MODESTO, California — Former Ashland University right-handed pitcher Art Warren will begin his third professional season with the class High-A Modesto Nuts in the Seattle Mariners organization.
Warren, who will start the season as a reliever, was 11-2 with a 3.17 earned-run average in 27 games (20 starts) at two levels in 2016 in his first full pro campaign. He was a Midwest League All-Star with the Class-A Clinton Lumberkings.
A 23rd-round selection by the Mariners in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft, Warren is 12-2 with a 3.21 ERA in 33 regular-season games (20 starts) in his minor-league career.
Warren also has seen action in the postseason in both of his minor-league seasons, pitching in one game each for the Arizona Rookie League Mariners in 2015 and the now-defunct Bakersfield Blaze in 2016.
Modesto is in its first season as the Mariners’ class High-A affiliate. Its season begins on Thursday (April 6) at the Lake Elsinore Storm.
In his only season on the mound for the Eagles in 2015 after transferring from Division I Cincinnati, Warren was 5-4 with a 3.88 ERA in 60 1/3 innings over 12 starts in 2015. He allowed 48 hits and 47 walks while striking out 52, and yielded just one home run.
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