Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/18/21: Harry Ford, Andrés Muñoz, and Jewell Loyd

Lots of Mariners prospect news on this Saturday.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Sep 18, 2021, 7:00am PDT

Texas Rangers v Seattle Mariners

Alright folks, we’ve made it to the weekend. Here’s what’s happening around baseball on this Saturday.

In Mariners news...

The Mariners organization produced yet another combined no-hitter.

The third no-hitter in franchise history is in the books.

Jimmy Kingsbury 7 IP
Kelvin Nunez 2 IP.

Nuts win 7-0!

First no-no since 2013.
First no-hitter in the league since 2019.
— Modesto Nuts (@ModestoNuts) September 18, 2021

Harry Ford has officially entered the MLB Pipeline top 100.

Blue Jays RHP Nate Pearson graduates from prospect status for MLBPipeline.

Mariners C Harry Ford enters the list no. 100.

That'll give Seattle a 5th Top 100 prospect, joining Julio Rodriguez, Noelvi Marte, George Kirby and Emerson Hancock.
— Joe Doyle (@JoeDoyleMiLB) September 17, 2021

This isn’t at all surprising on the Justin Dunn front but is still disappointing.

Justin Dunn, who left his rehab appearance with Triple-A Tacoma yesterday after four pitches, will return to Seattle for an MRI.
At this point, though, his season is done, said manager Scott Servais.
— Corey Brock (@CoreyBrockMLB) September 17, 2021

Andrés Muñoz was on fire in his first organizational outing for Seattle.

Andres Munoz strikes out the side in Arizona League game for #Mariners. 1st game since TJ. FB at 99.
— Bill Mitchell (@billazbbphotog) September 18, 2021

Around the league...

Andrelton Simmons couldn’t go to Toronto due to legal issues.

Source: Twins placed Andrelton Simmons on the restricted list after he was unable to travel to Canada for the series in Toronto due to visa and immigration issues.

Unrelated to COVID-19. Simmons is in the process of securing permanent residency and leaving the US would reset it.
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) September 17, 2021

Minor league games continue to get longer even with the pitch clock being instituted, writes J.J. Cooper at Baseball America.
Kyle Boddy from Driveline will no longer be working with the Reds going forward.

Press release regarding the #Reds and myself. pic.twitter.com/D1D6Wbrj1J
— Kyle Boddy (@drivelinebases) September 17, 2021

The Shohei Ohtani scare is all cleared up as the right-hander is scheduled to start tomorrow for the Angels.

Anders’ picks...

Jewell Loyd had a historic game for the Storm yesterday.

Gold Mamba @jewellloyd recorded a career-high 37 points AND matched the #WNBA record for points in a quarter #CountIt pic.twitter.com/HAS8yNJmcL
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 18, 2021