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Hello friends!
The Mariners…well, we don’t need to talk about the Mariners game last night.
This is your last reminder to join the Lookout Landing Mariners Watch Party tonight at The Rebel in Wallingford!
In Mariners news…
- Before the series finale against the Astros, Josh Naylor gave away a pair of custom cleats from his collection to a Mariners fan. Ryan Divish at The Seattle Times has the story.
- Shannon Drayer explained the changes that Luke Raley made during the winter and spring to return to form this year.
- Keith Law at The Athletic called out catching prospect Luke Stevenson as an under-the-radar one to watch this season.
- Ryan Rowland-Smith provided his take on how the Mariners starting rotation could shake out once Bryce Miller is ready to return.
Around the league…
- The run of extensions for young position players continued yesterday with the Tigers inking infielder Kevin McGonigle to an eight-year, $150M contract that buys out his first three seasons of free agency.
- The White Sox officially called up infielder Sam Antonacci, who impressed with Team Italy during the World Baseball Classic.
- Things are getting even more hectic at the MLBPA, where the union ousted chief operating officer Xaxier James and head of human resources Michael O’Neill.
- A jury ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster hold an illegal monopoly on the industry.
- Cubs righty Porter Hodge will undergo UCL surgery, taking him out for the entire 2026 season.
- Phillies infielder Alec Bohm is seeking the return of $528,618 from his parents amidst their ongoing legal feud. ($)
- Angels outfielder Jorge Soler had his suspension reduced to four games on appeal. He initially received the suspension for getting into a brawl with Braves pitcher Reynaldo López.
- Our very own Jake Mailhot wrote about the Blue Jays’ recent acquisition of White Sox infielder Lenyn Sosa and how the move speaks to where each team is at so far this season.
- Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs tried to make sense of Ben Rice’s hot start for the Yankees.
- Bradley Woodrum at Baseball Prospectus tried to figure out why pitchers don’t seem to gain as much velocity as the season progresses anymore. ($)
- It finally happened: a catcher was called for catcher’s inference without the hitter even swinging the bat.
- Not surprising, but disappointing.
