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The Mariners’ bats couldn’t keep up last night in a 10-5 loss to the Rangers, though Lazaro Montes dazzled with his light-tower power. Kade Anderson takes the hill today in the middle match with first pitch set for 1:10pm PT.
In Mariners news…
- Former Mariners first baseman Pat Putnam passed away recently at the age of 72.
- One of the Mariners’ recent draft picks spoke about the team’s development plan for him.
- Ace Reese is off to the best start offensively among his draft class.
- This is a pretty awesome group supporting such a great cause!
Around the league…
- Braves right-hander Bryce Elder will miss the next 3-4 weeks after undergoing a knee scope to clear bone fragments.
- George Bowles at Viva El Birdos outlined where it all went wrong for the Cardinals this year.
- Jeff Passan at ESPN ranked the cities most likely to be awarded an expansion franchise after this upcoming CBA is agreed upon — and the #1 on the list may surprise you.
- Ryan Blake tried to look on the bright side for the Pirates following a horrific second half offensively.
Anders’ picks…
- Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing shamed LeBron James and the other celebrities who joined him for his new Polymarket ad.
- Holy hell, this looks incredible.
