Mariners promote 6 in baseball ops dept.

Brendan Domaracki, who previously oversaw the Mariners’ East Coast scouting operations, was promoted to the club’s director of player personnel and will be in charge of the entire professional scouting department as well as playing a key role in player procurement.

While the Mariners are restructuring their scouting department, Domaracki will help fill the role previously held by vice president of scouting Tom Allison, whose contract was not renewed in October after eight seasons with the organization.

Domaracki, who graduated from Stanford in 2008 with a degree in economics, is entering his fifth season with the Mariners. He previously spent seven years with the D-backs, where he was the assistant director of scouting before being hired by Seattle. Domaracki played as an outfielder for four seasons at Stanford and helped the Cardinal reach the College World Series in his senior year.

Domaracki’s promotion was one of six announced Thursday in the baseball operations department by general manager Jerry Dipoto. The other promotions were David Hesslink, to assistant director of baseball projects; Frankie Piliere, to assistant director amateur scouting; Skylar Shibayama, to manager of data strategy; Emanuel Sifuentes, to assistant director of player development; and Jesse Smith, to senior director of analytics.

Dipoto also finalized the new hiring of advance scouting coordinator Sam Reinertsen, who played four years at Davidson University before graduating in 2019. Reinertsen, 24, spent the past two seasons as an intern with the Rays and now will be responsible for day-to-day game preparation and strategic planning while traveling with the Mariners.

“I am confident that these leaders will continue to ensure success in our growth as an organization,” Dipoto said. “They are emblematic of what we believe to be a young and talented team.”

Travis signed to Minor League deal
Sam Travis, a first baseman/outfielder with the Red Sox from 2017-19, has signed a Minor League deal with the Mariners and is expected to be invited to Major League camp in the spring.

The 27-year-old slashed .230/.288/.371 with seven homers and 24 RBIs in 278 plate appearances over three seasons with Boston. Most of his big league experience came in his final season with the Red Sox, when he hit .215 with six homers in 59 games with Boston and .275 with seven homers in 68 games for Triple-A Pawtucket.

Travis was with the Rangers last season, but injured his right hamstring just prior to Spring Training and wasn’t part of the 60-player pool during the regular season. The 6-foot, 220-pounder was drafted by the Red Sox in the second round in 2014 out of Indiana, and he has played primarily first base as well as some left field throughout his pro career.