Rebuilding MLB clubs hope to keep developing top prospects
(WorldNews Sport)

SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto had at one point expected former first-round pick Logan Gilbert to be pitching at T-Mobile Park by the time June rolled around. He also believed Jarred Kelenic, one of the top prospects in all of baseball, would likely soon follow him to the big leagues, set to join a group of prospects expected to be at the core of the Mariners` rebuilding project. “Eventually, our players are still going to hit the ground running and achieve whatever ceiling they were able to achieve,” Dipoto said. `It may just take a little bit longer.” - Advertisement - From Seattle to Kansas City, Baltimore to Miami, rebuilding teams that were hoping to see their...