Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/4/25: MLB Draft, Luis Ortiz, and Clayton Kershaw
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Some Independence Day news from around baseball.
Good morning everyone and Happy Independence Day! Let’s check in on the latest happenings from around the sport.
In Mariners news...
- The draft is less than two weeks away, and Shane Lantz at The Seattle Times spoke to Mariners scouting director Scott Hunter about the club’s approach to the upcoming event.
Around the league...
- Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz has been placed on administrative leave for suspicion of participation in a gambling fix during two separate games (one against the Mariners) in June.
- James Wood of the Nationals and Ronald Acuña, Jr. of the Braves have joined Cal Raleigh as participants in this year’s Home Run Derby.
- Clayton Kershaw became just the fourth left-hander in big league history to reach 3,000 career strikeouts.
- The White Sox are reportedly calling up top infield prospect Colson Montgomery to make his MLB debut.
- Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff is slated to pitch in his first big league game since September 2023.
- Rays infielder Ha-Seong Kim will make his season debut today. He missed the first half of the season recovering from a shoulder injury.
- Less than a week after being cut by the Mariners, righty Zach Pop has agreed to a major league deal with the Mets.
- The MLB Pipeline crew posted their updated mock draft with the latest intel from around the league.
- Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs provided a midseason update of the ZiPS standings projections.