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Hello
friends and happy Saturday!
It was a sad Friday night for the M’s, who dropped the first game to the Blue Jays
by an 8-1 final. We don’t need to dwell on this one too much.Let’s get you caught up on the rest of the happenings from around baseball.
In Mariners news…
- In case you missed it, the Mariners have decided to temporarily shift Bryce Miller to the bullpen.
- A 1-of-1 Mariners Jimothy card could sell for enough money to fund one kid’s college tuition, writes Sofia Schwarzwalder at The Seattle Times.
Around the league…
- Atlanta right-handers Hurston Waldrep and Spencer Schwellenbach will each undergo season-ending elbow surery.
- The Rays have cleared another hurdle in the process of getting a new stadium built in Tampa, with the Hillsborough County Commission voting in favor.
- Major League Baseball has suspended Guardians would-be prospect “David Severino” for lying about his name and age.
- Chris Black attempted to diagnose what has gone wrong with Jays star Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. this year.
- Michael Clair profiled Giaconino Lasaracina and Giacomo Taschin, the first-ever Italian-born professional battery trying to make a name for themselves in the Blue Jays organization.
- Russell Dorsey at Yahoo! Sports talked to players around the game about how pitch calling is a dying — or maybe evolving — art with many coaches now calling games from the dugout.
Anders’ pick…
- Elizabeth Merrill and David Purdum at ESPN wrote about the harrowing dangers of gambling addiction from the perspective of one family who’s college-aged son was consumed by it.
