As the calendar turns into October, baseball season is slowly coming to a close, but the career of a former Stag is just beginning.
The season for the Everett AquaSox, the class-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, ended on Sept. 4, with the team finishing with an 18-20 mark for the season. Mark Bordonaro, the former Fairfield relief pitcher, played in 18 games for the AquaSox after being drafted in the 25th round of this year’s MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Bordonaro finished the season with 20 strikeouts in 29.2 innings pitched. Overall, he had a record of 3-4 with a 5.76 ERA. His best month came in July, where he featured a 3.76 ERA with a 2-1 record in the month, while striking out 11 in just 9.1 innings.
Bordonaro said in an interview in June that the Mariners expect him to be used as a sixth, seventh, or eighth inning reliever, and will look to continue his development in the coming weeks and months. The fall leagues are a common place for prospects to go after the season is done, and, for Bordonaro, it is a place where he can match up against the best and brightest prospects throughout the Majors.
Bordonaro played in 65 career games over his three years with the Stags, which is second most all time. His 12 career saves are also good for second all time in Fairfield history.
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