The Seattle Mariners introduced that 5 of their 2023 MLB Draft picks are going to be becoming a member of the Modesto Nuts for his or her full season debuts, together with two high thirty draft picks in Colt Emerson and Tai Peete.
Making strikes 📈
With the completion of the ACL season, 5 members of our 2023 #MLBDraft class are becoming a member of the @ModestoNuts. #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/lx6u80b4O4
— Mariners Participant Growth (@MsPlayerDev) August 23, 2023
Colt Emerson was the group’s first-round choose (No. 22 choose) on this 12 months’s draft. Tai Peete was taken with No. 30 general, Aidan Smith went in Spherical 4, Ryan Hawks within the eighth spherical, and Logan Evans was drafted within the twelfth spherical.
Right here was the lineup for the primary sport with these new additions.
Modesto Nuts Lineup.
Brock Rodden 2B
Colt Emerson SS
Luis Suisbel 1B
Lazaro Montes RF
Tai Peete 3B
Aidan Smith CF
Gabe Moncada DH
RJ Schreck LF
Tatem Levins C
Darren Bowen SP— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) August 25, 2023
Of their debuts with the Nuts, Emerson went one for 3 with two walks and one strikeout and two runs batted in. Peete went three for six with two doubles and in addition drove in two. The duo will likely be enjoyable to look at in Modesto together with slugger Lazaro Montes.
Modesto Nuts (A) – California League
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | STATS |
| 4 | Michael Arroyo | SS | .264/.387/.427, 3 HR, 12% BB, 19.4% Okay |
| 11 | Lazaro Montes | OF | .301/.446/.607, 12 HR, 19.3% BB, 24% Okay |
| 18 | Michael Morales | RHP | 19 GS, 95.1 IP, 4.44 ERA, 24.6% Okay, 9.5% BB |
| 28 | Milkar Perez | 3B | .270/.378/.368, 1 HR, 13% BB, 24.7% Okay |
| 35 | Tyler Gough | RHP | 9 G, 8 GS, 28 IP, 6.11 ERA, 17.7% Okay, 11.3% BB |
| 36 | Ben Williamson | 3B | .268/.318/.415, 4.5% BB, 27.3% Okay |
Everett AquaSox (A+) — Northwest League
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | STATS |
| 1 | Cole Young | SS | .264/.393/.442, 10 HR, 15% BB, 14.8% Okay |
| 2 | Harry Ford | C | .257/.415/.436, 14 HR, 18.6% BB, 19% Okay |
| 5 | Gabriel Gonzalez | OF | .310/.371/.502, 17 HR 6.6% BB, 15.7% Okay |
| 10 | Tyler Locklear | 1B | .292/.407/.525, 12 HR, 12.6% BB, 22.1% Okay |
| 24 | Axel Sanchez | SS | .199/.285/.353, 7 HR, 8.5% BB, 29.2% Okay |
| 30 | Hogan Windish | 2B | .262/.363/.485, 18 HR, 11.9% BB, 31.7% Okay |
Arkansas Vacationers (AA) – Texas League
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | STATS |
| 13 | Jonatan Clase | OF | .243/.352/.461, 18 HR, 13.5% BB, 27.2% Okay |
| 15 | Prelander Berroa | RHP | 34 G, 5 GS, 52.2 IP, 3.09 ERA, 36.7% Okay, 15.4% BB |
| 27 | Alberto Rodriguez | OF | .304/.381/.530, 12 HR, 9.2% BB, 23.8% Okay |
| 32 | Robert Perez Jr. | 1B | .253/.331/.436, 14 HR, 7.3% BB, 28.4% Okay |
| 38 | Ty Adcock | RHP | 19 G, 20.2 IP, 1.74 ERA, 29.3% Okay, 6.7% BB |
| 40 | Travis Kuhn | RHP | 41 G, 45.2 IP, 3.55 ERA, 21.5% Okay, 10.3% BB |
| 44 | Jorge Benitez | LHP | 38 G, 55 IP, 2.29 ERA, 27.8% Okay, 15.1% BB |
Tacoma Rainiers (AAA) – Pacific Coast League
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | STATS |
| 9 | Ryan Bliss | 2B | .310/.372/.516, 15 HR, 7.3% BB, 19.6% Okay |
| 22 | Zach DeLoach | OF | .286/.389/.481, 18 HR, 13.3% BB, 29.2% Okay |
| 26 | Juan Then | RHP | 26 G, 30 IP, 9.30 ERA, 16.9% Okay, 12.2% BB |
| 29 | Eduard Bazardo | RHP | 32 G, 44 IP, 3.07 ERA, 29.7% Okay, 6.6% BB |
Might Mariners Subsequent Starter be in Tacoma?
Earlier than Emerson Hancock bought injured, the Seattle Mariners had been planning on going with a 6 man rotation. These plans modified, however the Mariners might nonetheless want a starter in the event that they determine to skip any of Bryan Woo’s begins or hold him on a shorter leash in his begins.
If Seattle decides they need to name up a pitcher to start out any video games they might flip to Triple-A starter Adam Oller. He was claimed off of waivers from the Oakland A’s after struggling in stints on the huge league degree.
In seven begins for the Tacoma Rainiers Oller has an ERA of three.00 in 39 innings. He has struck out 37 batters up to now and walked 20. Opponents are hitting .228 towards the right-hander and he’s stranding a profession excessive 87.7% of batters on the bottom paths.
Within the case that Seattle wants one other arm that may go a number of innings, Oller is actually a candidate, particularly since he’s on the 40 man roster already. He could possibly be the pitcher the membership provides when rosters increase on September first.
Mariners Prospects Within the Information
MLB Pipeline picks one prospect from each organization that would attain a 20 house run and 20 stolen base season.
The Mariners promoted three prospects, together with high ten prospect Tyler Locklear.
Preserve climbing ⬆️@TyLock13 has been referred to as as much as the @ARTravs, whereas @josh_hood1 and @Bill_Knight4 are headed to the @EverettAquaSox. #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/Nu8x6tCLkd
— Mariners Participant Growth (@MsPlayerDev) August 23, 2023
Prime prospects Harry Ford and Lazaro Montes received Participant of the Week honors of their respective leagues.
Not one, however TWO for the farm.
Congrats to Lazaro Montes and @harry_ford for profitable the California League and Northwest League @MiLB Participant of the Week awards! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dGLKiC2Hxr
— Mariners Participant Growth (@MsPlayerDev) August 21, 2023
Curtis Christianson
Curtis Christianson is the Athletic Director at Concordia Christian Academy. He additionally works within the Tacoma Rainiers clubhouse through the baseball season.
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