The pitching may not look so hot for the Mariners in the early going of the AFL season, but that isn’t entirely the case for the M’s prospects’ bats so far.
One of the benefits of battling in back-to-back 7-7 draws is that players will get many chances at the plate to make a difference. In the case of some men, it has helped their numbers. For others, not so much.
Here is what we’ve seen in the first two games from Baseball of America’s Player of the Year, Tyler O’Neil, the team’s number three prospect, Drew Jackson, as well as Tyler Marlette and one of the newest big league Mariners, Guillermo Heredia.