Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/26/23: Jacob Nottingham, Carlos Correa, Sam Bachman

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! I think Ty France saw me talking smack in the Moose Tracks and decided to pop off. Good stuff, Ty. I’ll happily take the L for that one. Now let’s see what else I can find to be wrong about!

In Mariners news...

• Jacob Nottingham giveth and taketh away. As of this writing it’s not clear what the Mariners are getting back in return for the veteran catcher.

• Benjamin Hill spoke to minor league journeyman Mike Ford about his tumultuous career.

Around the league...

• Per Rob Manfred, the A’s relocation efforts could move along pretty quickly now, with an official vote coming potentially as soon as June.
• Carlos Correa has been diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and a muscle strain in his foot, but is not headed to the injured list as of this moment.
• Aaron Gleeman at The Athletic wonders what is going wrong with the Twins lineup this year. ($)
• The Angels are calling up former first-round starting pitcher Sam Bachman.
• Baseball Savant dropped a pitch timer violation leaderboard, in which the Mariners are among the teams that have benefitted most from violations.
• Jesse Dougherty at The Washington Post wrote about top Nationals prospect James Wood, who now carries the organization’s hopes and dreams with Juan Soto gone.
• The MLB Reds may have been bad recently, but their Triple-A squad has been worse. They have not finished with a winning record since 2011!

Anders’ picks...

• This is absolutely awesome! And the guy who made this is only 14.