Hello everyone! Let’s get your day started with some links.
In Mariners news...
- Seems a little early to be making plans for 2021.
Listened to a #Mariners season ticket holder chat with Jerry Dipoto on Zoom tonight. It appears a 6-man rotation is on the table for the team in 2021 also.
— Luke Arkins (@luke_arkins) July 9, 2020
- You’ll be able to catch two of the team’s top pitching prospects if you tune in tomorrow.
Logan Gilbert and Brandon Williamson will pitch in the intrasquad game on Saturday.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) July 9, 2020
Around the league...
- Mike Petriello examines the working strategies for teams with a runner starting at second base during extra innings.
- Despite multiple attempts at bringing change to the game in regards to black representation, Tony Clark hopes this time will be different.
- Heather Leah remembers an ancient baseball stadium in Raleigh.
- Robinson Canó has been absent from Mets workouts for the past few days for unknown reasons.
- Speaking of the Mets, five separate groups have submitted initial bids to purchase the franchise.
- A few players have made these kinds of jokes, but for the A’s it might actually be true.
Oakland #A's third baseman Matt Chapman, when asked about playing in front of no fans tells @susanslusser & A's writers on zoom: "I think it's going to play to our advantage-a lot of our games are pretty quiet in general. We're used to not having too many fans at the games.''
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 10, 2020
- Ubaldo Jiménez, after being cut by the Rockies, is not considering retirement yet.
Anders’ picks...
- The Big Ten conference announced that it would be moving to conference-only schedules for the upcoming fall sports season. The Pac-12 is expected to do the same, and others will likely follow.