While the Seattle Mariners are busy falling out of the playoff race at the major-league level, they are getting incredible production out of top prospect Laz Montes at the minor league level.
At the major-league level, the Seattle Mariners are in the process of throwing away a once-promising season. The M's held a 10.0 game lead in the American League West on June 19 but have gone 19-30 since, falling all the way to 4.0 games back with 38 games to play.
However, at the minor-league level, the M's continue to see good development from their top prospects, including the power-hitting Laz Montes. Montes, who is ranked a Top-100 prospect by most major outlets, accomplished an incredibly rare feat on Saturday night. He is currently playing for the High-A Everett Aquasox.Montes is the No. 48 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB.com's latest rankings. He's hitting .290 across the Low-A and High-A levels this year, with 16 homers and 90 RBI. It's been more of a struggle for Montes at High-A, as he's hitting .259 with a .
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