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Hello everyone, and happy Friday!
The Mariners closed out their road trip with a whimper, dropping the series finale to the Dodgers 6-2.
The team is in a rut, so I’m not going to ask you about them. Instead: what do you have planned for this upcoming weekend?
In Mariners news…
- In case you missed it, the Mariners are hosting a special “Jimothy Night” on August 7th. For every ticket sold, the team is donating $2 to the Ballard Food Bank.
- Despite the Mariners’ recent slide, Cal Raleigh gave his pitch for the team to buy at the deadline.
Around the league…
- The Twins are officially buyers, trading for Mets left-handed reliever A.J. Minter for a pair of prospects.
- In a surprise pre-deadline move, the Tigers are calling up top outfield prospect Max Clark.
- The Diamondbacks are pulling old friend Paul Sewald from the closer role and moving to a committee approach to the 9th inning moving forward.
- This is about as come-from-behind as it gets in just one swing.
- The New York Mets are the first MLB team to sign an exclusive rights deal with a prediction partner, agreeing to terms with the startup Novig.
- Funny thing about that partnership…
- A Florida collector pulled a 1-of-1 Shohei Ohtani card and immediately sold it for more than $10M.
- Michael Baumann at Fangraphs opines that the Brewers and Rays are under the most pressure to acquire left-hander Tarik Skubal.
- Baseball Prospectus has developed an injury recovery tool to help you understand how long a player is expected to be out of action depending on the type and severity of injury.
- It’s interesting that the Mariners are seen as the most reactive on this chart. This to me is an example of the “Trader Jerry” moniker sticking around in the industry even though he has substantially cooled off in his twitchiness since his first few years.
