No matter how you slice it, Kade Anderson was in a league of his own during the 2026 Minor League season. Look at his raw tools. The 6-foot-2 southpaw is the only prospect in the game with four above-average-or-better pitches -- including two plus offerings -- and 60-grade control. Look

SEATTLE -- This was the last thing that Kade Anderson and the Mariners wanted to see, especially in an inconsequential game as their season nears its end. Seattle’s highly touted left-hander was forced to exit during the top of the fourth inning of Saturday night’s 8-4 win over the Angels

DENVER -- Lazaro Montes delivered the ultimate Coors Field special on Friday night. And it saved the Mariners from letting another winnable game slip away. The massive rookie slugger demolished a solo homer into the second deck beyond right field that put Seattle back in front and led to a

One of the most pivotal stops in a prospect's development is the High-A level. Top Draft picks out of college often begin their pro journey at High-A, and it's often the level where you can find an organization's best young talent. On Wednesday, Minor League Baseball announced its 2026 High-A

WEST SACRAMENTO – Someone leaned the Mariners’ home run trident -- a gold trophy about 6 1/2 feet tall with three prongs jutting from one end -- against the wall of the trainer’s room in the visitors’ clubhouse. Someone considerate, obviously. The trident had just been through an exhaustive Saturday

With the Double-A and Triple-A playoffs not yet underway, it might be too early to begin assembling the season’s retrospective. But even a cursory glance at the Minor League headlines would reveal that oftentimes, the Mariners’ farm system was a topic of conversation. Jonny Farmelo, currently the organization’s No. 6

Lazaro Montes is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds. He used all of it to hit a mammoth home run on Monday, carrying 474 feet into the night, the longest homer at T-Mobile Park in the Statcast era (2015). What fuels the Mariners’ larger-than-life rookie? Montes has a sweet answer that might

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SEATTLE -- Lazaro Montes’ sheer power has now been officially felt in the Pacific Northwest. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound designated hitter demolished Cal Quantrill’s 94 mph fastball into the right-center-field concourse of T-Mobile Park for a three-run blast in the fourth inning of the Mariners' 10-5 loss. It was Montes’ second

SEATTLE -- With their postseason hopes fleeting, the Mariners made a move on Sunday that signaled towards the future: promoting top hitting prospect Michael Arroyo to the Majors. Ranked the club’s No. 3 prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 45 overall, Arroyo was immediately injected into Seattle’s starting lineup for his

SEATTLE -- One day after suffering left hip soreness upon crashing into the right-field wall, Lazaro Montes was out of the Mariners’ lineup on Saturday. But both the rookie and manager Dan Wilson were optimistic about his status and potential availability off the bench.

SEATTLE -- Plenty has been made of the dichotomy between the Mariners’ August schedule -- one of the toughest in MLB -- and their September slate, which sees them play five games against the two teams ahead of them in the division and five series against the three worst teams

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Some prospects get a soft landing into pro ball, spending the vast majority of their time with one affiliate in their debut campaign. That hasn’t been the case for Boston Smith, who despite having played for three organizations and four clubs at three different levels, ranks second in all of

BOSTON -- The Mariners’ celebratory home run trident was wielded regularly on Tuesday night. And that included a first-time participant who -- by all forecasts, based on what he accomplished in the Minors -- could become a regular.

BOSTON -- Lazaro Montes’ 6-foot-5, 250-pound frame made the confines of Fenway Park’s already small visiting clubhouse feel even more constricted on Tuesday afternoon. And that was especially so as the Mariners’ 21-year-old power-hitting prospect went through an assembly line of hugs from his new teammates before making his MLB

BOSTON -- September roster expansion wasn’t for another day when the Mariners arrived at Fenway Park on Monday, but they were already preparing for slugging prospect Lazaro Montes to join them within the next 24 hours. Separately, they also added a much-needed -- and welcomed -- return to their bullpen

Losers of four straight, the Mariners are in need of some serious firepower to keep from falling too far behind in the AL West and Wild Card races, as they sit five games back in both. They’re about to get some in the form of their No. 5 prospect. Seattle

SEATTLE -- Individually, Kade Anderson's debut might’ve ended on a sour note. But all that mattered for the Mariners’ wunderkind left-hander was that he was part of a thrilling walk-off a few innings later. “It was just a blast out there, and the way the game finished was truly really

For the first time all season, Mariners' top pitching prospects Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan toed the rubber on the same night. Anderson was making his highly anticipated MLB debut, but that didn't stop Sloan from grabbing his own slice of the spotlight. The 20-year-old right-hander rattled off 11 punchouts,

SEATTLE -- Kade Anderson arrived at T-Mobile Park on Friday afternoon and so seamlessly looked right at home. The Mariners’ No. 1 prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 5 overall will officially be added to Seattle’s active roster on Saturday, when he makes his MLB debut and starts against the Cubs

Lazaro Montes has what many young hitters seek -- when he connects, the ball makes a different sound coming off his bat. Such was the case for MLB’s No. 56 prospect Friday night when he whistled a 115.9 mph go-ahead two-run homer for Triple-A Tacoma in its eventual 6-5 win

Kade Anderson was the best pitcher in his Draft class after dominating in the top college conference. He went No. 3 overall to the Mariners last year. Yet somehow, he's still managed to exceed expectations. The 22-year-old made his 18 Minor League starts look absurdly easy, with each one making

Baseball’s top pitching prospect is heading to The Show. The Mariners are promoting left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson, sources told MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer, just in time for the stretch run of the season and a potential playoff push. The club has not confirmed the move.