Mariners Moose Tracks, 1/16/21: Noelvi Marte, Kurt Suzuki, and Corey Kluber

One of the top free agent pitchers finds a new home.

Hello everyone! Yesterday was a big day for pre-arbitration agreements. Dozens of players around the league settled on new contracts with their teams to avoid going to arbitration. We’re also starting to see more free agents come off the board. Here’s everything you need to know today.

In Mariners news...

• The Mariners have settled with all three of their arbitration-eligible players.
• The M’s also signed some international players.

• The first 2021 episode of Vibin’ with JROD features a guy we haven’t seen much from yet.

Around the league...

• Jayson Stark at The Athletic checks in on the market for J.T. Realmuto. ($)
• We have the final details on the DJ LeMahieu deal: The Yankees are giving him $90M over six years.
• The Tri-City ValleyCats are suing the Houston Astros and Major League Baseball over their lost affiliation.
• A familiar backstop returns to the division.

• Well, I certainly didn’t see this coming.

• On the heels of NFL’s Nickelodeon broadcast for the playoffs, C. Trent Rosecrans and Richasrd Deitsch wonders what it would look like if an MLB game was featured on the network. ($)
• Well, the Yankees did need starting pitching help.