Ryan Bliss, Aidan Smith log big hits in Spring Breakout
\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Here are a few highlights from the Breakout game:\n\n**New era of Chaos Ball** \nThe youngsters put together their own spin of what’s become a regular brand of baseball with the big league team in recent years: Chaos Ball.\n\nWith two on and no outs in the fourth, Aidan Smith got all the way to third base on a hard-hit knock to the opposite-field gap — thanks to a wide throw from the Padres’ cutoff man at shortstop to the plate, attempting to cut down Tyler Locklear, and a second throwing error into left field attempting to nab Lazaro Montes after he rounded third.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
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\n\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Smith, the Mariners’ No. 14 prospect by MLB Pipeline, also had a hard-hit single up the middle in the second. A fourth-round Draft pick last year, Smith flew more under the radar than the other high-school bats that Seattle selected higher — Colt Emerson, Jonny Farmelo and Tai Peete \\-\\- but he was touted as one of the best pure hitters among the talent-rich Texas high-school ranks.\n\n**Two-out Bliss** \nRyan Bliss continued to flash the sneaky power he showed in big league camp with an RBI double in the second that led to Seattle’s first run and countered the floodgates that the Padres had opened. He did so in a full count with two outs, and it scored Harry Ford, who had led off the inning with a first-pitch single up the middle off Padres starter Robby Snelling, which left his bat at 102 mph.\n\nFor a farm system full of hitters that are still a ways away, Ford and Bliss are closer to the Majors than most who played in Saturday’s game.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”“,”providerName”:”MLB”,”providerUrl”:null,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:425,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”“Over the past year, I’ve had some success and I think I’m starting to find my identity and find out the type of player I am, and honestly the type of player that the Mariners would want me to be,” Bliss said. “So I’m just trying to be that.”\n\n**Clase’s diving catch** \nJonatan Clase‘s reputation has been built on a historic power-speed combo, but it was his glove that shined on Saturday, when he made a diving catch in the fourth.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2024-03-23T21:24:00Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-03/23/f938b760-ffb9e45e-8c669a61-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”Jonatan Clase makes a diving catch in left field during the 4th inning of the Spring Breakout game”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:00:14″,”slug”:”jonatan-clase-s-diving-catch-x0611″,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-136″,”title”:”Seattle Mariners”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:136″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”vod”,”title”:”vod”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”defense”,”title”:”defense”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”in-game-highlight”,”title”:”in-game highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action…