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Good morning everyone and happy Friday!
Last night, the Mariners completed a sweep of the Angels in a 1-0 series finale win thanks to another dominant performance from Bryce Miller, who took a no-hitter into the 7th inning.
Now the question becomes: Do you think Miller has done enough in his limited time to earn an All-Star Game nod?
In Mariners news…
- Julio Rodríguez is set to be evaluated today after he was removed from last night’s game when he was hit in the back of the helmet by a throw.
- As Brendan Donovan progresses through his injury rehab, he’s receiving help from an unusual source — Ichiro.
- Travis Sawchik dug into the numbers to figure out what’s going on with Cal Raleigh this year.
Around the league…
- Major League Baseball issued suspensions to Cade Cavalli (7 games), Miles Mikolas (5 games), Willson Contreras (7 games), and Nate Eaton (3 games) for their roles in Tuesday’s brawl between the Nationals and Red Sox.
- Brent Stecker at Seattle Sports covered the local angle of the MLB Futures Game with Seattle-native Astros prospect Xavier Neyens being named to the American League squad at just 19 years old.
- Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic made his predictions for this year’s All-Star Game rosters. ($) The rosters will be unveiled on Saturday afternoon at 4:30pm PT.
- Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs outlined the worst defensive situations among playoff contenders.
- Craig Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus critiqued the league’s approach to marketing their CBA proposals to the greater public.
- That’s former Mariner Brett de Geus to you!
