Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/23/19: Mariners Injuries, Carlos Gonzalez, and Robinson Canó

Roster shuffles abound.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad May 23, 2019, 7:00am PDT

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MLB: New York Mets at Miami Marlins

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In Mariners news...

The Mariners have joined some...distinguished company.

The 2019 Mariners joined the 1966 Indians and 1987 Brewers as teams that fell below .500 at any point of a season after starting out 13-2, confirmed by @EliasSports The ‘87 Brewers dropped below .500 on July 8. The ‘66 Indians on Sept. 13. The ‘19 Mariners on May 10. #quirkjians
— Tim Kurkjian (@Kurkjian_ESPN) May 22, 2019

This is awesome news.

Reports on Seager are good, he remains on track to rejoin the team Sat. In Oakland.
— Shannon Drayer (@shannondrayer) May 22, 2019

These two will be sticking around in the organization.

Nick Rumbelow and Mike Wright have cleared waivers and been outrighted to Tacoma.
— Shannon Drayer (@shannondrayer) May 22, 2019

Here’s the latest on the M’s catcher.

Omar Narvaez left the game with a knee contusion. He's day to day ... like us all
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) May 22, 2019

Around the league...

The Indians designated Carlos Gonzalez for assignment.
Barry Patchesky at Deadspin breaks down the beef between Todd Frazier and Adam Eaton.
Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic explains how the Astros manage to be so successful with their pitchers. ($)
Giancarlo Stanton was looking good in his rehab assignment, but...

Aaron Boone says Giancarlo Stanton has a “mild strain of the left calf.” He’s shut down for a week to 10 days, and will ramp back up after that. Stanton does think this is from being hit by the pitch last Thursday in a live BP session.
— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) May 22, 2019

Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs takes a deep dive into the stats of Astros outfield prospect Yordan Alvarez, who is making a mockery of Triple-A pitching.
Speaking of top prospects, Willie Calhoun was off to a tear with the Rangers but now has to head to the IL.
Robinson Canó had to exit yesterday’s Mets game due to quad tightness. Both he and fellow 2B Jeff McNeil will be hitting the IL.

.@Mets place 2B Robinson Canó (quad strain), INF/OF Jeff McNeil (hamstring strain) on 10-day IL.
— MLBRosterMoves (@MLBRosterMoves) May 23, 2019