Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/20/18: Nelson Cruz, Brad Hand, and Shohei Ohtani

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! Mariners baseball is back today for the second half of the season, and here are some links to get your day going.

In Mariners news...

• Former M’s catcher Mike Marjama shared his eating disorder story with Men’s Health Magazine.
• Some insight on Nellie:

• TJ Cotterill at The News Tribune discussed the success of the Mariners’ three lefty starters this season.

Around the league...

• This is awful.

• Another live look at Baltimore.

• The Ringer staff made some predictions for the second half of the season, including a bold prediction about Edwin Díaz.
• Zach Kram at The Ringer also discussed the upcoming playoff race between the A’s and the M’s.
• The Indians have acquired relievers Brad Hand and Adam Cimber from the Padres for top prospect Francisco Mejia.
• Jeez, this is ambitious.

• Rob Manfred provided some possible cities for MLB expansion.
• I swear, this dude has been on half of the teams in baseball by now.

• Now that the Dodgers have acquired Manny Machado, Dan Szymborski wonders if they can be considered the favorites.
• The A’s have cut ties with reliever Santiago Casilla.
• The Brewers have chosen not to take action on Josh Hader for his offensive tweets.