Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/9/20: Shed Long Hours of Work, Seattle Storm, Milorad Cavic

I think the Storm might win the championship, I think the Mariners are probably having a lot of fun

By Matthew Roberson@mroberson22 Aug 9, 2020, 7:00am PDT

In Mariners News...

Shed Long Jr. got some extra tee work in after Saturday night’s lackluster offensive performance.

Shed Long Jr. doing what Dee Gordon did postgame a few years ago. pic.twitter.com/JPZQ1hM9Xf
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) August 9, 2020

Shannon Drayer has injury updates on Kendall Graveman and Austin Nola.

Good news/bad news on the Mariners injury front.

Good: No broken bones suffered by Austin Nola last night, he should be back on Sun.

Bad: Graveman to see a specialist to help determine what procedure to undergo for neck issues. Servais said he will be out for some time.
— Shannon Drayer (@shannondrayer) August 8, 2020

In case you missed it, Evan White added another 80-grade play to his highly advanced defensive resume.

Evan White's glove is for real. #Mariners pic.twitter.com/PbPLJQkq6m
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 9, 2020

Around the League...

Zack Greinke is the only Astro we acknowledge.

Q: What's so special about Zack Greinke?

A: pic.twitter.com/qLOuEf5Rq8
— Baseball Brit (@BaseballBrit) August 8, 2020

The St. Louis Cardinals got more bad news on Saturday.

#STLCards players are being informed today that the team will not be assembling for at least 3-5 days and to get in workouts on their own, per source. Pittsburgh series likely will be canceled.
— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) August 8, 2020

At 32 years old, Jacob deGrom is throwing harder than he ever has in his life. Matt Kelly of MLB.com has the story on this unprecedented velocity bump.
Johnny Cueto lost a burgeoning no-hit bid on Saturday when Hunter Pence failed to locate the baseball.

TOUGH way to lose a no-no pic.twitter.com/GJnXF0Cf1J
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) August 9, 2020

Ryan Weber, he of the one start with the Mariners in 2017, has been optioned to the minor leagues.
Pirates 1B Phillip Evans has a broken jaw and a concussion after a collision with teammate OF Gregory Polanco on a fly ball.
Giancarlo Stanton hit the 10-day IL with left hamstring tightness, though the length of time the Yankees slugger will miss could be as brief as the 10-day minimum.

Matthew’s Picks...

I really enjoyed this GQ story on Portland rapper Aminé, written by Jordan Coley.
The Storm beat Phoenix on Saturday, improving their record to a league-best 6-1.

️ Catch all the highlights from our 74-68 win over the @PhoenixMercury presented by @Symetra ️ #StrongerThanEver pic.twitter.com/BDOL0gaLFY
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) August 8, 2020

Remember at the 2008 Olympics when Michael Phelps won that race by one one-hundredth of a second? The man he beat, Milorad Cavic, is now a swim coach in Covington, and The Ringer caught up with him for an in-depth feature.