Mariners Moose Tracks, 10/28/23: Adolis García, Naoyuki Uwasawa, and Vinny Nittoli

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend! Let’s catch you up on the latest.

In the MLB playoffs...

• Adolis García played the hero in a wild comeback victory for the Rangers over the Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the World Series.

In Mariners news...

• Now that most 2023 draftees have gotten some professional games in, Baseball America graded the Mariners draft class. ($)
• Meanwhile, the MiLB writing staff named the 2023 Mariners Organization All-Stars.

Around the league...

• This should be a pretty big year in terms of players coming over from Japan, and it seems the first one is ready to start the process.

• Rob Manfred believes in the new playoff format, but MLBPA executive director Tony Clark is not so convinced.
• Michael Baumann at Fangraphs wonders if the DBacks can keep up their strength on the basepaths against the Rangers.
• Former Mariners right-hander Vinny Nittoli signed a minor league deal with the A’s.

Anders’ picks...

• One man in Michigan believes that he alone can solve the D.B. Cooper mystery.