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Lewis leads two Mariners on Top 100 Prospects list
- Updated: July 28, 2016
CHICAGO — A farm system that Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto is looking to beef up after taking over the reins in Seattle this season has received a boost from the arrival of two new players in MLBPipeline.com’s midseason Top 100 Prospects list.
Seattle opened the year with just one player in the Top 100 preseason list — 2014 first-round Draft choice Alex Jackson was No. 94. But while Jackson has dropped off the updated list, 2016 first-round Draft pick Kyle Lewis debuted as the No. 40 prospect, while hot-hitting outfielder Tyler O’Neill jumped in at No. 74 after a strong first half for Double-A Jackson.
Lewis, 21, won the Golden Spikes Award as the best college player in the nation last year as a junior at Mercer University. He was the 11th overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, and Lewis received his strong ranking despite suffering a season-ending right knee injury on July 19 that sideswiped his initial pro season for Class A Short-Season Everett.
Lewis tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a home-plate collision on July 19, but the injury did not affect his rating, because it doesn’t impact his long-term value. He had posted a .299/.385/.530 line with 16 extra-base hits and 26 RBIs in 30 games.
The Mariners asked O’Neill, a 21-year-old Canadian who was a third-round Draft pick in 2013, to become a …
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