Mariners Moose Tracks, 11/13/17: Alex Anthopoulos, Mookie Betts Bowling, and Jacob deGrom

Good morning folks! Happy Monday. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Yesterday was awfully quiet on the baseball front. It’s been oddly so ever since the World Series ended. Usually by now we have one or two major things to get excited about around the sport, but nobody has done anything major to date. The GM meetings start very shortly, and that should lay the groundwork for some exciting moves down the line. I guess we’ll see. Here’s some links to get your day going.

In Mariners news...

• I’ve got nothing.

Around the league...

• It looks like the Braves have themselves a new general manager.

• Apparently Mookie Betts is a fantastic bowler too. Betts is no stranger to these major bowling contests.

• The White Sox are prepared to increase payroll in order to make a big splash in free agency.
• The Milwaukee Brewers are considering making a serious run at Jake Arrieta.
• Jacob deGrom got a major haircut in the hopes of “speeding up his delivery” to the plate, but will he lose all of his pitching mojo without it?
• All nine players who were offered a qualifying offer his offseason are reportedly going to reject it.

Anders’ picks...

• The University of Washington men’s basketball team has now won both of its games to open the season. Now, they haven’t been against particularly impressive foes (Belmont and Eastern Washington). Nonetheless, it’s a good sign for a team that went 9-22 last year. Larry Stone wonders if new head coach Mike Hopkins can turn the program around.