l Name: Sean Poppen
l Position: Pitcher
l Number: 16
l Throws: Right
l Height/Weight: 6-foot-4, 195 pounds
l Age: 23
l Hometown: Chesapeake, Va.
l Noteworthy: Made three late-season starts and four overall appearances for Kernels in 2016, going 1-1 with a 2.13 earned run average. Allowed just 11 hits and struck out 19 in 17 innings. Also made eight starts for Rookie-level Elizabethton, going 2-3 with a 2.97 ERA. A 19th-round draft pick of Minnesota Twins in 2016 out of Harvard. Was a chemistry and physics double major.