The Seattle Mariners might be without Jarred Kelenic, who was once seen as a star prospect in the Mets system, for the rest of the season.
It turns out, the 24-year-old broke his foot after taking out his frustrations on a water cooler in a 3-6 loss to the Twins on Wednesday. This drops the Mariners, who have lost two straight games and five of their last 10, 10 games back in the AL West and 5 1/2 games behind in the Wild Card race.
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This wasn’t reliever Tommy Kahnle going berserk on a fan in the Yankees dugout, alá the “Office Space” copy machine beatdown. It was a Kelenic kicking a water cooler after striking out against closer Jhoan Duran in the ninth inning – a bout of frustration gone really bad.
“He had X-rays last night and a scan done this morning,” manager Scot Servais said via Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times. “He’s going to be out with a broken bone. Nobody feels worse about it than Jarred does. I think it’s a learning lesson for him and for all players.”
It was an unfortunate incident that he deeply regrets.
Talking to reporters in the Mariners dugout before Thursday’s game, Kelenic could barely speak through the tears.
“I let the emotions get the best of me there,” he said wiping away tears. “I feel terrible. Especially for the guys. I just, I let the emotions get the best of me and I let them down.”
After making adjustments to his swing in the offseason, the 24-year-old is slashing .252/.320/.439 with 11 home runs and a career-best 12 stolen bases.
Kelenic was drafted by the Mets No. 6 overall in 2018. He was shipped to Seattle after his first summer in Queens as part of the mega-trade in December 2018 that brought closer Edwin Diaz and infielder Robinson Cano to New York, getting shipped to Seattle alongside Jay Bruce, Gerson Bautista, Justin Dunn and Anthony Swarzak.
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