Down on the Farm - 7/23/22

Noelvi Marte (SEA) goes 4-5 with a homer, Jasson Dominguez homers in his 1st high-A game, Jackson Chourio (MIL) continues to rake, Edward Cabrera's rehab start, Michael Massey (KC) goes 3-3 with a HR

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Player of the Day 🌟

There were a few notable offensive performances yesterday to choose from, but we’re going with Mariners prospect Noelvi Marte (A+), who went 4 for 5 with a home run, three doubles, and a walk. Marte has plus speed and power, and he’s shown enough bat-to-ball skills to consistently tap into that power in games. This season the 20-year-old shortstop is slashing .272/.366/.468 with 15 home runs and 11 stolen bases across 366 plate appearances in Everett (A+). Marte should get a look in Double-A before the season is over, as I’m sure the Mariners would like to see how he handles more advanced pitching.

Honorable Mention - Michael Massey (24) - KC (AAA) went 3 for 3 for with a home run, a double, and two walks. Massey has hit .324/.382/.552 with 16 home runs and 12 stolen bases across two levels this season and also went 3 for 8 in a short stint in the big leagues last week. The former University of Illinois standout has taken another step forward this season and with the Royals looking like a sure thing to sell at the trade deadline Massey could be spending the rest of the summer in the big leagues. We spoke with Royals hitting coordinator Drew Saylor earlier this week and this is what he had to say about Massey:

The biggest change we’ve made with Michael is focusing on having the mindset of working your at-bat, but also understanding that you need to wait for the pitcher to put the ball in a place where you can drive the baseball. Getting him to trust that process has allowed him to drive the baseball more often. He thinks pretty analytically and critically about the game. I also think that cleaning up some of the mechanical stuff with regard to his turn, he was a pretty handsy hitter, and I think his hands tended to jump his turn a bit. Really, we just had him learn to trust that his hands would end up going where they needed to go and it’s allowed him to make better contact more often.