Mariners Moose Tracks, 1/27/23: J.P. Crawford, Cole Irvin, and Dana Brown

Hello everyone and happy Friday! Here’s what’s going on in baseball-land.

In Mariners news...

• The Mariners can’t stop hiring former organizational players as minor league coaches, as one-time Mariners utilityman Zach Vincej will manage the Modesto Nuts who announced their 2023 staff yesterday. Seth Mejias-Brean will be another familiar name for Rainiers fans — he’s the hitting coach.
• Will Garofalo at Pitcher List dropped his top 15 Mariners prospect ranking.
• On his latest spot for 710 ESPN Seattle, Jerry Dipoto discussed the workload plan for J.P. Crawford and his pitching staff in 2023.
• Could Luis Castillo be in for a breakout season?

Around the league...

• The Orioles have acquired left-hander Cole Irvin from the A’s, who will hopefully be much happier no longer having to face A Team Like That as often.
• The Astros have hired Atlanta executive Dana Brown to serve as the organization’s General Manager. Brown is now the only Black GM in Major League Baseball.
• In fact...

• The FOX Sports staff ranked every team by how likely they are to sign Shohei Ohtani next winter, with the Mariners coming in at a reasonable 10th place.
• Kyle Kishimoto at Fangraphs broke down the Red Sox acquisition of infielder Adalberto Mondesi and what it means for their 2023 roster.
• The White Sox hang onto one of the best broadcasters in the game.

• MLB Pipeline unveiled their top 100 prospect list, which includes two Mariners.