Montes, Farmelo, Emerson: Mariners' High-A squad powers up on homer-happy night

There’s an old saying: Good things come in threes. That rang true Saturday night as three of the Mariners’ Top 10 prospects (each ranked in the Top 100 overall) homered for High-A Everett.

Colt Emerson (SEA No. 1/MLB No. 18), Lazaro Montes (SEA No. 2/MLB No. 38) and Jonny Farmelo (SEA No. 6/MLB No. 91) all went yard in the AquaSox’s 7-3 win over the Eugene Emeralds at PK Park.

Montes -- one of the most powerful prospects in the Minors (65 grade, on the 20-80 scale) -- opened the scoring with an opposite-field shot in the second inning off Giants prospect Cale Lansville. It marked Montes' sixth long ball of the year, pushing him atop the Northwest League leaderboard. The 20-year-old from Havana, Cuba, now owns a 1.007 OPS and has tallied 14 extra-base hits among his 24 knocks in 2025, following a standout 21-homer, 105-RBI season last year.

Farmelo followed Montes’ lead an inning later. In his third game back from a torn ACL suffered in 2024, the left-handed hitter connected on a high fastball from Lansville for his second home run in his first three outings. The Virginia native, Seattle’s Prospect Promotion Incentive pick in 2023 (for Julio Rodríguez winning the 2022 American League Rookie of the Year Award), missed nearly a full year of action but has quickly re-established himself as a key piece in the Mariners' system.

Emerson, the youngest of the trio at 19, added the finishing touch with a solo shot to straightaway center in the seventh. Known more for his polished hit tool and plate discipline than raw power, the left-handed-hitting shortstop finishes the night with a .258/.365/.371 slash and a career .409 OBP through 117 pro games. The homer marked his first of the season.

All three prospects are part of Seattle’s impressive farm system, and while it’s unlikely they debut at T-Mobile Park this year, nights like Saturday offer a preview of what may lie ahead.