The Seattle Mariners Minor League slugger pulls off a rare feat in organizational history

The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers on Friday night to keep their playoff hopes alive, but the news was also good on the farm at Triple-A Tacoma.

Rainiers slugger Jason Vosler hit his 30th home run of the season, joining a rare group in organization history.

According to Mike Curto, who is the speaker at Tacoma:

Eighth player in Tacoma franchise history (1960–present) to hit 30 in a season.

In addition to the surge, Vosler is hitting .302. He has 109 RBI and carries a .938 OPS. Plus, he did it all in 463 at-bats, which is hardly a full workload. He had a brief 10-game call-up with the Mariners and was in DFA limbo for a bit, making his accomplishments all the more impressive as he missed potential time.

With the Mariners, he hit .179 with three RBIs in 10 games. He spent parts of four years in the big leagues with the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Mariners. He is a .207 hitter in 261 at bats.

Vosler will become a free agent again at the end of the year, and given his productivity this season, it would be understandable if he wants to leave the M’s organization for a chance at consistent major league work.

We have no idea how the roster will shake out in Seattle, but at this point it doesn’t seem likely to happen with the M’s.

The Mariners will be back in action on Saturday afternoon when they take on the Rangers again at 4:15pm PT.

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