Mariners Moose Tracks, 1/31/25: Michael Saunders, Max Scherzer, and Luis Robert, Jr.
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Getting your Friday started with news from around baseball.
Good day everyone! The Mariners now look like an almost-complete team, if you really squint and ignore half of the players they have listed at infield. Anyway, other stuff happened yesterday too, so let’s get to that.
In Mariners news...
- The Mariners released their official list of non-roster invitees to spring training, which features some fun names. Buried deep in that story is the delightful news that former M’s outfielder Michael Saunders will serve as the organization’s minor league base-running coordinator this year.
Around the league...
- The Blue Jays bolstered their rotation, agreeing to a one-year deal with right-hander Max Scherzer.
- ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel dropped his No. 101-200 ranked prospects with superlatives for the most interesting guys on the list. ($)
- Keith Law at The Athletic provided his farm system rankings heading into 2025, with the Mariners reigning supreme in the No. 1 spot. ($)
- Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon at The Athletic report that the White Sox were deep into trade negotiations with the Reds regarding Luis Robert, Jr., but nothing ultimately materialized. ($)
- Jorge Castillo at ESPN wrote about the Yankees’ near-impossible pivot after missing on Juan Soto, and why the Bombers think they’re better this year than they were last year.
- Did you know that none of the KBO teams hold their spring training in Korea? The Kia Tigers are spending this spring in Irvine, California.