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Top Seattle Mariners prospect eager to make his return
SEATTLE – The wait has been long, but it’s nearing its end for Seattle Mariners minor league outfielder Jonny Farmelo.
Farmelo is one top prospects in the M’s organization, but his first pro season came to an abrupt end last June when he suffered a torn ACL in his right knee catching a fly ball in center field for the Single-A Modesto Nuts.
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At the time, the 2023 first-round pick was enjoying a strong first couple of months as a 19 year old in the California League. In 46 games, he slashed .264/.398/.421 with 10 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 18 stolen bases.
While the injury derailed what was a promising debut season as a pro, Farmelo has focused on the positives that have come with his rehab process.
“I’ve grown a lot as a person and as a player as well,” he said Sunday during the Mariners’ opening week warm-up event at T-Mobile Park. “And I believe that even though I missed a lot of time, that I could come out of this injury better and it could be a good thing for my career. So I’m excited.”
As for the status of his knee?
“The knee is doing great,” Farmelo said. “We’re almost nine months post-op. I’m moving around, I’m swinging, I’m throwing, I’m doing a lot of everything.”
Farmelo still hasn’t reached the point of playing games, which made gearing up for the season in Arizona this spring bittersweet. He said expects to make his return to the minors in “a few months.”
“It’s not too bad when you’re there kind of alone in Arizona. When everyone comes and they’re playing and you’re not doing anything, that’s when it gets hard,” Farmelo said. “So that was tough, but I’m trying to focus on the good, and there’s been a lot of it.”
One of the good things is that Farmelo’s injury hasn’t seemed to have too much impact on his prospect status. He’s still the sixth-ranked prospect in the M’s farm system and No. 92 in all of baseball, per MLB Pipeline. However, the speedy left-handed hitter isn’t all that interested in those sort of accolades.
“I could care less about what my prospect ranking is, to be honest with you,” Farmelo said. “I’m just trying to play and compete and get to the big leagues. It’s definitely cool to see, but I don’t want to pay too much attention to it.”
There is one thing Farmelo is putting a lot of attention on, though.
“I think the biggest focus (this season) is to just stay on the field and, most importantly, just do everything I can to stay on the field – because some things happen like the knee injury that you can’t really control,” Farmelo said. “So just trying to stay on the field and get at-bats. I’m not really putting too much expectations on this year. I just want to play.”
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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
Up next
Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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FIFE, Wash. – A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it.
Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well, and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.
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