Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/12/25: Casey Lawrence, Jackson Jobe, and Jazz Chisholm, Jr.

Some Mariners off-day news and notes.

Hello everyone! The Mariners have gifted us with a day away from their on-field talents. In case you’re still hungering for baseball news, we’ve got you covered.

In Mariners news...

• Right-hander Casey Lawrence has elected free agency for the second time this season.

Around the league...

• Top Tigers prospect Jackson Jobe will undergo Tommy John surgery, taking him out until late 2026 at best.
• Jazz Chisholm, Jr. and Maikel García apparently have a history, and their beef only got worse after a hard tag during Tuesday’s game.
• Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer compared Denzel Clarke’s amazing outfield catch to other impressive wall-climbing grabs.
• Matthew Trueblood at Baseball Prospectus broke down how catchers have changed their stance behind the dish to allow them to both steal strikes and catch base-stealers without sacrificing one for the other. ($)
• Russell A. Carleton at Baseball Prospectus tried to figure out why more flyballs are being caught than ever before. ($)
• Luis Arraez’s contact rate is declining, and that means his usefulness as a player is going with it, writes Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs.
• Michael Baumann at Fangraphs did a historical dive into pitchers who ended the season with more WAR than wins, something Pirates starter Mitch Keller is flirting with this year.

Anders’ picks...

• Jordyn Huitema of the Seattle Reign FC further detailed her experience of being at Julio Rodríguez’s home during the recent robbery.