Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/4/25: Harry Ford, Jac Caglianone, and Pete Crow-Armstrong
Checking in on the latest happenings around baseball.
Good morning friends! As we dive into this Wednesday, here’s what you need to know.
In Mariners news...
- Tyler Kepner at The Athletic became the latest national write to contextualize Cal Raliegh’s historic 2025 season. ($)
- Mariners fans everywhere are asking: why isn’t Harry Ford in Seattle yet? Daniel Kramer asked Jerry Dipoto that very question and got some insight on the team’s plans for the young catcher.
Around the league...
- The Royals called up top prospect Jac Caglianone, a prodigious slugger who was last year’s No. 6 overall pick.
- Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong became the fourth-fastest player in MLB history to reach 15 homers and 20 steals in a season.
- Jeff Passan at ESPN provided an early preview of the 2025 trade deadline by checking in on what each team is setting up to do this summer.
- Kiley McDaniel at ESPN completed his June update of every organization’s top 10 prospect list.
- It’s far too early to count out the Astros in the AL West hunt, writes Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs.
- The Nationals players formed a book club this season, and they’re starting with the Lord of the Rings.
- Before I even started reading this list, I knew who was going to be at the bottom.
Days Since They Last Shut Out A Regular Season Opponent: 1 SD 2 DET HOU 3 ATL CHC KC MIA PIT STL 4 SF 5 TOR 6 NYY TB WSH 7 PHI TEX 8 ARI 12 CLE 14 BOS 14 CWS 17 MIN 30 MIL 32 BAL 33 ATH 38 NYM SEA 44 LAD 46 LAA 51 CIN 384 COL
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