Alex Bregman is not an Astro! Rejoice!
Good morning everyone! Today is the first full workout for pitchers and catchers at Mariners spring training. Let’s hope we receive nothing but good injury news and fun backfield videos in the days to come.
Let’s check in on what else is happening as teams prepare for the 2025 campaign.
In Mariners news…
- Mariners farm director Justin Toole spoke to David Laurila of Fangraphs about the organization’s incredible farm system and their approach to player development.
Around the league…
- Alex Bregman finally found himself a new home, inking a three-year deal with the Boston Red Sox.
- And the biggest remaining starting pitcher on the market found a landing spot — righty Nick Pivetta signed a four-year contract with the Padres.
- With spring camp getting underway, we’re starting to hear about injuries that teams have kept bottled up for the last few months. Along those lines, the Pirates reported that newly acquired infielder Spencer Horwitz will miss 6-to-8 weeks with a wrist injury.
- Speaking of the Pirates, they’ve hired former Mariner Daniel Vogelbach as a special assistant to the hitting department.
- Tigers right-hander Alex Cobb is expected to miss a month while he recovers from a hip issue.
- The hip bug seems to be going around, as Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon is out indefinitely while he recovers from hip surgery.
- Detroit buffed up its pitching ranks by inking right-hander John Brebbia to a one-year deal.
- The Rangers have agreed to a minor league deal with former Mariners reliever JT Chargois.
- Rob Arthur at Baseball Prospectus found that after a pandemic-era slashing of scouting departments across the league, organizations are slowly swelling their ranks once more. ($)
- Major League Baseball announced a partnership with Pokémon GO for the 2025 season.