In the winter following Baseball America’s ranking of Seattle as the league’s top farm system, the venerable scouting publication has released their Preseason 2022 Top-100 Prospects List, featuring five Seattle Mariners. The M’s farmhands ranked are as follows:
No. 2 OF Julio Rodríguez
No. 12 RHP George Kirby
No. 18 SS Noelvi Marte
No. 45 RHP Matt Brash
No. 83 LHP Brandon Williamson
The headliner, as it has been and hopefully will be for many years to come, is Julio. Seattle’s precocious slugger was in the debate for No. 1 overall prospect, but settles instead just behind Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman.