After six picks from the college ranks, the Mariners finally cannonballed into the pool of prep talent, taking enigmatic RHP Michael Limoncelli out of Horseheads HS (NY) with pick No. 186. Wow, they really let you name places any old thing in the 1800s. The son of his high school coach, Limoncelli may draw comparisons to Sam Carlson as another teenage talent in the M’s system. The other similarity is that they’re both rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.
For Limoncelli, the Teej got him this spring, after his stuff was down and his velocity was slipping late in starts.