/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69528809/usa_today_16337266.0.jpg)
Hello everyone and welcome to the month of July! Pretty crazy to think that at this point last year, we were still weeks away from the MLB season beginning. Instead we’re just in the thick of it now. Here’s what’s going on in the crazy sport that is baseball.
In Mariners news...
- The Futures Game rosters were announced with a trio of M’s making the squad.
Star power in Denver #SeaUsRise
— Mariners Player Development (@MsPlayerDev) June 30, 2021
@JKelenic_1019
@J_RODshow
@EmersonHancock_ pic.twitter.com/57WG9c14UB
Around the league...
- Rob Arthur at Baseball Prospectus analyzes the drastic changes in spin rates on the Dodgers since the league memo. ($)
- We’ve got some league beef going on between Lucas Giolito and Josh Donaldson after the third baseman taunted Giolito after hitting a homer against him. James Fegan at The Athletic has the details. ($)
- Former Mets GM Jared Porter has been placed on the ineligible list through 2022.
- I’m a little surprised that three cycles is the career high, but good for Trea!
BRING. US. YOUR. CYCLE. EMOJIS. ♂️
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 30, 2021
No pleayer in @MLB history has more career cycles than Trea Turner.@treavturner // #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/Y033Pky3Wc
- Congratulations to the Mississippi State Bulldogs!
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. pic.twitter.com/sZBqhXLu22
— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) July 1, 2021
- Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs wrote about Jose Altuve’s rejuvenation.