Arkansas Travelers Unveil 2026 Roster Featuring Mariners’ Untapped Pitching Phenoms Set to Shake Up the Game

Reliever to watch: RHP Charlie Beilenson

Beilenson was a 2024 fifth-rounder who has an interesting backstory: he grew up in SoCal (Chris Rose was his eighth grade basketball coach at Chaminade Prep, apparently) and went to Brown for his undergraduate, serving as a reliever on their baseball team, before transferring to Duke, where he picked up another pair of graduate degrees while also serving as the Blue Devils’ closer. Beilenson was a money-saver pick after the Mariners spent heavily on their first two picks in Jurrangelo Cijntje and Ryan Sloan, but he’s in a position where he could contribute to the big-league bullpen as soon as this year; he has excellent command and throws strikes, and profiles as a middle-innings reliever. Beilenson – who has eligibility to pitch for three different WBC teams – spent part of this spring with Team Israel, gaining high-level experience.

Sleeper prospect to watch: INF Charlie Pagliarini

Everett AquaSox fans know “Pags” well, but he got a fair amount of screentime with the big-league club this spring, too. Pagliarini isn’t a huge guy (6’0”) but he’s been a three true outcomes kind of prospect so far, albeit with less in the power department; he takes a ton of walks, but he also strikes out a ton. If the power pops at DSP like it did in lefty-friendly Funko Field and he could strike out just a little tiny itsty-bitsy less, there’s a really intriguing profile here.