Good morning/afternoon/evening/night/whenever you read this article! Time for a link dump:
- Greg Johns at Mariners.com talks about how Endy Chavez has helped the Mariners' playoff push.
- Lloyd McClendon might be making some adjustments to the starting rotation in the next couple of days.
- Marc W of U.S.S. Mariner recently spoke to Mariners' pitching prospect Forrest Snow.
- Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs talks about teams "playing up" or "playing down" to the level of their competition, and how it relates to the Mariners.
- Tony Blengino at Fangraphs questions whether Dustin Ackley is "fixed" yet.
- The Rangers set a rather sad record the other day.
- Despite the Rangers' poor record this season, Grant Brisbee argues that they might be decent next year.
- Crawfish Boxes thinks the Astros' FO is skating on thin ice right now.
- Crawfish Boxes also takes a look at possible new managers for the Astros.
- Masahiro Tanaka has been cleared to resume throwing.
- The Yankees will wear a patch to honor Derek Jeter.
- The Yankees deny rumors that Jeter's number will be retired on Sunday.
- Howard Megdal argues that Jeter is significantly harming the Yanks' chances of making the playoffs with his selfishness.
- Bill Veeck at ESPN gives some ideas on how to speed up the game.
- Matt Klaassen at Fangraphs wonders if the Brewers can succeed without an "ace" in the rotation.
- Carson Cistulli at Instagraphs looks at the post-deadline WAR of players acquired via trade.
- Mike Petriello of Fangraphs thinks September call-ups are becoming a bit out of hand.
- Some older position players are putting together some solid seasons, writes Jeff Wiser of Beyond the Box Score.