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The Mariners are expected to promote star outfield prospect
Jarred Kelenicon Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN reports. The plan is for Kelenic to be up for the beginning of the Mariners’ series against the Indians.
This is much-anticipated news for the Mariners and their fans, as the 21-year-old has done nothing but thrive in the minors since they acquired him from the Mets in the pre-2019
Robinson Cano blockbuster. The Mets used the sixth overall pick in the 2018 draft on Kelenic, who has since batted a superb .294/.370/.523 with 31 home runs in 771 minor league plate appearances. He’s off to a dazzling .444/.500/.778 start with two home runs in his first 20 Triple-A plate appearances this year.
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[D’backs.com] Weaver gets ‘revenge’ as D-backs snap skid - From the first pitch Luke Weaver threw Monday night, Torey Lovullo knew it was going to be a good night. “I saw an aggressive fastball from the first one that he threw,” the D-backs’ manager said. “And I saw some intensity from the first pitch of the game on, and I could tell this had the potential to be a little bit different, and it was.” Yes, it was, as Weaver held the Marlins scoreless through 6 1/3 innings while allowing four hits and striking out six batters, snapping the D-backs’ six-game losing streak with a 5-2 win at Chase Field. It was quite a 180-degree turn from five days ago, when Weaver faced this very same Marlins team in Miami. By the time he had thrown 59 pitches in that game, Weaver had allowed six runs and it was just the second inning. This time, he didn’t hit the 59-pitch mark until the sixth in
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Mariners top prospect
Jarred Kelenic made his Triple-A debut last night and did little to quell the growing fan clamor for his promotion. The 2018 No. 6 overall pick and centerpiece of the
Robinson Cano blockbuster ripped a pair of home runs to right field in his first minor league game since Sept. 2, 2019. (You can watch both blasts at these Twitterlinks, courtesy of MLB Pipeline and MiLB Mariners.)
The multi-homer showing came just hours after MLB.com’s Jon Morosi tweeted that Kelenic was “likely” to debut this month a timeline most already expected which prompted some comments from Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto in a radio appearance on 710 ESPN (link via 710’s Brandon Gustafson).