Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/9/21: Yusei Kikuchi, Gerrit Cole, and Ke’Bryan Hayes

You never know what’s going to happen in a Pirates game.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Jun 9, 2021, 7:00am PDT

MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh Pirates

Good morning everyone! The Mariners are back at it today, and we’ve got some links to get your day started.

In Mariners news...

Our friend Matthew Roberson wrote about Jarred Kelenic’s struggles in Seattle in his story at The New York Daily News.
David Laurila at Fangraphs talked to Emerson Hancock about his approach to pitching.
Great news on Yusei.

Scott Servais tells @jtheaps9 @StacyRost and @shannondrayer on @710ESPNSeattle that it looks like Yusei Kikuchi will make his next start. He left his last start after taking a comebacker to the knee.
— Brandon Gustafson (@TheBGustafson) June 8, 2021

Around the league...

This is...a concerning answer.

here's gerrit cole's response when asked point blank if he has ever used spider tack, one of the sticky substances baseball is looking to crack down on pic.twitter.com/rKFOksIDoW
— Matthew Roberson (@mroberson22) June 8, 2021

You tried, Cubs.

especially in comparison to the awesome pinstriped uniforms the White Sox uniforms put out, felt like the Cubs really played things safe and boring pic.twitter.com/BpS4IrhT9S
— joon 이준엽 (@joonlee) June 8, 2021

Zach Crizer at Yahoo! wrote about how the rise in humidors may be contributing to baseball’s offensive nadir.
A new book confirms suspicions that the Astros continued to try to cheat during the 2019 postseason.
Pirates gonna Pirate.

Ke'Bryan Hayes homered off Walker Buehler but was ruled out on replay review after not touching first base. So it's a scoreless first.
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) June 8, 2021