Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/16/24: George Kirby, Casey Sadler, and Snoop Dogg

It’s Sunday, and if it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Links.

In Mariners news...

• Incredibly disappointing that Fanatics/Nike were unable to provide the full Steelheads uniforms, as they are some of the cleanest uniforms in the entire league, but I am glad the Mariners are still committed to honoring the Steelheads every year in whatever way they can.

• I was told George was having a down year.

• “The future is now, old man.”

• Kirby Snead will return...

Around the league...

• Snoop Dogg with an unironically fantastic call on this play, pivoting on a dime as Elly takes away a would be base-hit with a fantastic defensive play.

• Future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander was scratched from his start yesterday. Verlander revealed he’s been suffering from neck discomfort for a couple weeks that, according to Verlander himself, appears to have been affecting his mechanics his last couple starts.
• You can retire the Stephen Strasburg, but the idea lives on for eternity.

• The career arc of Kris Bryant deserves significantly more thought and attention than I can give it in a simple moose tracks blurb, so I’ll simply say “it wasn’t supposed to be this way,” and leave it at that for now.

• Former Mariners bullpen ace Casey Sadler is delaying his return to baseball until 2025, instead hoping to tutor at pitching clinics, and pursuing a career in real estate. I am very confident that Casey Sadler will make a triumphant return to the league next season and any team will be very lucky to have him. Sadler hasn’t pitched in a Major League game since 2021.

• Former Mariner, and current Reds pitching prospect Brandon Williamson intends to forego surgery to treat a lesion in his throwing shoulder, instead opting for a series of injections and rest intended to treat the injury.