Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/16/21: Juliooooo, Albert Pujols, Corey Seager, Puppy Dog Pals

It’s Sunday again, the Mariners won last night, the weather is nice, and it feels like the world is slowly opening back up. What could make this sweet world sweeter? A fresh heaping of links, of course.

In Mariners news:

The Mariners won last night! Go read about it if you haven’t.

It was a fun night on the farm, as well. Tacoma lost, but Cal Raleigh had his second career triple (#BeefBoySpeed), and all the rest of the affiliates won. We’ll have all the minors roundups for you this weekend on Monday and Wednesday but Brian from Twitter sent us this video of yet another Julio Rodríguez HR so we thought we’d share:

In former Mariners news:

• Rejoice, all those who love Guillermo Heredia, for Atlanta has reinstated him from the IL.

Around the League:

• No official word on this yet but the Dodgers have reportedly signed Albert Pujols. Not the place I would have guessed, but the Dodgers are struggling with some injuries (more on that later), and reportedly, the Cardinals weren’t even one of the teams interested in Pujols’ services. First of all, this is delightful because it means Pujols in the field, all the time. Secondly, if the vaunted Dodgers hitting development re-energizes Pujols’ bat right under the Angels’ nose, I will laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
• The Rays were busy on Saturday, sending former Mariner RHP Hunter Strickland to the Angels in exchange for a PTBNL or cash. They also sent INF Yoshitumo Tsutsugo to the Dodgers for a PTBNL or cash.
• That newfound Dodgers depth will come in handy as they’re about to be down one of their superstars; Corey Seager has a fracture in his hand after being hit by a Ross Detwiler pitch in yesterday’s game.
• The Diamondbacks are also feeling the sting of the injury bug:

• Speaking of injuries: yikes.

Kate’s pick:

Here’s a palate cleanser from all that stressful injury news.