Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/17/22: Harry Ford, Eugenio Suárez, and Yordan Álvarez

Greetings everyone and welcome to the weekend! Let’s get you caught up on the latest.

In Mariners news...

• What a special lad.

• This is tough timing considering his injury yesterday, but our own Jake Mailhot wrote about the importance of Eugenio Suárez to the M’s success this season in a piece at Fangraphs.

Around the league...

• The Mariners aren’t the only franchise re-writing the narrative this season — the Mets are on their way to changing their longtime image, writes Stephanie Apstein at Sports Illustrated.
• Major League Baseball is reportedly providing its teams with specific regions of the world to market in.
• Thanks to a three-homer effort from Yordan Álvarez, the Astros have officially clinched a playoff spot.
• Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs calculated the odds of someone winning the Triple Crown this season.
• Skyler Rivera at The Athletic broke down the logistics of the new MLB playoff format now that we’re getting close to the postseason. ($)
• Zach Buchanan at The Athletic spoke to several players and coaches to find out what is the best way to tell a young player he’s been called up to the big leagues. ($)