Lookout Landing · Jul 5, 2021
Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/5/21: Yusei Kikuchi, Welington Castillo, and CJ Abrams
Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports Good morning everyone! We’ve got an off day in Mariners-land, but here are some links for you on this Monday.
In Mariners news...
It’s cool to see how genuinely happy the guys are for Yusei.
Around the league…
In case you missed it, Major League Baseball dropped its full All-Star Game rosters.
Former Mariners catcher Welington Castillo has decided to retire.
Chad Jennings at The Athletic tells an oral history of Izzy Alcantara’s kicking a catcher’s face in a minor league game 20 years ago. ($)
Travis Sawchik at The Score makes the case for MLB realignment. I feel like this is pretty much inevitable with likely expansion within the next decade.