Greetings and happy Monday. I am pleased to report the weather does not currently suck in the greater Seattle area. I am also pleased to report there is another instrasquad practice game between a bunch of very intriguing Mariners players and it is available to be streamed on YouTube dot com. There will be no audio commentary today, so shout out to baseball fans who are into ASMR. Today is truly your day. To the lineups!
Just a heads up, this graphic has the pitchers flipped. Taijuan Walker is pitching for the Pilots and facing that Steelheads lineup with some of the players he requested. https://t.co/SFZA2nlxdV
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) July 13, 2020
Per Divish’s note, the pitchers are switched here. Apparently Taijuan has made some special requests:
No. This is a different situation. To clarify ... https://t.co/4bncAtBfxW pic.twitter.com/Ft6WZ7rUH8
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) July 13, 2020
So I guess we’ll just see how this all unfolds.
Other things to watch for:
- Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez will get their hacks in and I am READY FOR IT.
- Brand-new 2020 draftees Kaden Polcovich and Zach DeLoach also get the start. I know none of this is the ideal baseball situation under normal circumstances, but damn it is one cool silver lining to get to see brand new prospects in shining HD streaming quality at T-Mobile field a month after they were drafted. Sure beats an occasional crooked, grainy CF-fixed camera in Shitsburg, Delaware that barely works in MiLB.TV.
- I’m very excited to get another look at Taijuan Walker’s velocity as he continues his long road back to MLB action. His last start in the Cactus League was promising, so hopefully he continues to progress and stays healthy.
- On the other squad, it will be delightful to get our first look at Ljay Newsome in quite some time. He was on track to probably make some MLB appearances in 2020 at some point, but if things go well for him and the wackiness of the large rotation and taxi squad continues throughout the 60-game season, I imagine we could see him in MLB games even sooner than expected.
- Will Kyle Lewis go yard again? My bold prediction: TWICE.
- And here’s an update on Mallex Smith and Dylan Moore:
Good sign for the Mariners as Mallex Smith and Dylan Moore playing catch in the outfield. Both have been out of camp until now. Would assume it'll be a few days before they get into games, but big positive that they're back.
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) July 13, 2020
Game time: 2:45 PM PDT
Link to Mariners YouTube channel