Mariners Moose Tracks, 1/2/21: Marcus Stroman, Trevor Bauer, and J.T. Realmuto

Good morning everyone! New Years Day was light on news as usual, but here’s what we’ve got for you as we get our Saturday underway.

In Mariners news...

• It’s official: I miss baseball.

Around the league...

• Our very own Michael Ajeto wrote about Marcus Stroman and the improvements the right-hander is trying to make heading into 2021.
• Jason Mastrodonato at The Boston Herald wrote about how MLB’s financial “problems” are going to affect the game.
• Alyson Foster provides some early MLB team power rankings for the 2021 campaign.
• The San Francisco Chronicle tells the story of Mickey Morabito, the A’s traveling secretary who helped improve access for women in sports media.
• The big-ticket free agents have had pretty slow-moving markets, but Trevor Bauer recently met with the Blue Jays.
• Meanwhile, Jim Salisbury at NBC Sports checks in on the market for J.T. Realmuto.