Cade Matthew Marlowe was originally signed by Mariners scout John Wiedenbauer…Graduated from Tiftarea Academy in 2015...Spent four seasons at the University of West Georgia (2016-19).
2025
Missed the first three-plus months of the season after having back surgery…Began a rehab assignment on July 10 and ended up playing in 52 games with the ACL Mariners, High-A Everett and Triple-A Tacoma…Batted .320 with four home runs, 26 RBI and an .882 OPS...His batting average was his highest as a Minor Leaguer, as was his .411 on-base percentage, .471 slugging percentage and .882 OPS...Stole 14 bases and has reached double figures in steals in each of his six Minor League seasons...Hit .389 (14-for-36) with a 1.048 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .301 (41-for-136) with an .838 OPS against right-handers...Had a .355 batting average with runners on base but that dropped to .274 with runners in scoring position...Combined for a .351 batting average and three of his four home runs on the road...Hit .331 at night...Had a .588 batting average on an 0-1 count...Made 20 starts at designated hitter, 10 in right field, eight in center field and seven in left field...Committed four errors in 30 games overall in the outfield for a .925 fielding percentage...Was also 1-for-3 (.333) as a pinch hitter...Started games in every spot in the order except fifth and made his most starts batting sixth (10)...Began the season on the injured list at Tacoma after having back surgery…Was sent to the Mariners' affiliate in the Arizona Complex League for a rehab assignment on July 10 and hit safely in four games (4-for-13, .308)…Was transferred to Everett on July 18 and hit safely in two games (3-for-7, .429) before he was reinstated from the IL on July 21…Collected his 500th career hit as a Minor Leaguer in his first game on July 22 against Round Rock…Hit safely in his first two games with the Rainiers, giving him a season-opening eight-game hitting streak (10-for-29, .345)…Went 4-for-19 (.211) over his next seven games but then had a season-high 10-game hitting streak from Aug. 3 to 16 (15-for-35, .429)…Was 4-for-30 (.133) over nine games from Aug. 17-29 but then hit .373 over his final 17 contests…Played in his 500th career game as a Minor Leaguer on Aug. 19 against Oklahoma City…Three of his four home runs came over a five-game stretch from Sept. 10 to 14 at Salt Lake…Doubled on the 14th for his 100th two-bagger as a Minor Leaguer…Batted .382 with three home runs and eight RBI in 16 regular-season games in September…Finished the regular season with a .316 batting average in 46 games with the Rainiers…Then went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in one postseason game for Tacoma.
2024
Spent most of the season at Triple-A Tacoma but had a six-game stint with Seattle from July 23 to Aug. 6…Went 2-for-8 (.250) in eight games with the Mariners…Made one start in right field…Hit .235 with 13 home runs and 45 RBI in 90 games with the Rainiers…Added 55 walks for a .341 on-base percentage…Was successful in 43-of-50 (86.0%) stolen base attempts…Had a career high in stolen bases but his batting average was a career low, as was his .395 slugging percentage and .737 OPS…Struck out 133 times and his average of 3.09 plate appearances per strikeout was the lowest of his career…Ranked fourth in the Pacific Coast League in steals…Was fifth in the Mariners' farm system in stolen bases and tied for 10th in home runs…Hit .237 with a .752 OPS against right-handed pitchers, .233 with a .699 OPS against left-handers…Batted .147 with runners in scoring position…Hit .302 in the seventh inning or later…Started 58 games in right field, 30 in center field and one in left field…Made one error in 90 games overall in the outfield for a .996 fielding percentage…Made starts in each of the first five spots in the order, including 43 hitting third and 33 batting second…Began the season at Tacoma and had his first of four three-steal games on April 13 against Reno…Hit safely in a season-high eight straight games from May 8-16 (9-for-31, .290)…Had a 21-game reaching base streak from June 19 to July 13…Hit .295 with a .441 on-base percentage over that span…Had another eight-game hitting streak from July 3-12…Went 15-for-33 (.455) with 10 runs, two doubles, two triples, two home runs, six RBI and five walks during the streak…Reached base safely five times on July 13 at Albuquerque, when he went 0-for-1 with three walks and two hit-by-pitches…Was recalled by Seattle on July 23 and went 1-for-2 with a walk that day in a start in right field…Then went 1-for-6 over his next seven games and was optioned to Tacoma on Aug. 7…Did not appear in a game before going on the injured list Aug. 29 with an inflammation in his back…Missed the remainder of the season.
2023
Appeared in 34 games with Seattle, batting .239 (21x88) with 14 runs, three doubles, two triples, three home runs, 11 RBIs, four stolen bases & 12 walks with 37 total bases and a .750 OPS...Made Major League debut on July 20 vs. Minnesota (0x3, BB, 2 SO)...recorded first ML hit on July 24 at Minnesota, a single off Kenta Maeda...First HR – Belted his first career ML home run on July 25 at MIN, solo HR off Pablo López...Produced 1.0 Baseball-Reference WAR in 100 plate appearances, one of three Major Leaguers to produce 1.0+ bWAR in 100-or-fewer PA in 2023.
2022
Hit .289 (144x499) with 83 runs scored, 21 doubles, five triples, 23 home runs, 102 RBIs, 13 HBP, 62 walks and 42 stolen bases in 133 games between Double-A Arkansas (120 G) and Triple-A Tacoma (13 G)...Received the Edgar Martinez Dominate the Zone Hitter Award...named an MLB.com organizational All-Star...received Texas League Player of the Month honors for September...named Texas League Player of the Week Sept. 5-11...Is the only Minor League player to record 100+ RBIs in each of the last two seasons...Named to the Mariners Major League taxi squad for the duration of the 2022 Postseason but did not appear in a game.
2021
Split between Class-A Modesto, High-A Everett and Triple-A Tacoma…led all minor leaguers with 107 RBIs; One of only two MiLB players with at least 100 RBIs...named the Ken Griffey Jr. Minor League Player of the Year by Seattle...was one of 16 minor league players in 2021 to record at least 20 home runs and steal 20 bases.
2020
Did not play due to the cancellation of the Minor League season (COVID-19).
2019
Spent first professional season with Short-A Everett.
