Athletes Beyond Bartow: An update on the local MiLB players

6/26/2023 Charles Wilson - BartowSportsZone.com

Updates on Bartow County's two current Minor League Baseball athletes -- former Cartersville High Hurricanes Mason Barnett and Anthony Seigler -- for the week ending Sunday, April 25.

MASON BARNETT — Quad Cities River Bandits (KC Royals High A affiliate; 2nd-yr. pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … allowed just one earned run on four hits, a pair of walks, and one hit batsman in a six inning start at home last Tuesday (June 20). The 22-year-old right-handed hurler was tagged with the loss as the River Bandits lost to the Peoria Chiefs, 3-2. Barnett fanned six in the start and faced 24 batters. He has a 2-3 record for the season in 11 starts and 51 innings pitched. The Royals’ third round pick in 2022 has a 4.06 ERA and 64 strikeouts. Quad Cities finished the Midwest League’s first half schedule with a 32-34 mark and finished third in the West Division. The Bandits have started the second half schedule 0-3 and begin a six-game home series Wednesday with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.

ANTHONY SEIGLER — Somerset Patriots (NY Yankees Double-A affiliate; 6th-yr. pro; Cartersville HS) … made four starts last week for the Patriots in a six-game series with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Two of his starts were at DH and two as catcher. The 24-year-old was 1-for-13 at the plate with four walks and one RBI. He scored a pair of runs as Somerset split the six-game set. For the season, the Yankees’ 2018 first round selection is 23-for-133 (.173) with one home run and 16 RBIs. The Patriots (42-26) lead the Eastern League’s Northeast Division by 2-½ games over the Portland Sea Dogs. They have a six-game series starting Wednesday through Monday July 3 at the Bowie BaySox.