Happy first weekend of the postseason!
Good morning friends! Welcome to Division Series weekend, with four games slated for today. While we wait for the games to get started, let’s get you caught up on what else is going on around the sport.
In Mariners news…
- Our very own Kate Preusser appeared on KUOW yesterday to talk about the disappointing end to the Mariners’ 2024 season.
- A new MLB Pipeline top 100 prospect list update has five M’s farmhands making the cut.
New rankings are in
We have five players in the latest update to @MLBPipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list:
2️⃣7️⃣ Colt Emerson
3️⃣8️⃣ Cole Young
4️⃣7️⃣ Lazaro Montes
4️⃣9️⃣ Harry Ford
6️⃣6️⃣ Felnin Celesten pic.twitter.com/MNlUwomlk6— Mariners Player Development (@MsPlayerDev) October 4, 2024
Around the league…
- The Twins have announced that general manager Thad Levine will not return for the 2025 season.
- Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove is set to undergo Tommy John surgery and will miss the 2025 season.
- 35-year-old NPB right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano plans to enter international free agency and vie for the services of an MLB team in the sunset years of his career.
- Phillies owner John Middleton is a shining example of what all owners should aspire to in terms of his commitment to spending money to help his team win. Stephanie Apstein of Sports Illustrated spoke to him about the responsibility of an MLB owner.
- Yeah, the Mets’ previous ownership group was really bad.
“I won’t forget that”
Zack Wheeler on the New York Mets when they were charging him for tickets to the playoffs in 2015 when he was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. Then The Mets did not feel Zack Wheeler was worth the money that he was getting from the Phillies in Free… pic.twitter.com/yg9QEGHLPh
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) October 4, 2024
- Zack Meisel at The Athletic profiled this new, fun Guardians team ahead of their Divison Series matchup with the Tigers. ($)