Cole Young, Harry Ford Invited To Spring Training
10 months agoSeattle Mariners infielder Cole Young and catcher Harry Ford headline the team's non-roster invites to major-league spring training this year. Young is the team's top prospect, per MLB Pipeline, but he won't make the Opening Day roster and isn't expected to debut in the majors in 2024. Despite being only 19 years old, he drew praise from scouts for his strike-zone awareness, plate discipline and batted-ball ability in his first professional season in 2023. Ford, ranked as the team's No. 2 prospect, hit .257/.410/.430 with 15 homers, 67 RBI and 24 steals in 118 games for High-A Everett last year, is expected to begin 2024 with Double-A Arkansas. He's exclusively been a catcher since being taken in the first round in 2021, but he's expected to start seeing action elsewhere this season, likely as early as spring training.
Source: MLB.com - Daniel Kramer
Source: MLB.com - Daniel Kramer