Everett_AquaSox

Everett AquaSox

Everett AquaSox

Minor league baseball team


The Everett AquaSox are a Minor League Baseball team in Everett, Washington. The team is a member of the Northwest League and is affiliated with the Seattle Mariners. The AquaSox play their home games at Funko Field, which has a seating capacity of 3,682. Everett has won three division titles and one Northwest League championship.

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History

Following the 1983 season, Bob and Margaret Bavasi purchased the struggling Walla Walla, Washington, based Blue Mountain Bears.[3] Antiquated facilities compounded by dwindling attendance in Walla Walla prompted the new owners to move the franchise. The Bavasis, who had secured affiliation with the San Francisco Giants, ultimately selected Everett as the relocation destination.[4] Playing as the Everett Giants, the club was affiliated with San Francisco for eleven years until 1994. After the 1994 season, Everett signed a player development contract with the Seattle Mariners as their Class A Short Season affiliate and adopted a new unique name, the AquaSox. Since the 2021 season, the team has played at the High-A classification as a Mariners affiliate.[5][6]

Due to the Northwest League's reclassification in 2021 as a High-A league, which included an expanded schedule and new venue requirements, the AquaSox began exploring a replacement for Funko Field. In September 2022, the City of Everett and Snohomish County approved funds to study a new stadium, which is estimated to cost $80 million and seat 3,500 spectators.[7] A site adjacent to Angel of the Winds Arena in downtown Everett is under study; other proposed sites included the Everett Mall, Kasch Park, and a city-owned lot near Interstate 5.[8][9]

Identity

One of the team logos, used on road caps and jerseys, is based on the "trident" insignia used by the Mariners in the early 1980s (rotated to look like the letter "E" for Everett, instead of "M" for Mariners). Their mascot is Webbly, a frog.[10] According to long-time team radio broadcaster Pat Dillon, "The frog is a cross between a Pacific tree frog and a Central American red-eyed tree frog—and Brooks Robinson."[11] Previously, the mascot for the Everett Giants was a giant hot dog named Frank.

Season-by-season record

Northwest League (1995–present)

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Division winner League champions

Roster

Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 20 Juan Burgos
  • 18 Tyler Cleveland
  • 13 Ty Cummings
  • 28 Nick Davila
  • 32 Brandyn Garcia
  • 15 Ryan Hawks
  • 14 Chris Jefferson
  • 10 Jimmy Kingsbury
  • 25 Holden Laws
  •  9 Michael Morales
  • 40 Shaddon Peavyhouse
  • 17 Marcelo Perez
  • 30 Bryan Pope
  • 37 Stefan Raeth
  • 33 Jason Ruffcorn
  • 46 Allan Saathoff
  • -- Anthony Tomczak
  • 21 Blake Townsend

Catchers

  • 19 Freuddy Batista
  • 27 Ty Duvall
  • 27 Andrew Miller

Infielders

  • 16 Caleb Cali
  • 29 Hunter Fitz-Gerald
  • 11 Josh Hood
  • 38 Gabriel Moncada
  •  8 Brock Rodden
  •  5 Axel Sanchez

Outfielders

  •  6 Colin Davis
  •  7 Bill Knight
  •  1 Victor Labrada
  • 12 RJ Schreck
  •  4 Jared Sundstrom


Manager

  • 22 Ryan Scott

Coaches

  • 31 Seth Mejias-Brean (hitting)
  • 56 Cameron Ming (pitching)
  •  2 Sergio Plasencia (bench)

60-day injured list

  • -- Jordan Jackson
  • 74 Blake Rambusch
  • -- Brandon Schaeffer

7-day injured list
* On Seattle Mariners 40-man roster
~ Development list
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporarily inactive list
Roster updated May 17, 2024
Transactions
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Seattle Mariners minor league players


References

  1. "7th Inning Stretch, LLC". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. "Everett AquaSox Front Office". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. French, Joan (November 10, 1983). "Walla Walla Pro Baseball Sale Becomes Final". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. Retrieved July 24, 2020 via NewspaperArchive.com.
  4. "Another Bavasi Trying Baseball as a Club Owner". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. United Press International. May 6, 1984. p. 4F. Retrieved March 23, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Mayo, Jonathan (February 12, 2021). "MLB Announces New Minors Teams, Leagues". Major League Baseball. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. Johns, Greg (December 9, 2020). "Mariners invite 4 clubs to return as affiliates". MLB. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  7. Watanabe, Ben (September 28, 2022). "City, county studying new outdoor stadium for Everett AquaSox". The Everett Herald. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  8. Cornfield, Jerry; Watanabe, Ben; Patterson, Nick (March 20, 2023). "Drive to build new AquaSox ballpark gets $7.4M boost from state". The Everett Herald. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  9. Nash, Ashley (November 30, 2023). "Everett AquaSox stadium upgrade gets $1.1M green light from city". The Everett Herald. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  10. "Everett Aquasox Mascot Appearances". Everett AquaSox. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  11. Caputo, Paul (May 2, 2015). "Soggy Froggy, Man: The Story Behind the Everett AquaSox". SportsLogos.net. SportsLogos.net. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
Preceded by Northwest League franchise
(1995–present)
Succeeded by

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