The Mariners are signing infielder Kean Wong to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp, tweets Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times. He joins older brother Kolten Wong in the organization.
Kean Wong, 27, is a former fourth-round draftee of the Rays. He split the 2019 campaign between Tampa Bay and the Angels, later suiting up with the Halos for 32 contests in 2021. Wong has 84 MLB plate appearances to his name, carrying a .167/.188/.218 line with 23 strikeouts and two walks in that brief look.
Like his brother, the younger Wong is primarily a second baseman. He has played nearly 5000 innings at the keystone over parts of nine professional seasons. Wong also has a decent amount of experience at third base and has logged some corner outfield work.
The left-handed hitter re-signed on a minor league deal with the Angels last winter after being designated for assignment. He spent the whole year with their highest affiliate in Salt Lake, tallying 565 plate appearances through 128 games. Wong hit .262/.342/.332 with a lofty 10.8% walk percentage and average 22.1% strikeout rate. His on-base numbers were solid but came without much power, as he connected on only three home runs, 18 doubles and four triples despite playing in the extremely hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.
Wong did steal 41 bases in 47 attempts for the Bees, bringing him to 126 stolen bases over his minor league career. He’s now a .285/.352/.399 hitter over parts of five Triple-A campaigns. Wong joins Colin Moran, Drew Ellis and Mike Ford among the non-roster infielders with big league experience who’ll be in camp.
So Seattle now has 2 Wongs, as we know 2 Wongs don’t make a………ah sorry, that was too easy
That joke’s just Wong.
2 Wongs definitely don’t make it wright.
Had a burger made from Kean Wong. It was terrible
2 Wongs may not make a right, but 3 rights make a left and that’s a deep drive into left by Castellanos…
excellent thom Brenneman line!
Just wanted to make sure no one said we signed the Wong Wong
Now they need to get Connor Wong.
It seems that Seattle has it all Wong.
Kolten is a much cooler name although the full name Kean Wong is much better. Gotta say it very fast.
Lots of racists here.
Just kidding. Not triggered.
Wong time sense I heard that name.
I love quinoa!
Two Wong’s don’t make a (Evan)White
Wong way or another, he was getting signed
The comment section reads like an “old people on Facebook” post. Everyone’s dad was obviously frothing at the mouth to make a joke, doesn’t matter whether or not a similar joke was made earlier and delivered better.
You aren’t Wong
a guy comes into his kitchen and opens up his fridge. he finds a mouse inside…the guy says “hey! what are you doing in my refrigerator “? the mouse says ” isn’t this a Westinghouse? well…im just westing”
How did this end up as a comment under another comment?
MLBTR comment section is fudged up. Sometimes responses get dropped into being stand alone comments and now this? Along with muting not working well.
It’s great when a comment section becomes all stupid cringe humor, I get to see everyone that needs to be muted. Byeeee
I may be Wong, but Dipoto keeps signing these, these minor leaguers, is the bench going to be long enough?
You mean Wong enough?
He’s put up some impressive AAA numbers the last few seasons. Sure doesn’t look like much pop but 41 steals is nothing to sneeze at! And his OBP has been solid, prior to last year hitting over .300 too. Seems like a solid no risk pick up for a guy who could wind up a good UT type if needed.
Seattle had no real middle infield depth in Tacoma, so this makes a ton of sense.