Top M’s prospect Emerson continues to shine at camp

Top Seattle Mariners prospect Colt Emerson is making a strong early case for a chance to break spring camp with the big league club.

Emerson, the consensus top prospect in the Mariners’ farm system, continued his impressive start to Cactus League play with a pair of hits, including a triple, and added a web gem on defense during Seattle’s game against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.

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Emerson’s day started with an infield single in the bottom of the second inning that loaded the bases with no outs during a two-run inning for the M’s.

The big hit of the day for Emerson came in the sixth when he laced a 101.8-mph line drive into center field off a sweeper for Cleveland left-hander Doug Nikhazy for an RBI triple (with a little help from the sun in Peoria, Ariz.) that scored Michael Arroyo for a 6-2 M’s lead. He came around to score on Luis Suisbel’s double in the next at-bat.

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Even the one out the 20-year-old shortstop made during his three plate appearances Thursday was on a well-struck ball, a 101-mph line drive to the center fielder.

Emerson’s standout defensive play came in the second when he made a diving catch to his left at shortstop and threw back to second for an inning-ending double play.

After his second straight two-hit performance in Cactus League play, Emerson is 4 for 11 (.364 average) with three RBIs, one walk and three strikeouts over five games. He’s doubled his total from last spring when he went 2 for 17 over 10 games. Julio Rodríguez, Brennan Davis and Brock Rodden are the only Mariners with more hits than Emerson this spring with five apiece.

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