Mariners Moose Tracks, 12/23/21: MLB Draft, Yadier Molina, and Carlos Correa

Photo by Harry How/Getty ImagesGood morning everybody and happy Thursday! We’re just a day away from the long weekend. Here’s what you need to know to get your day started.

In Mariners news...

Forgot to put this in here yesterday, but the Mariners uploaded their 2021 Draft Day special to their YouTube page.

Around the league...

It’s pretty crazy to think that Yadier Molina is about to lead all of baseball in this stat. He’s just been Mr. Consistent.

Sometime less than halfway through 2022, Yadier Molina will surpass Iván Rodríguez for the all-time record for putouts by a catcher. If you include the postseason, he’s already done so. Obviously, the great majority of those are strikeouts, and thus…