Help apparently is on the way for the Chattanooga Lookouts, a team batting a third-worst .248 in the Southern League.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Corey Seager, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ top non-pitching prospect, has been promoted from Class A Rancho Cucamonga in California. The Times said it was told by Seager that he had been promoted and that he would report to the Lookouts on Thursday in Mobile, Ala.
The promotion was reported on the Dodgers’ website Monday afternoon and was confirmed in an off-the-record conversation locally.
The Lookouts were held to four hits Monday night in a rain-shortened 7-1 loss to Huntsville. The visiting Stars broke a 2-1 game wide open with five runs in the top of the seventh. Erik Komatsu homered and Nick Shaw went 2-for-4 and batted in two runs in the game.
Noel Cuevas, who was 1-for-3, got the lone RBI for the Lookouts. Starting pitcher Raydel Sanchez, lifted after three innings after suffering an unknown injury sliding back into second, took the loss.