Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/23/22: Noelvi Marte, Taylor Williams, and The Boston Red Sox

Greetings everyone! The Mariners streak might be over, but I suppose that just means it’s time to start a new one. Let’s kick off the weekend with some news from around baseball.

In Mariners news...

• Noelvi Marte continued his torrid stretch in Everett yesterday. Perhaps people sold on the 20-year-old too early.

• In case you missed it, the Mariners unveiled their 2023 All-Star Game logo.

• Mikey Ajeto wrote over at Baseball Prospectus about the Mariners’ chances of making the playoffs. ($)
• Taylor Williams is back! And we officially got Matt Brash for free.

Around the league...

• The Red Sox — who are trailing the Mariners in the wild card hunt — suffered a beatdown of historic proportions yesterday, falling 28-5 to the Toronto Blue Jays. In their last three games, they’ve been outscored 55-8. Here’s an illustration of just how rough their recent play has been.

• Lourdes Gurriel, Jr. was living his best life in the middle of a game in which he had six hits.

• Kyler Murray is making more than the entire A’s roster! That’s wild.

• Emma Baccellieri at Sports Illutrated wrote about what happens during an on-field brawl from the perspective of a bullpen pitcher.
• Kiley McDaniel at ESPN gave his thoughts on each team’s 2022 draft class. ($)
• Rumor has it that the Mets and Yankees are not willing to surrender any of their top three organizational prospects in a trade for Juan Soto. If true, this takes two of the biggest suitors for the outfielder off the board.
• Andy Martino at SNY opined that the Yankees would be better served long-term with Soto than Aaron Judge, which isn’t really that hot of a take.
• The Mets kept the hot stove rolling by acquiring former Mariners All-Star Dan Vogelbach for minor league reliever Colin Holderman.
• Meanwhile, the Yankees might be without one of their best relievers for a while.

Anders’ picks...

• This is huge news for the movement to get college athletes paid.