Jarred Kelenic will always be tied to the Mets and that doesn’t sit well with the former first-round draft pick’s mother.
“It still surprises me seeing him in New York newspapers after all this time,” Lisa Kelenic told Baseball America on Sunday. “He’s 19. He was yours for 4 months. You broke up with him.”
Kelenic’s name has popped up in The Post this season. The center fielder was selected sixth overall by the Mets in the 2018 draft, and was sent to the Mariners as part of the Edwin Diaz-Robinson Cano offseason blockbuster that only keeps getting worse for the not so Amazin’s.
The Mets made the move with ill-fated playoff aspirations and now are nowhere near contention. The 20-year-old Kelenic, meanwhile, is quickly rising through the Mariners’ system. He is in Advanced-A now after slashing .309/.394/.586 with 11 home runs and 29 RBIs in 50 Low-A games, and represented Seattle at the MLB Futures Game last month. Kelenic is currently hitting .250/.325/.444 with four home runs and 14 RBIs in 30 games with Modesto.
“It stinks. In all honesty, I wish it was a win-win for both, I do,” Kelenic said at the All-Star Game festivities. “I mean, the season’s not over. It’s halfway over yet. It’s still early. I’m just kind of trying to stay out of it, because there’s nothing I can do, you know?”