Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/4/24: Mitch Haniger, Ben Joyce, and Shohei Ohtani
It’s Sunday, and if it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Links.
In Mariners news...
- Perfectly normal at-bat, nothing to see here, just a perfectly normal Mariners win. No further investigation required.
Walk-off walk.
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) August 4, 2024
Series win on lock. #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/T8kN6RP7w5
- Victor Robles’ agent, Rafa Nieves, had some nice things to say about his client and the Mariners yesterday. Personally, I’ve seen enough from Robles to merit an extension. Regression shmegression I want this guy on this team. It can probably wait until the offseason, but I could get used to a Julio, Randy, Victor outfield for at least one more season.
Victor Robles last 248 PA:
— Rafa Nieves (@mlb_agent) August 3, 2024
.303/.386/.408
127 wRC+
22 SB
5 DRS
He’s only 27 years old, and was a top 5 overall MLB prospect with elite makeup and energy who contributed to a World Series team in his rookie year.
Shoutout to Justin and Jerry who looked under the hood and… https://t.co/BeWSyoQfFp
- On the topic of Victor Robles, check out this great article from Mike Petriello taking a look at swing speed data for a good look at Robles improved approach.
Around the league...
- The only way this guy could get any better is if he somehow started to pitch. That’d be crazy!
Shohei Ohtani is the first @Dodgers player in the 30-30 club since Matt Kemp in 2011! pic.twitter.com/VCg6VswmAQ
— MLB (@MLB) August 4, 2024
- Some may recall back in the Fox Sports Northwest days there was a highlight show called Final Score that was hosted by Andrew Siciliano. Siciliano had a tendency to do different animated voices and inflections when highlights for certain players came up, including Ichiro and Brad Lidge (ruh roh Rad Ridge!) My favorite of these was when he would put on a caveman-esque voice for a Mike Morse homerun highlight and say, “me Mike Morse, hit ball hard.” I like to think Andrew would’ve narrated this clip as, “me Ben Joyce, throw ball hard.”
Ben Joyce records his first big league save ... by notching a K on a 104.7 mph fastball, the fastest pitch in the Majors this year!
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 4, 2024
The @Angels rookie has reeled off 22 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings and thrown 6 of MLB's top 10 hardest pitches in 2024. pic.twitter.com/DRVdgALqPd
- I noodled around looking at alumni for a bit and I really cannot figure out who hit all those homeruns out of SDSU.
MLB all-time home run leaderboard by college pic.twitter.com/1SpKFwn9tm
— BrooksGate (@Brooks_Gate) August 3, 2024
- Mariners legend Rafael Montero cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Sugar Land by the Astros.
Nick’s pick...
- Holy shot.
Remco Evenepoel seals the Olympic double with an incredible backdrop! #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/ibqKa0o5z0
— Eemeli (@LosBrolin) August 3, 2024
- Oh to be a boat-sinking Arctic walrus with my own floating couch.
it’s so hard to see someone else living your dream pic.twitter.com/TsTfGzyeII
— Emma Berquist (@eeberquist) August 3, 2024