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Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend!
The Mariners notched their first extra-innings win of the season yesterday in a 3-1 victory over the Angels thanks to strong pitching performances from Bryan Woo, Matt Brash, Andrés Muñoz, and Gabe Speier.
It really is incredible to watch this M’s bullpen in action. Do you have a favorite member of that bunch? We all know that fellow Lookout Landing author Zach Mason is the president of the Speier Choir, and I’m personally partial to Muñoz.
In Mariners news…
- Farah Jordan at King 5 interviewed Leo Rivas to help fans get to know him a bit better.
- Thursday’s Tacoma Rainiers game included some fun history, with both starting pitchers in the contest being primary knuckleballers.
Around the league…
- We’ve got a scare in Queens as Mets outfielder Juan Soto was pulled from yesterday’s game with a right calf issue. He will undergo an MRI.
- The White Sox will retire the jersey No. 13 in honor of longtime player, manager, and broadcaster Ozzie Guillen.
- The Blue Jays have agreed to a one-year, $1M contract with former ace Patrick Corbin.
- Young Cubs righty Cade Horton is undergoing testing after being pulled from a recent start for right forearm discomfort.
- Diamondbacks infielder Jordan Lawlar is set to miss 6-to-8 weeks with a broken wrist.
- D-Backs star Ketel Marte reached his 10th full year of service time, granting him complete no-trade rights.
- Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin made an impression with his glove and his bat in a Pittsburgh victory last night.
- Thomas Nestico broke down some pitchers he has been impressed with since Opening Day, highlighting Emerson Hancock as a standout.
- Some teams are off to unexpectedly rough starts to the season. Dan Szymborski put their poor performances into context and looked at how a team’s playoff odds can change after one bad April.
- Ben Clemens at Fangraphs tried to make sense of Mike Trout’s hot start to the season.
- Baseball America published its first in-season update to it’s top 100 prospects list. Mariners starter Ryan Sloan made the biggest jump in the sport, going from No. 60 to No. 22.
- Don’t look now, but Cole Young has been the most valuable defender in baseball so far.
- Congratulations, Braylen!
