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share-square-1391528 The 2021 MLB Draft is on the horizon, slated for July 11-13 in Denver in conjunction with this year’s All-Star Game. The Mariners have the No. 12 overall pick. But before looking ahead to this year’s event, MLB.com took a look back at Seattle’s previous top picks from each Draft since the club’s inception in 1977: 2020: Emerson Hancock, RHP, University of Georgia (No. 6) Hancock finished his Georgia career with a 16-7 record and 3.47 ERA in 33 starts, striking out 206 with 55 walks in 192 innings. He was also named the 2020 Vince Dooley Athlete of the Year as the school’s top male student-athlete. He profiles as a top-of-the-rotation-type starter that will be a huge staple of the Mariners’ long-term core. ....
share-square-1718710 In 1997, Major League Baseball honored Jackie Robinson by making his No. 42 the first uniform number to be retired across the sport. That said, players who were wearing No. 42 at the time were grandfathered in, meaning they could choose to continue wearing it until they retired. Thus, some teams have had a player wear No. 42 more recently than others and some have never handed out that uniform to anyone. Here s a look at the last player to wear No. 42 for each MLB team: American League East Blue Jays: Xavier Hernandez (1989) Hernandez, a right-handed relief pitcher, made his debut with the Blue Jays in 1989 and appeared in seven games, covering 22 2/3 innings that season before the Astros selected him in the Rule 5 Draft. Toronto had drafted Hernandez in the fourth round in 86 and he developed as a starter, but came out of the bullpen for the majority of his 10-year Major League career. ....