It’s Wednesday, my dudes.
Good morning friends! Let’s dig into the recent happenings from around the sport of baseball.
In Mariners news…
- The Mariners have signed righty reliever Garrett Hill to a minor league contract.
- Daniel Kramer spotlighted three prospects who are making strong impressions so far in big league camp.
- Not the T-Mobile Park renovation we wanted, but the one we deserve.
New playing surface being installed at T-Mobile Park this week. Grass is currently dormant but will come to life in the next week or so following installation.
— Tim Booth (@bytimbooth.bsky.social) 2025-02-25T18:19:53.990Z
- The one where Cal Raleigh blind ranks toilets.
Around the league…
- The Nationals have agreed to a one-year contract with right-hander Kyle Finnegan.
- The Pirates signed left-hander Andrew Heaney to a one-year deal, potentially signaling that top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler isn’t yet ready to make the big league roster.
- Former (very briefly) Mariner JB Bukauskas is going to miss the 2025 season after undergoing lat surgery.
- Former Braves right-hander Brandon Beachy wrote a guest post at MLB Trade Rumors on the day he struck out Ichiro twice, outlining his process in attacking the newly minted Hall of Famer.
- Daniel Epstein at Forbes is not impressed by the White Sox offseason following a historically bad 2024 campaign.
- R.J. Anderson at CBS Sports selected one potential breakout player for each squad.
- Baseball is hard enough without asking the players to do math!
As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer of October 8, 1893, Harry Wright suggested that umpires keep the ball-strike count secret until the at bat was concluded. The ostensible aim: to increase hitting and reduce growling. Edward Gorey illustrated the idea for Sports Illustrated on July 19, 1893.
— John Thorn (@johnthorn.bsky.social) 2025-02-24T15:00:41.087Z
Anders’ picks…
- You know I had to do it to ‘em.