Mariners Draft

[IndyHawk]

Mariners select Ohio HS infielder Colt Emerson with 22nd pick

The Seattle Mariners took a high-school bat in the first round of the MLB Draft for the third year in a row in Ohio infielder Colt Emerson.

sports.mynorthwest.com

 

[IndyHawk]

Mariners select Ohio HS infielder Colt Emerson with 22nd pick

The Seattle Mariners took a high-school bat in the first round of the MLB Draft for the third year in a row in Ohio infielder Colt Emerson.

sports.mynorthwest.com

Mariners go HS bats again at 29 & 30 with OF Farmelo, SS Peete

With the 29th and 30th picks in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Seattle Mariners took HS OF Jonny Farmelo and HS SS Tai Peete, respectively.

sports.mynorthwest.com

 

[Crizilla]

They won't see the bigs for awhile but I like the approach with going all infield/outfield with their first 3 picks. Final pick of day 1 is Ben Williamson who people are saying is a surprise pick.

 

[IndyHawk]

They won't see the bigs for awhile but I like the approach with going all infield/outfield with their first 3 picks. Final pick of day 1 is Ben Williamson who people are saying is a surprise pick.

The three in the first are all LH hitters!
Which is needed and they all can hit..I hope that bears fruit.
The 2nd rounder is a sleeper that they know they can afford after the 3 ones.
I'm not sure he will do anything but you never know.

 

[Ruminator]

Turned on the TV completely unaware of the MLB draft and totally happened upon the very start of it, with Junior taking the podium to announce the first pick. That made my day, and I knew I didn't need to watch any more.

 

[sutz]

They've been concentrating on pitching the last few years. Nice to see them focus a bit more on position players.

We might have to spend a bit of minor league capital again this trade season if we want to score a decent rent-a-bat. Looks like they're planning ahead.

 

[hawkfan68]

The three in the first are all LH hitters!
Which is needed and they all can hit..I hope that bears fruit.
The 2nd rounder is a sleeper that they know they can afford after the 3 ones.
I'm not sure he will do anything but you never know.

I hope these guys have more success than Dustin Ackley did (when he was drafted, he was supposedly a great hitter).

 

[sutz]

I hope these guys have more success than Dustin Ackley did (when he was drafted, he was supposedly a great hitter).

It's always a bit of a crap shoot, but I trust our current regime better that who was in charge back then. We had a habit of rushing guys to the show and them failing, or at least having extended break-in periods that meant they left our system only to do well elsewhere. We did the same thing with JK, who is finally this year starting to look like a true big leaguer.

Good write-ups in the Seattle Times today on our 4 picks of the first couple of rounds.

Mariners don’t play it safe, take 3 high-risk, high-reward high-school prospects in MLB draft

Holding 3 of the top 30 picks in the MLB draft, the Mariners drafted three left-handed, high-school prospects who play premium positions, a high-risk, high-reward leap.

www.seattletimes.com

Apparently they have or are close on a deal with 2 of the 3 1sters, which would be amazing as they had committed to college. Couple of years in our system and they could be ready pretty young.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

And this draft has nothing to do with Ackley. Sometimes a guy just doesn't pan out.
They have one of the best minor league systems in all of baseball. That's not by accident.

 

[Bobblehead]

And this draft has nothing to do with Ackley. Sometimes a guy just doesn't pan out.
They have one of the best minor league systems in all of baseball. That's not by accident.

Well, they did.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

NO, they DO have one of the best minor league systems.

 

[sutz]

NO, they DO have one of the best minor league systems.

I'll take our current crop over the Zdurnak (sp) years any day. Now, I see good scouting, good player development, and lower willingness to trade talent for old vets past their prime who's sole use is putting butts in the seats without providing pop on the field.

I'm all for a rent-a-bat, but we still need to look 3-5 years down stream and keep the talent stream going.

 

[NoGain]

I'll take our current crop over the Zdurnak (sp) years any day.

OMG! In retrospect, it's hard to express just how bad Zduriencik and his team were in drafting and developing talent. He was even worse than Bavasi. I mean, comprise a top ten list of Mariner homegrown talent from about 2003-2015. It's embarrassing. It led us into that long valley of death that pretty much lost me as a fan.

 

[Threedee]

I'll take our current crop over the Zdurnak (sp) years any day. Now, I see good scouting, good player development, and lower willingness to trade talent for old vets past their prime who's sole use is putting butts in the seats without providing pop on the field.

I'm all for a rent-a-bat, but we still need to look 3-5 years down stream and keep the talent stream going.

I still can't believe how bad player development was under Zduriencik. It's worthy of a book.

 

[Threedee]

And this draft has nothing to do with Ackley. Sometimes a guy just doesn't pan out.
They have one of the best minor league systems in all of baseball. That's not by accident.

Forget Ackley. I want to relitigate Brendan Morrow over Tim Lincecum until the end of time.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Sometimes you just miss. Back in the day, they missed A LOT.

 

[Crizilla]

2022 first round pick Cole Young is tearing it up in Everett.