From Langley, British Columbia, Brett Lawrie is one of the few Canadian Baseball players to be drafted in the First Round, though it was not the Canadian team that drafted him; that would be Milwaukee.  However, before he made it to the Brewers, he was a hot prospect who was traded straight up to Blue Jays for Pitcher Shawn Marcum.  The year after, Lawrie, who was converted to Third Base, made it to Toronto.

Lawrie’s first full season (2012) was his best in Baseball where he won the Platinum Glove and led all American League Third Basemen in Total Zone Runs.  Offensively, he had career-highs in Hits (135) and OPS (.729), and while he played two more years for the Jays, he never reached those heights offensively or defensively again.

Lawrie’s end in Toronto came when he was one of three players dealt for Josh Donaldson, and considering that Donaldson would be the league MVP shortly after, it was the right move for the Jays.

With Toronto, Lawrie had 345 Hits with a 5.7 Defensive bWAR.

Zach Eflin worked his way to become a decent Starting Pitcher with Philadelphia, but he never became a star in the Keystone State.  Earning free agency in 2023, Eflin signed with Tampa, where he had his best season in Major League Baseball, leading the NL in Wins (16) with a sixth-place finish for the American League Cy Young.

The season after, the faltering Rays traded the Pitcher to Baltimore, but his strong year on a team that consistently rotates talent lands Elfin on this list.

A college star at Florida State, Taylor Walls did nit have to travel far when the Tampa Bay Rays chose him with their Third Round pick in 2017.  A versatile infielder, Walls debuted for the Rays in 2021, and has provided top-level defense at Second Base, Third Base and Shortstop where needed.  A light hitter, Walls’ glove is what gets him in the game, and in 2022, he led the American League in Defensive bWAR (2.8), and was first in Total Zone Runs by a Shortstop (14) in 2024.

If Walls could get his OPS to at least .650, he would see considerably more playing time.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Seattle Mariners.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Mariners rocketed to a hits tart, but faltered in the second half and did not make the playoffs.  The season would still see three new entrants and some elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

You can find the entire list here.

Outfielder Julio Rodriguez rocketed up from #35 to #20.

Shortstop J.P. Crawford moved to #26 from #31.

Pitcher Logan Gilbert is the highest debut at #37.

Catcher Cal Raleigh enters at #39.

The third new entrant is Pitcher George Kirby, who comes in at #45.

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