Jonny Farmelo has long tantalized scouts with his dynamic toolset -- when he's been able to stay on the field. Finally healthy over a sustained period for the first time in pro ball, he's fulfilling the potential that made him the 29th overall pick in the 2023 Draft.
MLB's No. 65 prospect wrapped up an outstanding June by homering and hitting a walk-off double during a three-hit night in High-A Everett's 3-2 win over Tri-City on Tuesday at Everett Memorial Stadium.
The latest roundtripper -- a no-doubter to dead-center field off right-hander Jose Atencio (Angels) -- gave him seven homers for the month. That's particularly notable for Farmelo, since he had never gone deep more than six times in an entire season before.
Farmelo did not play in the months after he signed for an over-slot $3.2 million, and a torn right ACL cut his debut season short after 46 games. The speedy center fielder returned in less than 11 months, but a rib cage stress reaction held him to 29 games in 2025 before a stint in the Arizona Fall League.
The Virginia prep star's production has always been there. Farmelo slashed .264/.398/.421 at Single-A in 2024, .230/.318/.460 at High-A in 2025 and .234/.406/.442 in the Fall League. But to see the Mariners' No. 6 prospect do it over an extended run in which he's only missed five games has been a welcome sight.
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The 21-year-old has hit another gear lately too, as he posted a 1.041 OPS in June. Farmelo reached safely in 22 of 24 games and posted seven multihit performances, including Tuesday's. His other knocks came in the fifth, when he lined a single to right and proceeded to swipe his 23rd bag of the season, and in the ninth, when he ripped a ball down the line to drive in the decisive run from first.
Farmelo has been more aggressive at the plate this season, with his swing rate ticking up to 46 percent, around league average. He's chasing a little more as well, but the flip side is he's making a lot more contact, with his whiff rate dropping from a concerning 35 percent to a more manageable 29 percent.
There aren't many Major Leaguers who run a contact rate that low, but the fact that he's improving and creating such hard contact, as he did on Tuesday, is encouraging.
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The Northwest League has long been considered one of the most pitcher-friendly circuits in the Minors, particularly when the weather is colder, but Farmelo has consistently been one of its most dynamic players. He ranks among the circuit's leaders in triples (six, first), runs (57, second), walks (53, second), stolen bases (23, tied for third), hits (74, fifth) and homers (11, tied for sixth).