Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/21/21: Joe Rizzo, Eduardo Rodríguez, and Jacob deGrom

Hello everyone and happy Friday! Let’s get to the latest from around baseball.

In Mariners news...

• Joe Rizzo is getting hot at the dish! (Although that slide looked painful)

• Oh, and Noelvi Marte did it again.

Around the league...

• Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto is sounding the alarm about foreign substances in baseball, suggesting that cracking down on it could raise offensive levels significantly.
• Anders (!) Johanson at South Side Sox says it’s time for the Sox to let go of Tony La Russa.
• Everyone’s already made the joke about La Russa being upset about this ruling so I’m just gonna drop it here.

• Eduardo Rodríguez spoke out about his horrific experience catching COVID-19 and the serious long-term effects that followed.
• Jacob deGrom struck out eight A-ball hitters in three innings while throwing 102 mph in a rehab start.

• Felipe Vázquez gets hit with some serious charges.

• Jerry Dipoto isn’t the only executive voicing frustrations over his MLB team’s vaccination levels; Jed Hoyer with the Cubs is getting fed up with his team’s vaccine hesitancy.
• Albert Pujols hit his first homer with the Dodgers, getting him up to 668 all-time.