in 50 games with Triple-A Tacoma this season, batting .247 (45×182) with 38 runs, 9 doubles, 3 triples, 7 home runs and 35 RBI, getting on base at a .382 clip and slugging .445 (.827 OPS). He is 28-for-34 in stolen base attempts so far this season, ranking 3rd in all of Minor League Baseball and 1st in Triple-A in stolen bases.
Since May 1, Bliss is batting .289 (24×83) with 18 runs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 15 RBI, 17 walks, 17 strikeouts and 14 stolen bases, getting on base at a .412 clip and slugging .482 (.894 OPS). Over his last 15 games since May 9, he is batting .304 (17×56) with 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 14 RBI and a .992 OPS.
Bliss is currently ranked as the Mariners №11 prospect by MLB Pipeline and the №15 overall prospect in the Mariners system by Baseball America. He started for the National League in the 2023 MLB All-Star Futures Game at T-Mobile Park, going 0-for-1 with 1 walk.
Bliss was born in Burbank, California and grew up in LaGrange, Georgia, the home of former Mariners outfielder and current Special Assignment Coordinator Mike Cameron. Bliss attended Auburn University (AL) where he was a National College Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American.
Bliss has appeared in parts of 4 minor league seasons in the Arizona (2021–23) and Seattle (2023-c) systems. He is a career .262 (344×1313) hitter, with 239 runs, 72 doubles, 15 triples, 46 home runs, 182 RBI and 127 stolen bases, getting on base at a .347 clip and slugging .445 (.791 OPS). He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft. He was acquired by the Mariners along with OF Dominic Canzone and INF Josh Rojas in exchange for RHP Paul Sewald on July 31, 2023.
Polanco, 30, left yesterday’s game with right hamstring tightness. He missed 7 games after leaving the game on May 13 vs. Kansas City with right hamstring tightness, before returning to the lineup on May 22 at New York-AL. Overall this season, Polanco is batting .195 (31×159) with 15 runs, 2 doubles, 5 home runs, 14 RBI and a .595 OPS in 46 games.
The 5-foot-11, 208-pound product of the Dominican Republic was named an American League All-Star in 2019 and has appeared in parts of 10 Major League seasons during his career. Overall, he is a career .265 (880×3315) hitter with 117 home runs, 461 RBI and a .771 OPS in 878 career games. He has appeared in 12 Postseason games, spanning 4 seasons in his career — most recently with the Twins in 2023.
Haggerty, 30, tore his right Achilles on an attempt at a leaping catch in center field on May 18 while with the Tacoma Rainiers. He was playing in just his second game back with the Rainiers after being optioned by Seattle on May 15.
He has appeared in 8 Major League games with Seattle, batting .067 (1×15) with 1 RBI, 1 walk and 1 stolen base. He has also appeared in 19 games with Triple-A Tacoma this season, batting .310 (22×71) with 8 runs, 2 doubles, 5 RBI, 7 stolen bases and a .726 OPS.
The switch-hitting infielder/outfielder has appeared in parts of 6 Major League seasons with New York-NL (2019) and Seattle (2020-c), batting .232 (98×422) with 67 runs, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 9 home runs, 40 RBI, 33 stolen bases and a .663 OPS. He made his Major League debut with the New York Mets on September 4, 2019 vs. Washington.
