While Anderson is certainly generating headlines for his work at Double-A Arkansas, Mason Peters is putting in solid work at Single-A Inland Empire. He joined the 'Refuse to Lose' podcast on Friday.
On Friday night at Double-A Arkansas, Seattle Mariners top pitching prospect Kade Anderson continued the excellent start to his professional career, tossing five more dominant innings. The 21-year-old, who was selected No. 3 overall in the 2025 MLB Draft, is 1-0 with a 0.64 ERA through three starts. He's struck out 22 batters in 14.0 innings and could be ready to make his major league debut as early as this season.
And while Anderson is generating plenty of headlines, there is another left-handed prospect from the 2025 draft class gaining some buzz as well: Mason Peters.
Drafted in the fourth round out of Dallas Baptist, Peters is currently pitching at Single-A Inland Empire. Through three starts, he's got an ERA of 3.00. He's struck out 21 batters in 12.0 innings, featuring a solid fastball and a wicked curveball.He gave up just one run in four innings on Friday.
He recently gained some recognition from Baseball America, and he also joined the 'Refuse to Lose' podcast before his start on Friday. You can listen to the full interview at that link, but here are some portions of the conversation.
On the biggest adjustment to professional baseball
"I think the schedule. I think the schedule just, playing three, going from playing three- game series, four games a week in college to now you're playing every day. You've got one off day. It's a lot more, but it's a lot of fun to get to go to the field those days and, hang out with the other starters and watch the game. So it hasn't been too bad of an adjustment."
On not comparing himself and his development to other prospects
"I think just talking with the guys around me, with some of the coaching staff, my job is to pitch. Like, I'm gonna go out there, wherever I'm at, whatever level I'm at, I'm going to be prepared, I'm going to do my routine for that week and I'm going to pitch.
I'm gonna try and dominate the...We kind of have the, the basis of, of what we're trying to do as the Mariners organization, win our 0-0s, win our 1-1s, and finish counts and punch guys out like, that's, that's what we want to do. And I'm going to do that regardless of where I'm at. When the time comes and I get moved up, then I'm going to do that at the next level.
I think it could be very easy to get swallowed up in 'who's who' and 'who's where.' And so, I think that focusing my mental energy on what's right in front of me and embracing where I'm at."
Seattle Mariners fans gather and cheer before the team's pick during the first round of the MLB Draft at Lumen Field in 2023. Stephen Brashear-Imagn ImagesOn when the Mariners make their pitching philosophy clear to draft picks
"It's day one. It's day one. So the 'DTZ,' we're going to dominate the zone. Everything as a pitcher in the Mariners org feels like it revolves around that. And so just as you go through draft camp and as you get into the first season, they just really hammer home, like, they'll show you all the statistics. We want to win the 0-0s and we want to win the evens, and good things are going to happen when we pitch to our strengths and when we can get guys into an advantage count. So, that's just the process."
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