Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/30/23: Mookie Betts, Vlad Guerrero, Jr., and the Texas Rangers

Hello everyone and happy last day of June! Here’s what’s happening around baseball.

In Mariners news...

• MLB Pipeline and The Athletic each have new mock drafts as the Mariners’ 2023 draft strategy begins to take shape.
• Jake Mailhot at Fangraphs broke down the two new young Mariners stud starting pitchers.
• Larry Stone at The Seattle Times outlines why this particular M’s team inspires so much hatred within the fanbase.
• Mariners prospect Robbie Tenerowicz was having fun on the baseline.

Around the league...

• Major League Baseball announced the starting position players for the 2023 All-Star Game, where a franchise-record 4 Texas Rangers were honored with a spot in the lineup.
• Mookie Betts and Vlad Guerrero, Jr. have joined Julio Rodríguez as 2023 Home Run Derby participants.
• Emma Baccellieri wrote about Shohei Ohtani, who is changing the rules of baseball with a historic season.
• The Royals are hoping to finalize the location of their new ballpark by the end of the summer, and are targeting 2027 or 2028 as a possible opening year.
• Major respect to this kid.

Anders’ picks...

• This is gonna be incredible.