The Mariners will be on the clock at pick No. 24 and Joe Doyle of Overslot recently joined the 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast to discuss their plans.
The Seattle Mariners lost again on Friday night, dropping a 7-2 decision against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
On the heels of a 5-1 homestand, the Mariners are now 0-4 on a brutal six-game road trip through Florida, having been swept by the Miami Marlins and losing game one to the Rays.
The M's are now 47-48, under .500, and 1.5 games back of the Texas Rangers in the American League West.
They'll look to snap the losing streak on Saturday afternoon, but as they are trying to do that, M's brass will be helping find the next Mariners players in the MLB Draft, which begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. PT.
After picking Kade Anderson at No. 3 overall last year, the M's won't be on the clock until No. 24 this time around. We caught up with MLB Draft Insider Joe Doyle of OverSlot Baseball to talk about some of the names that could be available to them at that spot.
Texas Tech's Logan Hughes runs to first after an at-bat against Abilene Christian during a non-conference Division I baseball game, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at Rip Griffin Park. Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images"I think if the Seattle Mariners had it their way, they would have a college bat fall into their lap.
I think if Logan Hughes from Texas Tech is there, he's going to get serious consideration. He's going to move quick. He's a left-handed stick. He can play left field, right field, first base, DH. He's just a pure hitter, kind of in the same mold of a Josh Naylor.
I understand that the team already has a Josh Naylor, and I understand the team already has a Dominic Canzone and a Luke Raley and a Laz Montes. They have this demographic.
But at the end of the day, you want to draft the best player available. So I do think Logan Hughes out of Texas Tech is going to make a lot of sense.
But when I look at what the Mariners have done well over the course of the last, we'll call it 10 years, in this Jerry Dipoto/Scott Hunter era, when they pick deep in the draft, they lean on their ability to identify a pitcher that has untapped potential that they can transform into something more.
And this draft is deep in college pitching, and it's not top-heavy. So there's going to be college pitching available at pick 24.
I look at the Ole Miss names. I look at Cade Townsend. I look at Taylor Rabe. I think those would be two appealing guys in the war room for Seattle.
And if it's not those guys, maybe Seattle does try and draft a high school pitcher with the first pick instead of their second pick and gets a little creative with their second pick.
So I tend to think, in just asking around, that this is going to be a college pitcher just because it's where the meat of the talent will be, where they're selecting. But there's a few names to keep an eye on if it doesn't go that way."
We'll have live coverage of the MLB Draft featuring our own Teren Kowatsch, who will be live in the Mariners draft room.
Of note
The latest edition of the 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast is out, talking more about the Mariners at this point in the season, and we talk trade possibilities with ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney.
You can listen to the episode here, or you can watch in the YouTube player below.
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