Lookout Linkage: three-game winning streak edition!
- Since the end of last night's game, the Mariners have a better run differential than the Cardinals, Dodgers, and all of the teams in both the AL Central and NL East. They're also only half a game out of a wild card spot. Good stuff.
- Jeff Sullivan at U.S.S. Mariner talks about Michael Saunders and his improved contact rates.
- Here's the latest U.S.S. Mariner podcast.
- Minor League Ball has an AL West mock draft for the first five rounds of the amateur draft.
- The Astros have promoted and also extended the contract for Jonathan Singleton to add to their army of cheap, future superstar players.
- Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs analyzes Singleton's call-up.
- Crawfish Boxes makes some bold predictions for the Astros in June.
- Michael Pineda has suffered a setback in his attempt to come back from a lat injury.
- The Royals are reportedly interested in Kendrys Morales, which Royals Review sees as a panic move.
- Cee Angi has a great article looking back at the broadcasting career of Vin Scully.
- August Fagerstrom of Fangraphs analyzes Jose Bautista's 9-3 putouts.
- Fangraphs has all you need to know about the upcoming amateur draft in terms of pick order and slot money amounts.
- Miles Wray at The Hardball Times defends Jeff Loria and the Marlins.
- Kazuhito Tadano, a former major leaguer and current Japanese (NPB) pitcher recently threw the weirdest pitch of the year.