Dorighi Signs Free Agent Deal with the Seattle Mariners
INDIANAPOLIS – The Seattle Mariners signed Butler shortstop Carter Dorighi to a free agent deal moments after the conclusion of the 2024 MLB Draft on Tuesday evening. The junior from Cherry Hills Village, Colorado will join an organization that is currently in first place of the AL West standings and that has six minor league affiliates.
“Carter is everything a coach looks for, not only as a player, but as a person and a teammate,” Head Coach Blake Beemer said. “Carter worked hard and played every game like it was his last. He put together one of the best seasons in school history and we can’t wait to watch him do great things at the professional level.”
Dorighi hit .370 as the Bulldog lead-off man and was one of just two unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selections. He led the BIG EAST and set a new school record with 90 hits in 2024. Dorighi ranked 32nd in the nation in total hits and 80th in batting average.
A starter in all 55 games, Dorighi had 16 doubles, three triples and seven home runs during his junior campaign to record 133 total bases and 48 RBIs. He scored 55 runs and set a new school record with 243 at-bats. Dorighi was the league leader in at-bats, total plate appearances, runs, and total bases.
Single-game highlights from 2024 includes Dorighi tying the school record with a six-hit game in the finale at Morehead State on March 3. He had a season-high six RBIs vs. Bradley two weeks later and went 5-for-6 at Villanova in May with a double and a home run. Dorighi led BU with 28 multi-hit games and recorded multiple RBIs in 12 games.
Over his two-year Bulldog career, Dorighi came up with 155 hits in 110 games giving him a .333 average.
READ MORE:
Draft brings pitchers, unique talents to Mariners’ system
SEATTLE — The Mariners made two of their most intriguing picks in recent Draft memory, swung aggressively with an expensive agreement on their second-rounder, restocked their hitter-heavy pipeline with 14 pitchers and came away from their 2024 class feeling optimistic about its long-term potential.
Basically, Seattle’s 2024 Draft had a bit of everything.
- Mariners take switch-pitcher Cijntje with 15th pick | Meet Seattle’s two-way pick
“Some Drafts are different,” Mariners director of amateur scouting Scott Hunter said. “This one, don’t chase something that may not be there. And we did see the depth of this Draft being a little different than last year. So we wanted to be a little more targeted.”
2024 Draft presented by Nike:
Draft Tracker | Top 250 prospects
Pick-by-pick analysis: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
Bazzana goes No. 1 | Wake Forest makes history | Mariners nab switch-pitcher | Top 7 Day 1 storylines | Famous family ties | These picks could be new club No. 1’s | Picks who could be quickest to bigs | Sons of Manny, Big Papi selected | Complete coverage
Here are four takeaways from Seattle’s 20 picks:
1. Pitchers, pitchers and more pitchers
The Mariners went extremely heavy on arms, all of which were college selections, other than second-rounder Ryan Sloan. Part of that strategy was by design — Seattle’s well-chronicled success with draft-and-develop pitchers has paid off massively in the Majors, but it has also left its farm system more depleted of top-end arms, as none of its top 10 prospects by MLB Pipeline is a pitcher.
