Mariners Moose Tracks, 3/15/18: March Madness, Zack Greinke, and Alex Cobb

Good morning everyone! To all of you college basketball fans out there (or maybe just sports fans in general), happy first full day of March Madness! I know I’m going to be spending a lot of my time focusing on that, but some of you are more die-hard than I am when it comes to the Mariners and are looking for some baseball stories instead. Luckily, I’ve prepared those too. Let’s take a look, shall we?

In Mariners news...

• Have you seen enough lists that describe the Mariners’ current injuries? I don’t think you have.

• I’m a big fan of this friendship.

• The M’s now have some space if they want to add a couple of non-roster invites to the Opening Day roster.

Around the league...

• Indians starter Trevor Bauer has found a lot of success lately by stealing pitches from other pitchers.
• Zack Greinke exited his last start with the Diamondbacks due to a groin strain.
• Over the Monster takes a look at Roenis Elias, who is apparently having a very good spring. I personally forgot he was still on the Red Sox.
• Buster Olney is pretty confident that Bryce Harper will wind up on the Nationals or Phillies after this season is over.
• It seems almost obvious that Alex Cobb will wind up with the Brewers, so why hasn’t a deal been made yet?
• A family in Los Angeles that recently unearthed seven Ty Cobb baseball cards just found an eighth one lying around.
• Jeff Sullivan wonders how effective the no-look pickoff attempt can be.
• The Reds have hired former Red Sox manager John Farrell to serve as a scout for the organization.

Anders’ picks...

• The University of Washington men’s basketball team knocked off Boise State in the first round of the NIT yesterday.