In another sign that spring training is drawing closer, today the Mariners announced their 2026 NRIs. If you’ve been with us for a while, you know that NRI stands for “non-roster invite”: that is, the players who are not on the 40-man who nonetheless receive an invite to spring training, and the perks (and per diems) thereof. This group tends to be divided between top prospects getting a taste of life in the bigs and minor-leaguers or veterans looking to catch on with a new club. At least, that’s how we have them divided below. We’ll be updating this article with blurbs about each of the players, so check back, and make sure to bookmark this for when you inevitably say “wait, who?” during spring training.
The invites are divided between 15 pitchers and 19 position players. Of the 34, 24 spent time in the Mariners organization last year, either as prospects or minor-league signings. One of the names that might jump out to fans of the Tacoma Rainiers is Bryan O’Keefe, a long-tenured catcher for Tacoma. Other familiar names include established big-leaguers Dane Dunning, Randy Dobnak, and former Mariner Patrick Wisdom, as well as former first-rounder Will Wilson, taken 15th overall by the Angels in 2019.
Seven of the invited players appear on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects. Those players are marked with a star.
A few things of note: Jurrangelo Cijntje, who was drafted as a switch-pitcher and has been announced as that previously, is listed here as a right-handed pitcher. Also, former top prospect Felnin Celesten, who fell out of the Top 100 rankings this season after struggling with injuries, did not receive an invite to camp. The Mariners’ top two 2025 draftees, pitcher Kade Anderson and catcher Luke Stevenson, both received invites; the two have been rooming together and working out in Arizona, and it will be exciting to (hopefully) see the battery of top draft picks this spring.
Pitchers:
LHPs (2):
Kade Anderson*, Austin Kitchen
RHPs (13):
Charlie Beilenson, Jurrangelo Cijntje*, Tyler Cleveland, Nick Davila, Randy Dobnak, Dane Dunning, Casey Lawrence, Teddy McGraw, Michael Morales, Gabe Mosser, Michael Rucker, Ryan Sloan*, Guillo Zuñiga
Position Players:
INF (6):
Michael Arroyo*, Colt Emerson*, Brock Rodden, Carson Taylor, Will Wilson, Patrick Wisdom
OF (6):
Brennen Davis, Jonny Farmelo*, Victor Labrada, Lazaro Montes*, Spencer Packard, Jared Sundstrom
INF/OF (1):
Blake Rambusch
C (6):
Josh Caron, Connor Charping, Bryan O’Keefe, Nick Raposo, Jakson Reetz, Luke Stevenson
