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morning friends! It’s Wednesday once more, and we’ve got some news and analysis to dig into.
In Mariners news…
- In case you missed it, the Mariners announced their full broadcast team for the 2026 season.
- Another reminder to go vote for Ryan Blake for the SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards! Let’s get our guy some much-deserved hardware.
Around the league…
- Mark your calendars: Major League Baseball set August 3 as this year’s trade deadline date.
- Astros stars Carlos Correa and José Altuve will not be participating in the World Baseball Classic after both players failed to receive injury insurance on their big league contracts.
- Nolan Arenado opened up about his decision last winter to block a trade to Houston.
- For the second time in his career, Aaron Judge will grace the cover of MLB The Show.
- With just a couple of weeks to go until spring training, there are plenty of big names still on the board. The MLB.com staff broke down the top remaining free agents.
- Davy Andrews at Fangraphs offered his thoughts on José Ramírez’s latest deal with the Guardians, projecting out the rest of his career and where he may line up for Hall of Fame consideration when all is said and done.
