Checking in on the latest news from around Major League Baseball.
Good morning everyone and happy Friday! It’s the final day of February, and we’ve got all of the good (and bad) baseball news that you need.
In Mariners news…
- Randy Arozarena is taking young Mariners outfield prospect Lazaro Montes under his wing this spring.
Around the league…
- Young Angels shortstop Zach Neto will start the season on the injured list while he finishes his recovery from November shoulder surgery.
- White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi is set to miss 4-to-6 weeks with a broken right hand.
- Former big league lefty Wei-Yin Chen has announced his retirement from professional baseball.
- Davy Andrews at Fangraphs wrote about the continued allure of grainy cell phone videos from spring training backfields, even in the year 2025.
- Matthew Trueblood looked into how the Cubs are using the two-game Tokyo series to (questionably) line their owners’ pockets.
- A trio of Twins players narrowly avoided a scary car accident on Monday, writes Dan Hayes at The Athletic. ($)
- Major League Baseball is taking a fine-tooth comb over players’ listed heights in anticipation of a potential automated ball-strike system and some players might be caught lying, writes Stephanie Apstein at Sports Illustrated.
Anders’ picks…
- Need this right now.