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Prospect Powell off to strong start in Dominican League
- Updated: October 26, 2016
SEATTLE — After missing the final three months of Triple-A Tacoma’s season because of an 80-game suspension, Mariners outfield prospect Boog Powell is performing well in his first week of play in the Dominican Winter League.
Entering Wednesday, the 23-year-old has hit .368 (7-for-19) with one walk and two stolen bases through his first five games with Aguilas Cibaenas as he looks to make up for lost time in the 2016 season, which was his first in the Mariners’ organization after being acquired from the Rays as part of a six-player trade last November.
Powell drew an 80-game suspension on June 23 for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance. At the time, he was batting .270/.326/.359 with nine doubles, two triples, three home runs, 27 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 64 games with the Rainiers.
Powell was the Mariners’ eighth-ranked prospect at the time, according to MLBPipeline.com. He has since dropped to No. 20 on that list.
The 5-foot-10, 185-pounder missed Tacoma’s final 71 regular-season games and four postseason contests, so he’ll still need to sit out five more games to start the 2017 season before his suspension is completed.
In other winter ball news involving Mariners players:
• Catcher Jesus Sucre, who finished out the regular season swinging a hot bat for Seattle, has continued that in his first five games for Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan League as he has batted .294 (5-for-17) with two runs.
The 28-year-old hit .647 (11-for-17) with two doubles, a home run and …
