Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/9/19: Home Run Derby, Trevor Bauer, and Jonathan Lucroy

Good morning everyone! News will come in a little slower now as we’re at the All-Star Break, but we’ve got plenty of links to hold you over.

In Mariners news...

• The Mariners have set up their starting rotation for after the All-Star break.
• The New York Times looked at the Futures Game through the lens of the Mets, who are likely not thrilled that two of the players they traded for Robinson Canó/Edwin Díaz appeared in the contest.

Around the league...

• Congratulations to Pete Alonso on winning yesterday’s Home Run Derby!

• An interesting side story to Alonso winning it all.

• More fun derby facts.

• Despite being in contention, the Indians are listening to offers for right-hander Trevor Bauer.
• The trade market appears to be heating up. The Yankees and Twins are reportedly trying to acquire both Marcus Stroman and Ken Giles from Toronto.
• Molly Knight at The Athletic goes through an interesting exercise, finding players on every MLB team that are responsible for the Dodgers’ postseason woes. Marco Gonzales of the M’s gets a shout out. ($)
• An update on the Jonathan Lucroy and Jake Marisnick collision...yikes.

Anders’ picks...

• The USWNT returned home from France and seemed to have had a good time with the travel.