What is the story about?
Good
morning everyone! Happy Wednesday.
Last night, the Mariners lost a heartbreaker to the Marlins 6-5
after blowing several key run-scoring opportunities.Cal Raleigh seems to be heating up, with a pair of doubles in last night’s contest. Do you think we’re about to see a resurgence for Big Dumper?
In Mariners news…
- The Mariners have made it loud and clear now: Dom Canzone is no longer just a platoon player.
- The Mariners reportedly agreed to a minor league deal with veteran outfielder Stuart Fairchild.
- The MLB Draft is just around the corner, so Max Ellingsen provided a quick preview of “the rest” of the players potentially up for grabs for the Mariners in the first round that he hasn’t yet profiled extensively. If you’re looking for more in-depth analysis of top M’s draft targets, Max has you covered here.
- Daniel Kramer also provided a complete preview of the upcoming draft.
- Josh Kirshenbaum talked to Randy Arozarena and Mariners staff about his All-Star first half and how he’s found more consistency this year.
- To round out the Fourth of July festivities, Eric Sanford graded your comparisons between Mariners players and the framers of the United States Constitution.
Around the league…
- If you’re looking to dive even deeper into draft coverage ahead of the big day, friend of the site Tyler Pride provided a full breakdown of his top 85 MLB Draft prospects.
- The Brewers promoted top outfield prospect Luis Lara to the big leagues. Lara signed a seven-year contract extension with the club earlier this year.
- Ryan O’Hearn broke a Pirates club record with 10 runs batted in during last night’s contest against Atlanta.
- The Yankees made MLB history by striking out 17 times in two consecutive games.
- The Royals have agreed to a minor league deal with former Mariners reliever Justin Topa.
- Young Pirates infielder Konnor Griffin will miss 8-10 weeks with a torn tendon in his left hand.
- The Twins placed outfielder Byron Buxton on the injured list with a right hip strain.
- The Mets activated infielder Jorge Polanco from the injured list. Polo has been out since April due to an Achilles injury.
- The Astros demoted right-hander Mike Burrows to Triple-A after he got rocked by the Nationals in his last start.
- The Tigers announced that they’ve parted ways with third base coach (and former Mariner) Joey Cora.
- Patrick Dubuque at Baseball Prospectus tried to get to the bottom of whatever is going on with the baseballs. ($)
- Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel updated their ranking of the top 100 trade candidates.
- Ryan Blake at Fangraphs dug into the American League pitchers for this year’s All-Star Game.
- David Schoenfield at ESPN gave midseason grades to each MLB team.
- Kiri Oler at Fangraphs wonders what on earth is going on with Paul Skenes, who has a 5.36 ERA over his last nine starts.
Anders’ pick…
- In the FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi led Argentina to an improbable comeback victory against Egypt to win 3-2 and advance to the quarterfinal.
