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Hello folks and happy Wednesday!
The Mariners bats came alive yesterday as the team feasted on the Twins’ bullpen to the tune of a 7-1 victory. In particular, it was a great game from second baseman Cole Young, who is beginning to round into form offensively with a .278/.352/.407 slash line heading into today’s action.
How have your expectations for Young evolved over the course of the season? Just how far do you think he can go?
In Mariners news…
- In case you missed it, Eric Sanford unveiled and graded your responses to his latest prompt for the Lookout Landing reverse mailbag.
- Kate Preusser spoke with new Mariners reliever Alex Hoope about how he’s settling in with the team.
- Kate also connected with rehabbing Mariners starter Bryce Miller on the new pitches he’s trying out while he works his way back to the squad.
- Jay Staph checked in on Kade Anderson’s season so far, which is off to a roaring start.
- The latest episode of Tom Wilhelmsen and Charlie Furbush’s podcast featured Rick Rizzs!
- Meanwhile, Jeff Passan had Cal Raliegh on his podcast to discuss the origin of the Big Dumper nickname, coaches calling pitches from the dugout, and more.
- There are layers to Rob Refsnyder’s go-ahead home run against the Cardinals.
Around the league…
- We had another April managerial change yesterday, with the Phillies canning skipper Rob Thomson. Don Mattingly, the father of Phillies GM Preston Mattingly, will take over in his place. Alex Cora was reportedly offered the Philadelphia gig but turned it down so he could spend time with his family.
- Mets starter Kodai Senga, who has been struggling this season, was placed on the injured list with lumbar spinal inflammation.
- A’s infielder Max Muncy was placed on the IL with a broken finger.
- The Angels DFA’d former Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano.
- Matthew Trueblood at Baseball Prospectus analyzed how the shape of the strike zone is changing with the ABS challenge system in place. ($)
- Craig Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus dug into the evolution of Roki Sasaki’s splitter as the right-hander attempts to right the ship. ($)
