Mariners Moose Tracks, 4/3/25: Jackson Merrill, Ketel Marte, and Kristian Campbell

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03 Apr 2025 14:00

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Extensions, galore!

Good day everyone! It seems the baseball world conspired to announce a bunch of important contract extensions at once. Let’s get to that and more...

In Mariners news...

In case you missed it, Seattle Times Mariners beat writer Ryan Divish is taking a mid-summer sabbatical to coach an American Legion team in his home state of Montana.
Jeff Passan used his weekly 710 ESPN Seattle spot to provide his thoughts on the M’s extension of Cal Raleigh.
Matt Brash remains on track for a late-April return to the M’s.
Jason Churchill ranked the top 10 Mariners prospects purely by upside.

Young Padres star outfielder Jackson Merrill agreed to a nine-year, $135M contract extension with San Diego.
The Diamondbacks are in agreement with former Mariners infielder Ketel Marte on a six-year, $115M extension that will keep him in the desert until his age-36 season.
Top prospect and American League Rookie of the Year favorite Kristian Campbell signed an eight-year, $60M deal.
The Dodgers have acquired outfielder Esteury Ruíz in a minor deal with the Dodgers.
The Orioles are bringing back the Phiten necklace trend in The Big 2025.
The ESPN baseball staff unveiled its list of the top 100 players in the sport.
Eno Sarris at The Athletic wrote about the allure of baseball’s hottest pitch: the kick change. ($)
The Baseball America staff highlighted 50 prospects that most impressed scouts this spring training. The list includes a trio of Mariners. ($)
In their latest newsletter, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer broke down the torpedo bat craze for dummies.
Mike Petriello dove into the most unusual and unique batting stances in the sport.

I may just go totally off the grid for weeks when this comes out. Man, this looks cool.