Baltimore Orioles’ Keon Broxton runs up the first base line after connecting for an RBI-double off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Bryan Shaw in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Denver.
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI AP August isn’t here yet, but the Seattle Mariners are now just two players away from tying their single-season club record for players used.
Outfielder Keon Broxton, acquired off waivers from the Orioles last week, reported to the team ahead of Tuesday night’s series opener against Texas, and was immediately placed in the starting lineup.
“I like playing guys as soon as they get here,” Mariners manager Scott Servais told reporters in Arlington. “Get them in, get them acclimated, make them feel like they’re a part of the team.”
The team, though, has taken many different shapes already due in part to sending 20 different players to the injured list this season, and there are still two months left to play.
Broxton, who started in center field, is already the 59th player to appear for the Mariners this season. The club’s single-season record is 61 players, set in 2017.
He is also the 38th player to make his Mariners debut in 2019, as they continue to audition new players on almost a weekly basis. The 29-year-old outfielder was designated for assignment by Baltimore on July 21 after hitting just .204/.261/.350 in 37 games with three doubles, four homers, nine RBIs, four stolen bases and eight walks to 49 strikeouts.
Broxton started the season with the New York Mets, playing just 34 games before he was designated for assignment. His numbers were worse there, and he recorded just seven hits in 53 plate appearances.
He’s in the second season of an offensive skid after a breakout year in 2017, when he had 20 homers and stole 21 bases in 143 games with the Brewers.
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