Your daily roundup of news from around Major League Baseball.
Good day everyone! Today we are gifted with a Mariners spring training game that’s actually on television. In the meantime, let’s get you caught up on the latest from the league.
In Mariners news…
- Chuck Murr at Forbes wonders if Shintaro Fujinami will finally find lasting success in Seattle.
- In an interview with USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, 2024 Mariners first baseman Justin Turner put the M’s on blast for not being more aggressive in their pursuit of talent this winter.
Around the league…
- Veteran infielder José Iglesias has agreed to a minor league deal with the Padres.
- Good news for Rangers fans: Adolis García’s MRI revealed a mild oblique strain that shouldn’t keep him out of action for very long. In fact, he’s expected to be ready to play by Opening Day.
- The National Baseball Hall of Fame made some updates to its voting system, ruling that future Era Committee players will fall off of future ballots entirely if they fail to secure at least five votes.
- The Pioneer League’s Oakland Ballers have added another pair of high-profile investors as they attempt to revive baseball in Oakland.
- Red Sox infielder Rob Refsnyder was name dropped on a recent episode of Reacher, and even Refsnyder himself was baffled by it.
- Russell A. Carleton at Baseball Prospectus takes another look at WAR and wonders if we should mathematically reframe what it means to be “replacement level.” ($)
Anders’ picks…
- ESPN’s longstanding program Around the Horn will air its final episode on May 23.
- For weeks, Seahawks brass have insisted that they are not trading star wide receiver DK Metcalf. Well, yesterday he made things more complicated by requesting a trade out of Seattle.