Dominic

Canzone

Canzone will sit against southpaw Trevor Rogers. Dylan Moore is playing right field and hitting ninth. Cole Young also gets the day off with Jorge Polanco getting the start at second base and Mitch Garver the designated hitter.

The 28-year-old slugger was acquired from the Diamondbacks on Thursday to add some more production to the middle of the Mariners’ lineup. Hitting behind Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh should give him plenty of chances to continue to be an elite run producer. Luke Raley will take a seat on Friday night with Dominic Canzone drawing the start in right field.

The Mariners have been desperate to add another strong bat to the middle of their lineup and they did so in a big way with the first major move of the trade season. Naylor has hit .292/.360/.447 with 11 homers, 59 RBI, 11 stolen bases and a 49/37 K/BB ratio over 394 plate appearances on the season. His arrival will likely push Luke Raley to the outfield and will probably cost Dominic Canzone his shot at everyday at-bats in the M’s lineup.

Canzone has seven hits the last two days and is now hitting .333/.355/.589 with six homers in 93 plate appearances. It’s tough projecting him for lasting fantasy value, given that he’s a platoon player who doesn’t steal bases and plays in a notoriously difficult ballpark for offense. Still, he’s making a lot of hard contact while striking out only 17% of the time since his callup.

Canzone’s home run was his fifth of the season and fourth in his last seven games. The 27-year-old outfielder is playing regularly against right-handed pitching and the homers make him somewhat interesting in deeper formats.

The Mariners could have just sent Dominic Canzone down to make room for the returning Luke Raley, but they’ve chosen instead to move on from Tellez, who was hitting .208/.249/.434 with 11 homers in 185 plate appearances. In truth, it seems like the right call to us. Tellez has just an 88 OPS+ since the start of 2023, and while Canzone isn’t very good in right, the defense is probably still better with him in the outfield and Raley at first than with Raley in right and Tellez at first.

Canzone returns to the majors with Seattle moving on from Leody Taveras ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Diamondbacks. The 27-year-old outfielder appeared in two games earlier this season and has been extremely productive at Triple-A Tacoma, slashing .296/.360/.564 with 13 homers and three steals across 45 games in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.

The 27-year-old is now hitting .318/.359/.700 in 28 games at Triple-A with 12 home runs and 29 RBI. He probably warrants a promotion at this point.

Canzone is hitting .314 with 11 home runs and 27 RBI in 27 games for Triple-A Tacoma this season. The Mariners are continuing to play Leody Taveras in right field, but they could pivot to Canzone if Taveras doesn’t start to produce.

Canzone went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts over two games with Seattle after being called up earlier this week. The 27-year-old will head back to the minors to allow the Mariners to bring up some infield depth.