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Gooooood morning friends! Happy Friday.
Yesterday, the Mariners staved off a late-game surge by the Guardians, pulling out a close 8-7 victory.
I received live play-by-play updates via text for this one from my dad, who, like many of you, makes a regular pilgrimage to the Phoenix area this time of year. My conversation with him reminded me of my childhood tradition of always getting Krispy Kreme donuts (doughnuts?) with him after games at Safeco. We’d call them “celebration donuts” if they won and “misery donuts” if they lost, so there was always an excuse to get them.
Do you have any pregame or postgame traditions when you attend Mariners games in-person? Are there any traditions you had in the past?
In Mariners news…
- Matt Brash has been slowed down this spring due to a cracked tooth, from which he is mostly healed but is still suffering from some swelling. Ryan Divish at The Seattle Times has the report.
- Zac Hereth at Seattle Sports outlined the roster spots that are actually up for grabs this spring in Mariners camp.
- MLB Trade Rumors’ Steve Adams provided a recap of what the Mariners accomplished this offseason.
- Jesús Cano at Baseball America spoke to M’s farm director Justin Toole about what Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan have been up to this offseason and what his impression of them is as games get underway. ($)
Around the league…
- Eight members of Team Cuba were denied entry into the United States for WBC games, though the team still plans to participate in the tournament. Evan Drellich at The Athletic has the report. ($)
- The A’s, who have signed several contract extensions with young players over the last two years, have reportedly offered one to star first baseman Nick Kurtz.
- The Padres’s Seidler Family is reportedly mulling over five different offers to purchase the organization.
- Baseball Savant already added a dashboard for ABS challenge data. It will be fun to track which players end up being the most successful in this new aspect of the game.
- Eno Sarris, Dan Hayes, and C. Trent Rosecrans at The Athletic looked into the data to determine which pitchers will benefit the most from the ABS challenge system. ($)
- Keith Law at The Athletic listed the 20 prospects most likely to make an impact in the big leagues this season. ($)
- Longtime Angels correspondent Sam Blum is leaving the Anaheim beat to shift to a national baseball reporting role for The Athletic. While it’ll be nice to read Sam’s coverage of national news, I will miss his insight into the league’s most chaotic franchise. ($)
- The Red Sox are kind of a mess, but the vibes appear to be better than they were this time last year.
- Caltrain, a California public transportation system, won an award for a commercial posted last summer that dunked on Dodgers fans.
- David Schoenfield at ESPN shared his too-early predictions for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game rosters.
- Marc Normandin at Baseball Prospectus wonders if expanded revenue sharing could be the key to MLB finally giving the green light to expand. ($)
Anders’ picks…
- Today is the 30th anniversary for Pokémon. If you’re a fan, keep track of all of the latest Pokémon Day announcements on their website!
- If you have teenage daughters, you may know this already, but torn ACLs are rampant among that particular demographic. Craig Welch at The New York Times dove into the data behind this unfortunate trend.
- Man, how about that The Traitorsfinale? I will say no more to avoid spoiling folks, but you can check out this link if you’re curious what happened. Two part question for you all:
- 1. What did you think of the finale and Season 4 as a whole? (NOTE: Please be extremely generous with spoiler tags and clearly label your comment as a The Traitors post if answering this prompt in the comments)
- 2. Which Mariner (past or present) would make the best Faithful? Who would make the best Traitor?