Mariners look to the future

Jim Street at the Mariner website has this story on a couple of recent Timber Rattler pitchers.

Pitching future looks bright for Mariners
Aumont, Pineda touted as two of club's biggest prospects

The quickest way for the Mariners to return to playoff-contender status would be to assemble a quality five-man starting rotation, and former big league pitcher Jaime Navarro believes he worked with a couple of 19-year-old future stars at Class-A Wisconsin this season.

You probably have heard of right-hander Phillippe Aumont, the organization's first-round Draft choice last year out of Canada. But you might not have heard much about right-hander Michael Pineda, a non-drafted free agent from the Dominican Republic.

They are considered the prime pitching prospects in the organization and are being handled with extreme care. Aumont's first full professional season twice was interrupted because of elbow discomfort, but he was examined by Mariners team doctors and received a clean bill of health.

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