Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/4/23: J.P. Crawford, Eduardo Rodríguez, and Domingo Germán

The Mariners are rolling!

Good morning everyone! Let’s check out what’s happening around baseball.

In Mariners news...

• Watch it again, in all of its glory.

• Longtime Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone is hanging ‘em up in November.

• Congratulations, J.P.!

• On his weekly spot at 710 ESPN Seattle, Jerry Dipoto discussed the team’s deadline approach and why they like the players they acquired.
• The Mariners announced a new promotion for August 30: Death Cabbie for Cutie, to celebrate the birthday of José Caballero and the fall tour of Death Cab for Cutie.
• Lazaro Montes and Luis Suisbel got well-deserved promotions to Modesto, while first-rounders Colt Emerson and Tai Peete appear to be ready to play in ACL games.

Around the league...

• Patrick Dubuque at Baseball Prospectus wrote about the weird not-trade of Eduardo Rodríguez. ($)
• Michael Clair wrote about the recent rise of the sport of baseball in the tiny, geographically isolated country of Bhutan.
• Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs analyzed which teams changed their playoff odds the most during the trade deadline.
• Yankees starting pitcher Domingo Germán had an alchohol-induced outburst in the Yanks clubhouse and has gone too seek treatment.

Anders’ picks...

• The latest reporting indicates that the Big Ten Conference is exploring adding the Universities of Washington and Oregon. Previously, it was thought that neither school would leave the Pac-12 without their in-state counterparts — Washington State and Oregon State.