The Mariners had several prospects in the latest top 100 from The Athletic.
The Seattle Mariners have been regarded as having one of the best minor league systems in baseball for years now.
The Mariners had four prospects listed on Baseball America's latest top 100 and seven on MLB Pipeline's first top 100 of 2026.
The Athletic's Keith Law released his first top 100 list of the year on Monday, and once again, Seattle was one of the most heavily-featured teams.
The Mariners had seven prospects on Law's top 100: shortstop Colt Emerson (No. 4); right-handed pitcher Ryan Sloan (No. 21); left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson (No. 28); second baseman/left fielder Michael Arroyo (No. 49); outfielder Lazaro Montes (No. 71); shortstop Felnin Celesten (No. 77) and outfielder Jonny Farmelo (No. 90).
The biggest surprise of Law's rankings is Celesten, who was not ranked in the Top 100 by either BA or MLB Pipeline.
Celesten, who joined Seattle's organization as an international signing out of the Dominican Republic in 2023, was featured on many top 100 lists in 2024 and a large chunk of 2025.
In his first two years with the organization, Celesten dealt with a hamstring and wrist injury that limited him to just 32 games of rookie ball in 2024.
In 2025, Celesten received his first taste of "A"-ball. He began the year with the Single-A Modesto Nuts and was promoted to the High-A Everett AquaSox on Aug. 18.
Across 104 games in Single-A and High-A, Celesten slashed .273/.345/.375 with a .720 OPS and hit 19 doubles, three triples and six home runs with 59 RBIs and stole 21 bases in 30 opportunities.
When Celesten was promoted to the AquaSox, his slash line dipped from .285/.349/.384 in 93 games with Modesto to .158/.313/.289 in 11 games with Everett.
Celesten's decrease in production from Single-A to High-A, in addition to time missed due to vertigo-like symptoms, led to him falling off many publications' top 100 lists.
Another interesting difference in Law's rankings compared to many others is the placement of Sloan and Anderson.
Anderson was selected by the Mariners with the third overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Sloan was the team's second-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft.
Despite not registering a pitch in a professional game, most publications have Anderson has the higher-graded hurler between the two.
In his first year of pro ball last season, Sloan began with the Nuts before he was promoted to the AquaSox on Aug. 10. He posted a 3.73 ERA and fanned 90 batters in 82 innings pitched across 21 starts at the two levels.
Regardless of the placement of prospects, Law's list is another in which Seattle has its imprints all over it. And the organization might start seeing returns from the elite of the farm system as soon as this season.
Emerson, Montes and Arroyo are all projected to make their major league debuts in 2026, per MLB Pipeline.
Interesting to note: While Jurrangelo Cijntje was on the Top 100 at MLB Pipeline, he was not on Law's list.
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