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

It’s the weekend!

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Sep 17, 2022, 7:00am PDT

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

In Mariners news...

HAPPY FRIDAY HARRY FORD JUST HOMERED FOR GREAT BRITAIN pic.twitter.com/GQjCRygSuS
— Jordan Shusterman (@j_shusterman_) September 16, 2022

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.

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. ($)
Zach Buchanan at The Athletic spoke to several players and coaches to find out what is the best way to tell a young player he’s been called up to the big leagues. ($)