Zach Lee: The Newest Seattle Mariner

This past Sunday, the Seattle Mariners traded shortstop Chris Taylor to the Los Angeles Dodgers for pitcher Zach Lee, who was assigned to Triple-A Tacoma, the Mariners' Highest-Ranked Minor League Affiliate. Here are 3 things you should know about the newest member of the Seattle Mariners...

1. He is a freakishly talented athlete who throws, consistently, 90 to 93 Miles Per Hour & has a lot of potential.

 Zach Lee

2. He was the Los Angeles Dodgers' 1st round pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft out of McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas, where he starred in both baseball [as a pitcher] & football [as a quarterback]. He was considered a difficult signing by many baseball draft experts due to his football commitment to Louisiana State University and dropped in the MLB draft as a result of this. But he signed with the Dodgers, anyway.

3. His 1st start in Triple-A [while with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization] was against the Tacoma Rainiers, where, as I previously stated, he was assigned to when he was traded to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.