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Hello
everyone and happy Friday!
The Mariners dropped the series finale to the Brewers yesterday 7-4.
More importantly, the M’s are calling up top pitching prospect Kade Anderson to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Cubs. This should be a fun one!
In Mariners news…
- The Mariners agreed to a minor league deal with veteran infielder Andy Ibáñez.
- J.P. Crawford began a minor league rehab assignment with Tacoma yesterday and could be activated off the injured list soon.
- Don’t look now, but Mariners 2026 first rounder Ace Reese is off to a torrid start to his professional career.
Around the league…
- The Diamondbacks are transferring star infielder Ketel Marte to the injured list after he no-showed the team in Boston to visit a knee specialist in Phoenix.
- Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña is “pretty sore” after being hit on the hand by a 100 mph pitch, but X-rays came back negative.
- Longtime utilityman Jon Berti has decided to retire.
- The Royals released veteran outfielder Starling Marte.
- The Kansas City city council approved a $600 million commitment to build a new downtown ballpark for the Royals.
- After 2023 rule changes successfully brought back the stolen base, steals are down for the second year in a row. Michael Baumann at Fangraphs investigates.
- Ryan Blake penned a piece at Fangraphs digging into CJ Abrams’ defensive metrics and his future as an infielder.
- Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs checked in on the state of the crazy AL Wild Card race.
