Mariners Moose Tracks, 3/3/20: Wander Franco, Trevor Bauer, and Jose Bautista

A cure for your Tuesday blues.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Mar 3, 2020, 7:00am PST

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Philadelphia Phillies v Colorado Rockies

Good morning everyone! Spring training trudges on, and so do the links.

In Mariners news...

MLB Pipeline released its list of its top 30 Mariners prospects.
Some more Mariners farmhands get sent to minor league camp.

Mariners make more cuts. Reassigned to Minor League camp -- Pitchers Jack Anderson, Darren McCaughen , Penn Murfee, Wyatt Mills; infielders Jordan Cowan, Connor Hoover; and OFs Eric Filia, Luis Liberato.
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) March 2, 2020

Around the league...

This will be fun to watch.

#Rays have given permission for Wander Franco, game’s top prospect, to play for Dominican Republic in Olympic qualifying tournament later this month.
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 2, 2020

Keith Law at The Athletic dropped his farm system rankings, where the M’s slot in at #11. ($)
I would read a book about stories like this.

Fun detail I wish I'd learned at the time btw: Yankees and Mets had a Wheeler trade far enough along last July that teams were reviewing medicals, but something messed it up late.
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) March 2, 2020

Oh jeez.

Trevor Bauer was telling hitters what pitch was coming today pic.twitter.com/RWd5q2vxcO
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) March 2, 2020

Jose Bautista is hoping to come back to baseball as a two-way player.
Right-hander Tom Koehler has decided to retire.
Congratulations to my good friend Melanie!

Melanie Newman becomes first woman to call Orioles play-by-play Monday in spring game against Rays https://t.co/54KWi28I1W
— Baltimore Sun Sports (@BaltSunSports) March 2, 2020

And also to my pal Geoff, who is joining the Orioles broadcasting crew and was interviewed about it by Dan Connolly at The Athletic. ($)

Anders’ picks...

More than anything, I think this is mesmerizing to watch.

4 billion years from now, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with our large spiraled neighbour Andromeda. Here's an animation of what it'll look like pic.twitter.com/HxFkTQFFFR
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) March 1, 2020