Juan Then, the prospect so nice Dipoto acquired him twice.
Originally signed out of the Dominican Republic when he was 17 years old in 2016, Then was promptly shipped off to boarding school to continue his education and training as a future Mariners pitcher (aka, traded to the Yankees for Nick Rumbelow). Upon completing his term in New York, he returned to Seattle in mid-2019 in exchange for three months of Edwin Encarnación, one of the most fun members of the “Oh yeah, I guess they were Mariners” club.
The Juan Then that we originally signed, and the one we re-acquired, was but a lad - at 6’1 and 155 lbs, he definitely fit more into the “whippy” side of body types, with a low-90’s fastball.