Of all the unorthodox moves Jerry Dipoto has made in his time as the Seattle Mariners’ general manager, this has to be up there.
Kaleb Cowart has never pitched in the big leagues, nor at all in his nine total professional seasons. But the Mariners announced after claiming the 26-year-old off waivers from the Angels on Monday that they intend to bring him to spring training in February as a two-way player.
Yes, a two-way player from the Angels not named Shohei Ohtani.
The thought is that if Cowart’s struggles with the bat – the switch-hitter batted .