Adam Macko #71

Selected in the 7th round (No. 216) of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners out of Vauxhall Baseball Academy in Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada... Macko was born in Slovakia and said he was drawn to baseball and Justin Verlander despite the sport not being popular in his country... Macko and his family moved from Slovakia to Ireland when he was 11 as part of his parents' attempt to obtain work visas in Canada; Macko said he saw his first baseball game while walking by a TV at an Irish pub... got his start in baseball in County Wicklow with the Greystones Mariners... upon moving to Alberta, Macko joined the Vauxhall Baseball Academy and played for former Mariners scout Les McTavish... Macko's 2019 team, the Langley Blaze, played in Arizona during Spring Training and faced Mariners Minor Leaguers on an off-day -- the Mariners were intrigued and drafted the lefty in June... Macko spent three seasons across four years with the Mariners from 2019-22 (the 2020 season was canceled by the Covid-19 pandemic), going 2-7 with a 3.98 ERA in 26 games, 19 of which came as a starter... Seattle ended the quirky lifelong Mariners connection when it traded Macko and RHP Erik Swanson to the Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Teoscar Hernandez on Nov. 16, 2022.