Mariners Moose Tracks, 2/14/22: Ian McKinney, Stefen Romero, and the Los Angeles Rams

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By Becca Weinberg@becca_weinberg Feb 14, 2022, 7:00am PST

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In Mariners news...

The Mariners have signed Erick Mejia and re-signed Ian McKinney to minor league deals.

#Mariners have re-signed LHP Ian McKinney and signed SS Erick Mejia to minor league deals. McKinney made 10 starts for Tacoma last year, after six at Double-A Arkansas. Mejia got into 17 MLB games with KC between 2019 and 2020, and spent last season at Triple-A Omaha.
— Paul Braverman (@PaulBraverman) February 12, 2022

Rest in peace to Calvin Jones, former Mariners’ No. 1 pick in the 1984 draft, who passed away yesterday from cancer at the age of 58.

Around the league...

Stefen Romero has signed a minor-league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers with an invite to big league spring training.

Dodgers have signed 1B/OF Stefen Romero to minor-league deal with invite to major-league spring training, source tells @TheAthletic. Hit 96 HRs past five seasons in Japan, including shortened ‘20. Potential DH option if CBA indeed includes universal DH. https://t.co/zhxyPaNmD4
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 12, 2022

The Washington Nationals have added two new hires to their analytics department:

The Nationals recently welcomed two more analysts in research and development: Carmen Ciardiello and Lee Przybylski. With those hires, that department is officially back to its pre-pandemic size, which was one of the front office’s goals this offseason.
— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) February 12, 2022

ICYMI: MLB is arguing for minor league players to remain unpaid for spring training, as part of a broader push by MLB to end an eight-year lawsuit regarding minor league player compensation. ($)
The Tampa Bay Rays look to capitalize on a trade surrounding some of their big name outfielders, writes Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.

Becca’s picks...

Congrats to the Los Angeles Rams on their Super Bowl win!

SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST! #SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS! pic.twitter.com/c8pTPDmSNe
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 14, 2022