Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/10/23: Andrés Muñoz, Mookie Betts, and Max Scherzer

Hello everybody and happy Wednesday! Let’s explore what’s happening around baseball.

In Mariners news...

• We got another dump of Mariners injury news.

Around the league...

• Per the Nevada Independent, the A’s have shifted their attention to a new site within the city of Las Vegas, which will cut a chunk out of the total amount of public funding required to build the stadium there.
• Another city has emerged as a contender for a new MLB franchise: Orlando. Former Magic executive Pat Williams recently unveiled renderings for a new ballpark to the county advisory committee.
• The Mets’ woes continue as right-hander Max Scherzer was scratched from his start yesterday with neck spasms.
• The Rays have signed left-hander Jake Diekman to an MLB deal. He should slot immediately into their bullpen.
• Yankees fans appear to be handling the Rays’ hot start well.

• Gary Sánchez has latched on with another team, inking a minor league deal with the Mets.
• The Rangers are about to get even better, with Corey Seager set to embark on a rehab assignment tomorrow.
• Mookie Betts’ fear of ghosts led to him renting an AirBNB for the team’s series in Milwaukee rather than staying with the team in a supposedly haunted hotel. I mean, who can blame him though?
• Ben Clemens at Fangraphs wonders what’s going on with the Guardians’ putrid offense this season.
• Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs outlines several contract extensions that teams around the league should consider signing soon.
• Josh Allen looks like he has some experience in organized baseball.

Anders’ picks...

• Just a reminder to all of the Seattle Kraken fans out there to check out all of the fresh Stanley Cup Playoff coverage from our friends over at Davy Jones’ Locker Room!