Extensions, galore!
Good day everyone! It seems the baseball world conspired to announce a bunch of important contract extensions at once. Let’s get to that and more…
In Mariners news…
- In case you missed it, Seattle Times Mariners beat writer Ryan Divish is taking a mid-summer sabbatical to coach an American Legion team in his home state of Montana.
- Jeff Passan used his weekly 710 ESPN Seattle spot to provide his thoughts on the M’s extension of Cal Raleigh.
- Matt Brash remains on track for a late-April return to the M’s.
- Jason Churchill ranked the top 10 Mariners prospects purely by upside.
Around the league…
- Young Padres star outfielder Jackson Merrill agreed to a nine-year, $135M contract extension with San Diego.
- The Diamondbacks are in agreement with former Mariners infielder Ketel Marte on a six-year, $115M extension that will keep him in the desert until his age-36 season.
- Top prospect and American League Rookie of the Year favorite Kristian Campbell signed an eight-year, $60M deal.
- The Dodgers have acquired outfielder Esteury Ruíz in a minor deal with the Dodgers.
- The Orioles are bringing back the Phiten necklace trend in The Big 2025.
- The ESPN baseball staff unveiled its list of the top 100 players in the sport.
- Eno Sarris at The Athletic wrote about the allure of baseball’s hottest pitch: the kick change. ($)
- The Baseball America staff highlighted 50 prospects that most impressed scouts this spring training. The list includes a trio of Mariners. ($)
- In their latest newsletter, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer broke down the torpedo bat craze for dummies.
- Mike Petriello dove into the most unusual and unique batting stances in the sport.
Anders’ picks…
- I may just go totally off the grid for weeks when this comes out. Man, this looks cool.