Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/2/25: Yordan Álvarez, Bob Melvin, and John Fisher
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The Astros get some bad news, but continue to cruise atop the AL West.
Hello friends! It’s time to dive into the latest baseball news as you get your Wednesday started.
In Mariners news...
- Adam Jude at The Seattle Times provided some intel on how the Mariners are planning to approach this trade deadline.
Around the league...
- Yordan Álvarez, who was seemingly on the verge of a return to the Astros, has been shut down again due to a flare-up in his hand injury.
- The Giants have exercised their 2026 club option on skipper Bob Melvin.
- A’s owner John Fisher estimates that the Las Vegas ballpark could cost as much as $2 billion.
- MLB Pipeline updated its top 100 prospects list in advance of the draft.
- Cody Christie says it’s time for a change in how fans communicate with players.
- Dan Szymborski did his halfway-point check-in on ZiPS projections and what they think of several outlier performances so far.
- Davy Andrews at Fangraphs wrote about the historical significance of Nationals slugger James Wood getting internationally walked four times in one game.
- In honor of Canada Day, Amanda Lane Cumming told the history of British Columbia’s first base ball club in 1870.
- The more you know!
Can you spot the difference between an authentic All-American Girls Professional Baseball League uniform and one from A League of Their Own? Hall of Fame curator Gabrielle Augustine shares the answer on the anniversary of the film's 1992 premiere.
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