Mariners Moose Tracks, 2/22/18: Rob Whalen, Cameron Maybin, and USA Women’s Hockey

Good morning everyone and happy Thursday! Tomorrow is the first game of the Cactus League for the Mariners. Just one more day before we get some real fake baseball. Here are some links to get you through your day.

In Mariners news...

• The Batting Stance Guy is going to visit Peoria today.

• The A’s and Mariners will open the 2019 season in Tokyo.
• Rob Whalen is back in action with the M’s after taking some time off last year to focus on dealing with his depression.

Around the league...

• This is pretty unsurprising considering they had basically no outfielders.

• Former Mariners alert!

• Sung Min Kim at Fangraphs notes that there’s now a precedence for players to go to Asia as a pitstop before coming back to the MLB.
• The Rangers are positioning themselves well for the newest Cuban prospect.

• Colby Rasmus has come out of retirement and signed a minor league deal with the Orioles.
• The Rays signed outfielder Carlos Gomez to a one-year contract.
• The Rangers agreed to a deal with right-hander Jesse Chavez.
• Britni de la Cretaz at The Hardball Times wonders how the Giants should handle Barry Bonds’ number retirement.
• Craig Calcaterra is not happy with the way the Rays have been operating over the last couple of weeks.

Anders’ picks...

• The Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings will play a preseason game at Key Arena in October in something of a homecoming for Kevin Durant.
• The USA Women’s Hockey team knocked out Canada in the gold medal game last night on this incredible shot in a shoot-out.

• Make sure to swing by this upcoming Lookout Landing meetup to support a good cause!