ESPN.com · Dec 10, 2018
Mariners claim Kaleb Cowart, will try him as two-way player
The Seattle Mariners claimed Kaleb Cowart off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Monday and said he will come to spring training as a two-way player.
Cowart, a right-hander, hasn't pitched in the major leagues or at the minor-league level.
He was considered a potential two-way player when the Angels drafted him 18th overall in the 2010 draft. Current Mariners general manager Jerry DiPoto was with the Angels organization from 2011-15.
Kaleb Cowart has not pitched since high school.As a pitcher at Cook High School in Adel, Georgia, Cowart went 10-1 with a 1.05 ERA as a senior and was named Gatorade's national player of the year in 2009-10.