Thursday links!
Good morning, foLLks, and happy Thursday! It’s a lighter batch of links this morning, but hopefully there’s enough to subsist on.
In Mariners news:
- Daniel Kramer at MLB.com highlighted Jorge Polanco’s transition to third base, as Seattle seeks to summon the stability that they once enjoyed for over a decade.
- Matt Brash made his first bullpen appearance of the spring, and Ryan Divish dove into it.
- Bryan Woo absolutely pantsed Bobby Witt Jr. on a sweeper in yesterday’s Cactus League tilt. Witt would exit early on a hit-by-pitch from Andrés Muñoz, but X-rays came back clear, and the Royals are confident their young star avoided missing any significant time.
Here’s Bryan Woo making Bobby Witt Jr. look exceptionally silly on a sweeper
— Lookout Landing (@lookoutlanding.bsky.social) 2025-03-12T20:57:39.711Z
Around the league:
- The Rangers had a pair of injury scares in camp, with RHP Tyler Mahle being scratched from Tuesday’s start with the dreaded “forearm soreness”, and lefty Cody Bradford also reported elbow soreness, but the club looks to have dodged a bullet, with both MRIs coming back clean.
- The Blue Jays made their signing of RHP Dillon Tate official, inking him to a one-year split contract.
- John Seidler, the brother of late Padres owner Peter, officially took over as the Padres’ control person after being approved by the league nearly a month ago. The legal dispute over control of the club, with Peter’s widow filing suit against his brothers, remains active, however. ($)
- Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows has been shut down for nearly three weeks with a nerve issue in his right arm, and could find himself ticketed for the injured list to open the season if he’s not back in action in the next few days.