Young was 0 for 8 with six strikeouts in four games heading into Sunday. However, he broke that hitless streak with one very loud swing in his first at-bat against the Rangers.<\/p>\n
The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Young showed off the surprising pop he has for his stature, clubbing a 442-foot blast over the wall in right-center field at Peoria Stadium for a two-run homer in the first inning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Young\u2019s homer had a 105.9-mph exit velocity and came off a slider from Rangers left-hander Jacob Lantz, who had a 2.84 ERA over 85 2\/3 big league innings last season.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Young, a former top prospect, is the top candidate to break camp as the Mariners\u2019 opening day second baseman.<\/p>\n
Seattle Mariners GM: Cole Young \u2018showing us that he\u2019s ready\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Young made his MLB debut in style last season with a walkoff RBI in the 11th inning against the Minnesota Twins on May 31. After going hitless in his next five games, he put together an impressive 50-game stretch where slashed .281\/.369\/.399 with a .769 OPS, three homers, seven doubles, a triple and 20 walks to 28 strikeouts. That run included hitting the longest home run by a Mariner last season, a 456-foot shot<\/a> into the second deck in right field at T-Mobile Park.<\/p>\n However, Young struggled over his final 21 games, hitting .059 (3 for 51) with one homer.<\/p>\n A first-round pick in 2022, Young is one of just two first-rounders who were picked out of high school from his class to have reached the major leagues. The other is No. 1 overall pick Jackson Holliday. Young was picked 22nd.<\/p>\n More on the Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n \u2022 Mariners top pick Anderson strikes out 3 in \u2018impressive\u2019 debut<\/a>
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