The Mariners have added another top prospect to the mix, promoting Michael Arroyo from Triple-A Tacoma as they try to squeeze more offense out of a season that has gone sideways.
Seattle announced the move at 1:08 p.m., and to make the roster fit, the club optioned infielder Patrick Wisdom to Tacoma and shifted right-hander Nick Davila from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL. Davila is done for the year after suffering an SC joint sprain.
Arroyo, 21, arrives without a spot on the Mariners’ 40-man roster, which meant a move was always coming once the decision was made to bring him up. Daniel Kremer of MLB.com first reported the promotion.
This is the third major prospect call-up Seattle has made in the last couple of weeks, following left-hander Kade Anderson on Aug. 20 and outfielder Lazaro Montes on Aug. 30.
Arroyo is in that same tier of young talent. Keith Law of The Athletic ranked him No.
54, MLB Pipeline placed him at No. 56 and FanGraphs had him No. 69, though Baseball America left him out of its most recent top 100.
Seattle signed Arroyo in 2022 for $1.375MM, the biggest bonus ever handed to a prospect from Colombia. He spent his first three seasons in the organization as an infielder, mostly at second base.
But with Cole Young and Colt Emerson projected as the club’s long-term double-play combination, the Mariners have pushed Arroyo into left field more often this year. The 5-foot-10, 160-pounder logged 66 starts there across Double-A and Triple-A before getting the call Sunday.
For now, the Mariners are slotting him in at second base against Athletics left-hander Gage Jump, giving the left-handed-hitting Young the day off. Arroyo bats right-handed, and Seattle can move him around as needed in search of a spark.
The bat has been the selling point. In his first Triple-A action this season, Arroyo hit .277/.353/.490 with a 109 wRC+, eight homers, four steals and a 16.2% strikeout rate over 235 plate appearances.
He also walked at an 8.1% clip and posted an 80% contact rate. Law believes those “excellent contact skills” could eventually make him a quality offensive second baseman in the majors.
Adding Arroyo to the 40-man roster also protects him from the Rule 5 draft this winter, but the bigger hope is obvious: that he can help right away. The Mariners entered Sunday at 66-77, six games out of a Wild Card spot and seven behind the Astros in the AL West, and they were trying to avoid a four-game home sweep at the hands of the A’s.
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