In Mariners News...
- The Mariners have released a total of 44 minor league players, listed below. You can find a more detailed list here.
MiLB releases per the transactions page. pic.twitter.com/g4cjXMAMTn
— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) June 2, 2020
- MiLB’s “Road to the Show” series hits on Mariners OF prospect Julio Rodriguez.
- Happy 20-year anniversary at ROOT SPORTS to Brad Adam!
Everyone at ROOT SPORTS & the @Mariners would like to take a moment to give a big thank you and congratulations to @RealBradAdam for all of his hard work and dedication!
— ROOT SPORTS™ | NW (@ROOTSPORTS_NW) June 1, 2020
Happy 20-year anniversary at ROOT SPORTS pic.twitter.com/oGS8Stj4O5
Around The League...
- MLB has floated to the media a potential counter-offer the MLBPA’s most recent proposal that advocates for a season starting in July and somewhere around 50 regular-season games.
The potential season Major League Baseball envisions would run somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 regular-season games, sources told ESPN. The exact number is being considered, but the aim would be to return in July. It would be less than half of players’ proposed season length.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 1, 2020
- The league also is planning an expanded Arizona Fall League to compensate for an all-but-assured cancellation of the normal minor league season, per Baseball America, including a potential mirror league in Florida.
- The Angels have released 39 minor league players, including former Mariners prospects LHP Luiz Gohara and 1B Joey Curletta, and haven’t announced yet if they will continue to make stipend payments.
The Angels released 39 minor leaguers last week, according to the official MiLB transactions pages. They released 29 MiLBers from March-May 2019, and 19 from March-May 2018.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) June 1, 2020
⁰The club has yet to announce whether they will continue to make stipend payments to MiLBers after 5/31. pic.twitter.com/2mCznRumFY
- After the Nationals were criticized by many of their own players for not paying their minor leaguers the full stipend and the big leaguers intended to step in to pay the difference, the Nationals changed their plan and decided to pay the players in full.
The Nationals are indeed now reversing course and paying their minor league players, sources tell me and @EmilyCWaldon. Memo said "Upon further internal discussion,” the team decided to not cut salaries.
— Britt Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) June 1, 2020
- The season being cancelled could have a major impact on the careers of MLB veterans.
- The Rangers join the list of teams releasing minor league players.
- The Tigers will commendably continue to pay their minor leaguers the $400 per week stipend and provide full benefits without any cuts.
- Superagent Scott Boras committed to paying the salaries of all the minor league players who have been released that he represents.
Scott Boras has committed to paying all his released minor leaguers their expected salaries for the year. Boras said their releases were “completely unanticipated” and he wanted to be sure they are paid what they expected to receive.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 2, 2020
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- Why do spacesuits cost millions of dollars?
Ahead of SpaceX and NASA's #LaunchAmerica launch tomorrow, see why spacesuits are so expensive pic.twitter.com/85rIyMM1YA
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) May 29, 2020