Lookout Linkage, 11/12/15

Hey everybody! Let's take a look at what's going on around baseball:

• Manny Acta's hiring as the Mariners' new third base coach has been made official.
• Chris Ianetta may or may not be close to a deal with the M's.
• Larry Stone of The Seattle Times thinks Ken Griffey Jr. deserves to be a unanimous Hall of Famer.
• For those of you that didn't catch it, Tony Blengino provides his take on the Miller-Karns deal (which has some interesting information on how Miller was viewed on draft day).
• Major League Baseball announced its 2015 Gold Glove award recipients.
• Israel is seeking guidance from the United States to help improve its professional baseball league.
• Jeff Sullivan wonders how important it is for a team to have a truly elite reliever.
• August Fagerstrom compiled a list of the top 10 weakest positions on American League teams from 2015 (with no mention of the Mariners!)
• Lance Lynn will miss all of 2016 due to Tommy John surgery.
• Former Nationals manager Matt Williams has returned to coaching as the third base coach of the Diamondbacks.
• The Twins and Dbacks made a minor trade.
• The Padres have acquired infielder Jose Pirela from the Yankees.
• A.J. Pierzynski has signed a one-year pact with the Braves.
• The Twins and Yankees also made a swap, trading Aaron Hicks for John Ryan Murphy.
• Dave Cameron likes the Hicks trade from a Yankees perspective.
• Many GM's appear to be copying the mould of the Kansas City Royals.
• Authorities are still trying to figure out what exactly happened to Tommy Hanson.