Mariners Moose Tracks, 4/16/18: Mike Zunino, Shohei Ohtani, and Bartolo Colon

Hello and happy Monday! The M’s have a big series against the Astros starting today. It should be a good barometer of where the Mariners are right now. While you wait for first pitch, here are some links for your reading pleasure.

In Mariners news...

• Corey Brock at The Athletic discussed Daniel Vogelbach’s mammoth home runs.
• Yay Hisashi!

• And here’s an update on Mike Zunino.

Around the league...

• Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic talked to people around the Angels’ organization about Shohei Ohtani’s incredible work ethic.
• Brad Lefton at The New York Times wonders what’s next for baseball in Japan after Ohtani’s departure.
• Looks like the M’s won’t be catching any breaks in this series. But I suppose there is no “catching breaks” with the Astros.

• Buster Olney sees a new rivalry sprouting between the Angels and Astros.
• Justin Verlander is one of the last starters we may see who can be dominant for all nine innings of a baseball game, writes Bradford Doolittle.
• Talking Chop is not concerned with Ronald Acuna’s slow start in Triple-A. The Braves have seemingly delayed his call-up, as Saturday was the first day Atlanta could bring him up and get an extra year of service time.
• Bartolo Colon took a perfect game into the eighth inning against the Astros in a Sunday Night Baseball win for the Rangers.

Anders’ picks...

• I don’t share music very often, but this is gorgeous.