Seattle Mariners Insider: Transition for rookie Ryan Bliss to MLB [Video]

A quick hit from the Seattle Mariners pregame show on the road:

It has been good to see rookie second baseman Ryan Bliss getting his legs under him at the big league level. A key for him in making the transition from the minors to the majors?

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“Just being me,” he answered with a smile before expanding. “Knowing what my what my strength is, what my identity is, and just playing my fullest availability to that and being who I am.”

The work has been put in, the experience gathered, and the bumps of identifying his true identity have all happened in the minors. Being traded and having new eyes on him and new voices around him have likely contributed to putting those final, big league-ready touches on Bliss.

“I worked on a lot in spring training,” he said. “Just …