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friends and happy Saturday!
The Mariners completed their climb back to .500 yesterday with a 7-6 walk-off victory over the Diamondbacks. Julio Rodríguez and Luke Raley continued their hot starts at the dish with a home run each, while J.P. Crawford had his first multi-homer game as a Mariner.
Raley leads the M’s with 12 dingers so far this year, Julio has 11, and J.P. rounds out the top three with 9. Who do you think will lead the club in homers by the end of the season?
In Mariners news…
- The Mariners provided updates on the injuries of Cal Raleigh and Brendan Donovan. Both players are progressing well in their recovery, but neither appears close to going on a minor league rehab assignment.
- Andrea Arcadipane at The Athletic dug into the changes Emerson Hancock has made this season. ($)
- Zac Hereth at Seattle Sports made the case for four Mariners to be selected for the All-Star Game.
Around the league…
- A’s right-hander Luis Severino left his start last night with right arm soreness.
- Major League Baseball handed Brewers righty Abner Uribe a one-game suspension for the inappropriate gesture he made in a game against the Cardinals.
- Marlins right-hander Eury Pérez will miss eight weeks with a right gracilis strain.
- The Marlins sold 15% of their ownership stake to a South Florida family at a $1.55 billion club valuation.
- Rob Manfred admitted the league didn’t have sufficient evidence that former right-hander Jeurys Familia assaulted his wife. Major League Baseball punished him for it anyway. Bradford William Davis wrote about how this precedent endangers the women who come forward with allegations.
- Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh is running one of the highest BABIPs in MLB history. Mike Petriello says in his case, it may be more sustainable than you think.
- Patrick Dubuque at Baseball Prospectus wrote about why not every fly ball should be measured equally against a pitcher. ($)
- Don’t look now, but the Astros might be back. Chandler Rome at The Athletic reported on how left-hander Spencer Arrighetti helped turn the club around. ($)
- Jake Mailhot penned a piece at Fangraphs about the resurgence of Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz.
