Mariners prospect Axel Sánchez is poised for success

Axel Sánchez, seen here without the curly mop of hair he sported at Modesto last year (he cut it short when he saw Julio had also cut his short)During the 2019 international signing period, the Mariners inked a pair of prospects out of the Mejia Top 10 Baseball Academy, a well-regarded training academy nestled in among the various team complexes in Boca Chica, and only about a mile from the Mariners’ complex as the crow flies. At the time, most of the attention was focused on outfielder Carlos Jimenez (pictured below, right), who received the fourth-highest bonus in the class.

The player on the left is Jimenez’s academy-mate and now his professional organization-mate, shortstop Axel Sánchez,…