Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/10/21: Willie Bloomquist, Ian Kennedy, and Tyler O’Neill

Old friends are finding success away from Seattle.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Jun 10, 2021, 7:00am PDT

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MLB: Cleveland Indians at St. Louis Cardinals

Hello everyone and happy Thursday! Here’s what’s going on in baseball right now.

In Mariners news...

Congratulations to the Negrón family!

On June 2, 2021 we were blessed with two healthy baby boys. Couldn’t be more excited!

Gianni Nicola Negrón
Lorenzo David Negrón

They’re small but mighty and we can’t wait to bring them home from the NICU soon.
— Kristopher Negrón (@KNegs17) June 9, 2021

Around the league...

Brittany Ghiroli at The Athletic says that Major League Baseball is to blame for the sticky substance problem. ($)
The Rangers will be playing without their closer for the foreseeable future.

Rangers have placed RHP Ian Kennedy on the 10-day iL retroactive to June 6 with a mild left hamstring strain. RHP Spencer Patton has been selected from Triple-A Round Rock and will be in uniform today.
— John Blake (@RangerBlake) June 9, 2021

WFB!

BREAKING: @ASU_Baseball is set to hire former #SunDevils standout Willie Bloomquist as its next head coach, sources tell @d1baseball. An announcement should come by Friday.

Bloomquist spent the last six seasons as the Special Assistant to @Dbacks CEO.#ForksUp pic.twitter.com/Tu9IvVMXwh
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 9, 2021

Oh boy, the conspiracies are flying now.

Pete Alonso said he does not like that MLB is cracking down on pitchers using illegal sticky substances: "I don't care what they use."

"The biggest concern is MLB manipulates the baseballs year in and year out depending on the free agency class," he said.
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) June 9, 2021

Matt Monagan tells the story of Bo Jackson’s foray into the world of competitive diving, in which he stunned members of the Auburn University diving team.
Ben Clemens at Fangraphs wrote about Tyler O’Neill, who has become the poster child of the Two True Outcome player.

Anders’ picks...

The Portland Trailblazers will be joining the ROOT Sports crew, adding the local NBA team to the same network as the Mariners, Kraken, Sounders, and Storm.
David Wharton at The Los Angeles Times wonders if the United States is going to start losing its grip on Olympic dominance.