Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/25/19: Mookie Betts, Jerry Koosman, and Lou Trivino

Mookie Betts is still not Ichiro, though.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Sep 25, 2019, 7:00am PDT

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MLB: Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers

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In Mariners news...

The Mariners have had a pretty rough season, but Corey Brock at The Athletic finds the silver lining: a lot of young guys have gotten their first chance to live their dream this year. ($)
This is interesting.

#Mariners prospects Evan White, Logan Gilbert and Cal Raleigh will be here for this final homestand. By rule they can’t work out with the team, but will observe and get a taste of the big league experience this final week.
— Lauren Smith (@smithlm12) September 24, 2019

Around the league...

Wow.

Mookie Betts checking in with some Ichiro shit. pic.twitter.com/dnik8qz4DV
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) September 24, 2019

Connor Byrne at MLB Trade Rumors investigates why the Yankees didn’t end up acquiring Marcus Stroman.
Spike Lee designed some very interesting-looking Yankees hats.
Travis Sawchik at FiveThirtyEight explained the transformation of Twins backstop Mitch Garver as a pitch framer.
In case you’ve been missing Ben Gamel...

Ben Gamel came up clutch in the 9th! #RiseAsOne | #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/J1ELL3kjrV
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) September 25, 2019

It kind of sucks we never got to really enjoy this guy during his short stint in the M’s org.

Ji-Man Choi w̶a̶l̶k̶-̶o̶f̶f̶ ̶h̶o̶m̶e̶r̶ game-winning kickpic.twitter.com/YPdF2PtLjs
— Sporting News MLB (@sn_mlb) September 25, 2019

Brendan Gawlowski at Fangraphs tries to sort out the Royals’ managerial situation.
It’s been a long time since he played baseball, but the Mets are going to retire former pitcher Jerry Koosman’s jersey number next year.
We’ve seen a lot of season-ending injuries, but this one takes the cake: A’s right-hander Lou Trivino is done for the year after slipping in the shower.

Anders’ picks...

This is not even remotely sports related, but it’s an interesting read: the CEO of the startup company WeWork stepped down amid various scandals.