To meet their self-established competitive timeline in 2021, the Mariners will need to push the envelope a bit. They did just that Friday night, aggressively promoting Jarred Kelenic, one of the game’s top prospects, to Double-A Arkansas.
Kelenic was already promoted once this year, from West Virginia to Modesto, where he initially struggled to adjust to the more advanced pitching of High-A ball. As each day went by, however, Kelenic only got better. From May 30 to June 30, he slashed just .203/.254/.375. Then, in the month of July, he figured things out and posted a .