Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/9/24: Whataburger, JP Crawford, and Humpy the Salmon
The Crawfords will have a happy reason keeping them up at night, Gregory Santos is added to help the bullpen continue the fight, and you may want to check Whataburger if you don’t have any light.
In Mariners news...
- In a long-anticipated move to help shore up the bullpen, Gregory Santos has been activated from the IL, and Emerson Hancock optioned in a corresponding move.
- Mariners prospects continue to get noticed on the national stage, this time Colt Emerson and Michael Morales getting mentioned in this Baseball Prospectus piece. ($)
- The Crawford family made an announcement about an expected addition to their team.
Craw party of 3 loading pic.twitter.com/vfQll0duEJ
— jp crawford (@jp_crawford) July 8, 2024
- Speaking of the Captain, name a more iconic rivalry than JP Crawford and Doug Eddings.
JP Crawford and this umpire have some longstanding beef, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/UXmjhcLX2L
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 9, 2024
- Who doesn’t love a strawberry daiquiri, or Logan Gilbert being an All-Star?
“Just calling, seeing what you guys are doing next week...” @logangilbert22 telling his parents he’s an All-Star is the best thing you’ll see all day pic.twitter.com/PDY1mIaiOS
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 8, 2024
- Don’t let the other writers on this site fool you, Lookout Landing is officially #TeamHumpy and quite honestly it feels really good to be so clearly on the right side of history.
Humpy. King. Silver. Sockeye. There can only be ONE.
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 8, 2024
Sprint to the ballpark on July 24 to snag your very own limited-edition @MsSalmonRun t-shirt.
https://t.co/3QRjOYqdLX pic.twitter.com/goZvw9faxv
- Seby Zavala encountered no spider webs on his return path to the minor leagues, and has cleared waivers.
Roster move: catcher Seby Zavala cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma.
— Mariners PR (@MarinersPR) July 8, 2024
Around the league...
- Drew Smith of the Mets is expected to have elbow surgery on Friday.
- Former President of Business Operations for the Seattle Mariners, Catie Griggs has moved on swiftly to become the President of Business Operations for the Baltimore Orioles
#Orioles today announced that Catie Griggs will serve as the first female President of Business Operations in team history, where she will oversee all aspects of the Orioles business operation.
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) July 8, 2024
And is perhaps already cooking up marketing deals for them?
The Orioles Unlimited pass is back! $65 per month ($130 total) gets you into every August and September home game. $5.91 per game! pic.twitter.com/t33GPCEHpY
— Freddie (@FreddieTheOsFan) July 8, 2024
- Atlanta made some roster moves before yesterday’s game, including activating Bryce Elder and selecting Eddie Rosario.
The #Braves today recalled RH Bryce Elder to Atlanta and he will start tonight’s game at Arizona. The club also selected OF Eddie Rosario to the major league roster, and optioned LH Dylan Lee and OF Luke Williams to Triple-A Gwinnett. To make room on the 40-man roster, Atlanta…
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 8, 2024
- Meanwhile Tommy Pham was scratched for something more biting.
Tommy Pham was scratched from the lineup with a dental issue, per the White Sox.
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) July 8, 2024
- My condolences to Anthony Rendon, who was yesterday activated from the
vacationinjured list.
#Angels transactions:
— Angels PR (@LAAngelsPR) July 8, 2024
•Reinstated INF Anthony Rendon from injured list
•Designated INF Miguel Sanó for assignment
- Speaking of the Angels, a look back at some of the results of a trade made nearly two years ago.
The Angels traded Raisel Iglesias to the Braves for Tucker Davidson and Jesse Chavez in Aug. 2022, four months into his four-year deal. Since then, Iglesias has a 2.01 ERA in 117 innings for the Braves... and Chavez has a 2.07 ERA in 87 innings for the Braves.
— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) July 9, 2024
- You have almost certainly never seen a Pitching Ninja highlight like this one.
Davis Daniel's "Super Sinker"
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 9, 2024
Lowe trying to hit it. pic.twitter.com/BOfaMzobLG
- You love to see a public servant answering the call.
The @SiouxCityXs were without a starting pitcher on Saturday night.
— American Association (@AA_Baseball) July 8, 2024
The solution? Give Iowa State Representative J.D. Scholten a call
See the full thread (1/3)
via (@AMitchellSports) pic.twitter.com/vZnmzsDSmW
Bee’s pick...
- Whataburger? More like Whatafailureofaninfrastructuremanagement, am I right? At least we have our burger overlords to help us in our times of darkness.
The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map.
— BBQ Bryan (@BBQBryan) July 9, 2024
Still nearly 1.9 million power outages. pic.twitter.com/d8srWmw1oV