Mariners Moose Tracks, 12/14/20: Cleveland Baseball, Tony La Russa, and Tim Mayza

Happy Monday!

By Becca Weinberg@becca_weinberg Dec 14, 2020, 7:00am PST

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In Mariners News...

Checking in our friend Eric Filia, who’s currently playing for Estrellas Orientales in the Dominican League:

Eric Filia mashes a double off the wall for his 2nd hit of the game. pic.twitter.com/P4SOsToUM2
— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) December 13, 2020

Baseball is fun. pic.twitter.com/nvt5ZDh6kv
— Infield Fly Girl (@infieldflygrl) December 12, 2020

The Cleveland Indians have announced that they will be changing their team name. Time to bring back the Cleveland Spiders?
Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic explores some out of the box trades for some of baseball’s biggest names. ($)
With the Hall of Fame voting season underway, Will Leitch at MLB.com predicts a future Hall of Famer on every team.
New White Sox manager Tony La Russa has agreed to a guilty plea following his DUI arrest in Arizona earlier this year.
The Mets have officially announced Jared Porter as their new General Manager, and have agreed on a four-year contract. Porter spent the last four seasons as Diamondbacks Senior Vice President and Assistant GM.
Blue Jays reliever Tim Mayza details his Tommy John surgery rehab process amid the pandemic, and how he learned to adapt his workouts and routines.