Catching you up on the latest from around baseball.
Editor’s note: Apologies for the delayed Moose Tracks, life happens every now and then ~John
Author’s note: Yep, I forgot to hit “schedule” on the damn thing after writing it last night, whoops! ~Anders
In Mariners news…
- The Hall of Fame unveiled the ballots for writers that agreed to make their vote public for this cycle, and all of them included Ichiro. Meaning the one Ichiro non-voter will remain anonymous.
Around the league…
- The Twins are bringing back left-hander Danny Coulombe on a one-year deal.
- The Yankees re-upped with lefty Tim Hill on a one-year contract.
- The Diamondbacks announced that they’ve re-signed outfielder Randal Grichuk to a one-year pact.
- The Orioles announced that they’ve signed former A’s outfielder Ramón Laureano to a one-year deal.
- The Cubs acquired DFA’d right-hander Ryan Brasier in a trade with the Dodgers.
- The Astros announced that they will retire the jersey No. 13 this year in honor of Billy Wagner.
- Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs broke down how much each team’s playoff odds would improve by signing Alex Bregman.
- Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs explained what brought him back to appreciating Ol’ Reliable as far as stats are concerned — batting average.
John’s pick…
- Among my favorite childhood recollections in video gaming is a Triple Play Baseball home run derby option allowing you to play inside a living room. The folks at Snow Day Software are looking to kindle that joy with Indoor Baseball, which looks slated to debut this year.