Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/10/25: Sam Haggerty, Hayden Wesneski, and Jacob deGrom

Some Saturday morning links.

Hello friends! Welcome to the weekend. Let’s explore what’s been happening around baseball over the last 24ish hours.

In Mariners news...

• Do not try this at home: a group of Mariners fans were caught on camera jumping a train to get to the game.
• Kai Uyehara at The Seattle Times told the story of how the Mariners brought back the beloved classic Louie Louie as the seventh inning stretch song.
• Shannnon Drayer reported on how the M’s plan to deploy Jorge Polanco now that he is healthy again.

Around the league...

• The Rangers called up former Mariner Sam Haggerty and batted him in the leadoff spot last night.
• Astros right-hander Hayden Wesneski, still the only opposing pitcher to last seven innings against the M’s this year, was placed on the injured list with elbow discomfort.
• Angels third base coach Eric Young, the father of Mariners first base coach Eric Young, Jr., is moving to the first base coaching role himself.
• The Portland Pickles are suing Disney over copyright infringement for including a team called the “Peaks Valley Pickles” in their streaming show Win or Lose.
• Jacob deGrom has reinvented himself in an effort to stay healthy, writes Michael Rosen at Fangraphs.
• Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs wondered what the heck happened to allow the Giants to score nine runs in the 11th inning against the Cubs on Tuesday.
• Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball discussed how the M’s claiming Leody Taveras saved the Rangers from exceeding the luxury tax threshold.
• Sam Miller dove into the numbers behind extremely high pop-ups.
• In advance of Mother’s Day, Anne Rogers wrote about the special relationship Daniel Lynch IV had with his mom, who died from cancer while he was a teen after hiding her diagnosis from her kids.