“George has the ability to kind of slow things down in some ways,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Friday, picking Kirby over Luis Castillo. Melton started the season at Double-A Erie, was promoted to Triple-A Toledo on June 5 and made his big league debut on July 23. (Eugenio Suárez, who totaled 49 homers this season, hit 13 for Seattle after being traded by Arizona.) He’s hit .336 with 11 home runs and an 1.104 OPS in the postseason. “He’s grown a lot, he’s matured a lot.