Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/21/18: Jacob deGrom, Addison Russell, and the Cleveland Browns

Good morning everyone! Here are some links to get your Friday started.

In Mariners news...

• Congrats, Jake!

Around the league...

• To all of you uniform enthusiasts out there: the Marlins will bring back their teal jerseys in 2019.
• So the American League Central has been bad.

• Dale Murphy at The Athletic blames both sides for the growing tension between players and umpires. ($)
• Victor Mather at The New York Times provides some context for the Orioles’ terrible season.
• Addison Russell’s ex-wife Melisa told a harrowing and detailed story of the abuse she suffered at the hands of the Cubs middle infielder on her Wordpress blog.
• Pirates right-hander Chad Kuhl underwent Tommy John surgery.
• Craig Edwards at Fangraphs wonders if Jacob deGrom should be in the MVP conversation in the National League.
• Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs discusses the popularization of the “opener” in baseball.
• Michael Fulmer has undergone surgery to repair his right knee.
• Despite a crummy season in Miami, Derek Jeter is planning to bring back manager Don Mattingly for 2019.
• Retired tennis star Billie Jean King has joined a stacked lineup of owners for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Anders’ picks...

• The Cleveland Browns football team won its first game since Christmas Eve of 2016, and as promised, Bud Light opened the “victory fridges” to provide free beer for all of Cleveland.

• Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was pretty amped for the game last night.

• Katie Nolan had an excellent monologue on her new show about the wage problems in the WNBA.