Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/24/20: Sam Carlson, Dylan Moore, and The New York Mets
The Mariners are staying alive in the postseason hunt.
Good morning everyone! The Mariners are getting to live to see another day with playoff hopes. With that, let’s check out what’s going on around baseball.
In Mariners news...
- Remember this guy? Great news.
Sam Carlson on the hill. pic.twitter.com/ixI9jVEgJh
— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) September 23, 2020
- A cool story from Mariners players past.
Guillermo Heredia said Robinson Canó is like a father figure to him. They met during their days in Seattle.
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) September 23, 2020
Heredia said he was timid as a rookie in the Ms' clubhouse, but Canó embraced him and befriended him.
- Corey Brock at The Athletic wonders if Dylan Moore has done enough to earn himself a starting role on next year’s squad. ($)
- Some local hardware.
Seattle chapter of Baseball Writers Association of America has selected its annual award winners for the Mariners:
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) September 23, 2020
MVP: Kyle Lewis
Most valuable pitcher: Marco Gonzales
Unsung hero: Dee Strange-Gordon
Around the league...
- Major League Baseball is planning to allow fans to the NLCS and the World Series this year.
- Brittany Ghiroli and C. Trent Rosecrans take a deep dive into MLB’s history with the LGBTQ+ community. ($)
- Craig Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus takes a look at how the three batter minimum rule has — or hasn’t — changed baseball. ($)
- It’ll certainly be an interesting offseason in Flushing.
“It’s inexcusable for that roster to miss the playoffs in this season,” a scout said about the Mets. Just remarkable when 8 of 15 teams get in. These win-now moves have led to 2 postseason misses and, in 2020, a losing record.
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) September 24, 2020
- Speaking of, new owner Steve Cohen has already announced that Sandy Alderson would be returning as team president.
- An update on the Oneil Cruz situation...
@Pirates' Oneil Cruz arraignment was suspendend until Friday after request from his lawyers to present better arguments.
— Dionisio Soldevila (@dSoldevila) September 23, 2020
- Major League Baseball is officially naming the independent Atlantic League as a “partner league.”
- Sam Miller at ESPN wonders how some famous games in MLB history would have been different if there were no fans at them.