SEATTLE – Another injury is impacting Brock Rodden’s third year in the minors, and this time the Seattle Mariners’ infield prospect won’t return before the season ends.
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Mariners general manager Justin Hollander on Friday said Rodden will miss the rest of the season with a broken hamate bone in his wrist suffered on a swing last week while playing for Double-A Arkansas.
“No long-term effects from that, but obviously takes a while to heal a fractured hamate,” Hollander said. “So, he will be down probably until October.”
The injury is the latest in what’s been a stop-and-start campaign for Rodden, who has been strong for the Travelers when healthy.
Rodden, a 25 year old who is ranked as Seattle’s No. 22 prospect by MLB Pipeline, produced a .295/.356/.466 slash line with 10 doubles, five home runs, 22 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 37 games for Arkansas. His .822 OPS is second among Travelers players with at least 150 plate appearances.
The 2023 fifth-round pick has been on the injured list three times this season, including missing two months with an oblique strain.
‘Small speed bump’ for Farmelo
Outfielder Jonny Farmelo was dealing with soreness in his ribs that kept him out of High-A Everett’s lineup for all but one game last week.
Farmelo, who returned Aug. 9 after missing more than two months with a stress reaction in his ribs, is back in Everett’s lineup playing center field and batting leadoff Friday night. He was also in the lineup Wednesday before having a scheduled day off Thursday.
“The reports the last few days have been much more positive about how he’s feeling,” Hollander said. “Would anticipate that was just sort of a small speed bump as opposed to anything that’s going to like shut him down for the year.”
Farmelo is the Mariners’ seventh-ranked prospect and No. 82 across baseball, per Pipeline. The 20 year old has been limited to just 19 games this season. He began the year working his way back from a torn ACL suffered last year and had the rib injury 15 games into his return.
The 2023 first-round pick is batting .270 with a .928 OPS, five doubles, one triple, five home runs and 14 RBIs with Everett.
Sloan on track to finish season
Right-hander Ryan Sloan is expected to finish the season without limitations and be available to pitch in the playoffs for High-A Everett, Hollander said.
Sloan, a second-round pick in 2024, was recently promoted to Everett after a strong showing across 18 starts with Single-A Modesto, which included posting a 1.58 ERA over his final eight outings. He allowed one run over four innings in his High-A debut last week.
The 19 year old is the Mariners’ No. 5 prospect and No. 42 overall, per Pipeline.
“We were pretty thoughtful about how we calendared this out starting over the winter,” Hollander said of Sloan’s pitching plan. “Innings should not be a problem, I guess is the best way of saying it.”
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