Mariners Moose Tracks, 12/14/17: Manny Machado, Ian Kinsler, and Wow Everyone Has A New Team

Hello everyone! The first two days of the Winter Meetings may have been excruciatingly slow, but yesterday certainly made up for it. There was a flurry of moves, so let’s try to get you caught up on all of them.

In Mariners news...

• In case you missed it, the Mariners used $1M of their international signing money to re-acquire a Double-A pitcher they gave up in late in 2017.

• While the Mariners are going to continue to pursue pitching, Jerry Dipoto doesn’t expect to acquire a “household name.”

Around the league...

• An interesting frontrunner has emerged in the Manny Machado sweepstakes. The Orioles reportedly hope to move the third baseman by the end of the week. Machado will be a free agent after the 2018 season.

• It’s a reliever-signing frenzy! The Nationals have agreed to a two-year pact with Brandon Kintzler.
• The Astros signed right-hander Joe Smith to a two-year contract.
• Man, I’d love to see Eric Hosmer on the Padres.

• The A’s have reportedly acquired Stephen Piscotty from the Cardinals, but neither team has announced the trade yet.
• The Padres would love to flip Chase Headley, who they just re-acquired from the Yankees.

• Fantasy baseball platforms are having trouble deciding what the hell they’ll do with Shohei Ohtani.
• This is actually pretty weird to think about.

• Michael Pineda inked a two-year contract with the Twins.
• The Rockies have agreed to bring back left-hander Jake McGee.
• The Yankees may have gotten Giancarlo Stanton but there’s another stud moving to New York that nobody is talking about...

• The Cardinals took advantage of the Marlins fire sale by making a trade for outfielder Marcell Ozuna.
• There’s still one player to keep an eye out on when it comes to the Marlins.

• The Angels made a major trade as well, acquiring Ian Kinsler from the Tigers. Los Angeles is also reportedly close to trading for a third baseman, which some theorize is Chase Headley.
• Jose Canseco lost his job with NBC Sports California after a series of controversial tweets.
• Yovani Gallardo may soon find a new home.

• Danny Duffy has been the subject of some trade rumors, but apparently he doesn’t want to go anywhere.

• Bob Costas won the Ford C. Frick Award, which honors a baseball broadcaster every year for excellence in the field.
• Buster Olney thinks the Yankees should bat Aaron Judge at leadoff next year.
• The Cubs have reached a agreement with Steve Cishek.