Also from Baseball America

They have a story on Carlos Triunfel ('07) titled Growing Up: Triunfel proves he can hang with the big kids. It's behind the subscriber wall, so here is just a taste.

"It feels good. I'm happy I'm here," Triunfel said through an interpreter. "I'm getting to know new people and learning from everyone on the team because they have a lot more experience."

Overall, the Mariners' gamble to test-drive Triunfel in the AFL environment, where he competes against players in their early to mid-20s, as they take closer aim on the majors, can now be safely seen as a savvy decision with long-term appeal.

Sure, Hawaii Winter Baseball would have been the more conservative and logical assignment, particularly given Triunfel's midseason maturity issues that led to a suspension while at high Class A High Desert.

Yet the AFL has offered the shortstop a greater and necessary challenge, if not an inadvertent spurring-on.

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