Mariners Moose Tracks, 11/1/24: Jorge Soler, Alex Kirilloff, and Bob Costas

Covering a wild first day of the offseason.

Good morning everybody, and happy Friday! The month of November has begun, and we’ve got a crazy day of offseason news to get to.

In Mariners news...

• Congratulations, Trevor!

Around the league...

• The Angels and Braves wasted no time getting to business, completing a trade that sent outfielder Jorge Soler to Anaheim in exchange for right-hander Griffin Canning.
• The Mets agreed to a one-year deal with right-hander Dylan Covey.
• Right-hander Daniel Hudson announced his retirement from baseball on the heels of winning his second-career World Series ring.
• Young Twins outfielder Alex Kirilloff made the surprising decision to retire from the sport. The former top prospect suffered a number of injuries over the course of his career, which prompted his early exit.
• It’s not just players who retired from baseball yesterday — longtime play-by-play announcer Bob Costas hung up his microphone.
• 136 players became free agents yesterday, including several who declined options or had options declined by their clubs.
• The Giants are reportedly set to hire Zack Minasian as their new general manager. Zack is the brother of Angels GM Perry Minasian.
• This is perhaps the least surprising news you’ll hear all day.

• The Yankees no longer appear to be the fearsome juggernaut of days past, writes Matthew Roberson at GQ.
• Jerry Dipoto isn’t half-bad at it either!