Entering the 1999 season, 20-year-old Gil Meche was rated the fourth-best prospect in the Seattle Mariners’ organization by Baseball America, behind Ryan Anderson, Freddy Garcia and Carlos Guillen. Both Garcia and Guillen started the year with the big league squad, and while Anderson is currently laboring at Double-A New Haven, Meche has pitched so well…
KENDALL OUT FOR THE SEASON “It was one of the worst things I’ve seen. I’ve never seen anything like it. He was probably going to set the record for steals by a catcher, but will that speed come back? I just don’t know.” — Gene Lamont, Pirates manager “It’s one of the most gruesome things…