Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/31/24: Lazaro Montes, Michael Arroyo, and Steven Kwan

Happy Saturday!

Good morning everyone! It’s Labor Day weekend and today marks the final day of August. Let’s get your day started with the latest news from around the league.

In Mariners news...

• In the latest episode of the Meet at the Mitt podcast, Zach Mason, Evan James, and myself broke down the unsavory news and rumors swirling around Jerry Dipoto, and how the organization should move forward in light of all the recent failure.
• Jen Mueller got to know Andrés Muñoz in advance of the team’s series with the Angels.

• Lazaro Montes and Michael Arroyo had huge games for Everett yesterday, each homering twice.

Around the league...

• Despite giving up seven runs to the Mariners last night, Sam Aldegheri is content with his MLB debut.
• Get to know the Angels’ Sunday starter Caden Dana, who spoke to NJ.com’s PJ Potter about his minor league journey and how he found out he was going to The Show.
• Davy Andrews at Fangraphs dug into the arms race between Steven Kwan and Luis Arráez, who have both found big success at the plate this season despite basically never registering a “fast” swing.
• Bradford Doolittle at ESPN grades every team’s trade deadline performance now that we have a month of data since it passed. ($)
• In the wake of the NWSL’s decision to do away with the amateur draft, Marc Normandin at Baseball Prospectus wonders how the sport of baseball would change if MLB eliminated the draft too. ($)
• He’s right!