Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/26/18: Nelson Cruz, Edwin Jackson, and Bill Russell

Some links to get your Tuesday morning started.

Good morning everyone! Here are some links to get your day started.

In Mariners news...

• Well deserved.

• If you haven’t seen it, check out Leonard’s SoftbaLL recap and accompanying music video.

Around the league...

• Congratulations to Leonys Martín and José Iglesias!

• Will Leitch picks out one player from each team who is the most likely to win an MVP award in the future.
• Yasiel Puig made it on the ESPN Body Issue.

• Edwin Jackson tied a record yesterday by pitching for his 13th big league team, and he did it on the anniversary of his incredible eight-walk no-hitter.
• Alden Gonzalez at ESPN takes a look at what the Angels can do about the Shohei Ohtani situation.
• Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs notices that whenever he writes about a player, that player goes on a hot streak.
• The Tigers have agreed to a contract with #1 overall pick Casey Mize.
• A group of Italians in New York filed a complaint against the Staten Island Yankees’ name change to the Staten Island Pizza Rats and the team has cancelled its Italian Heritage Night as a result.
• Gary Sanchez is slated to miss 3-4 weeks with a strained groin.
• Rhys Hoskins of the Phillies got into an argument with a fan during a game.

Anders’ picks...

• I want to be Bill Russell when I grow up (NSFW).