It’s Sunday, and if it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Links.
In Mariners news…
- Julio secured his second career 30-30 season after stealing second and third base in the first inning last night.
- Harry Ford, more than two weeks after his first career major league walk-off, recorded his first major league hit and was greeted at first by his favorite baseball player.
- Julio, Cal, Bryan, and Emerson took a little trip over to Lake Washington yesterday afternoon.
- The 2025 Triple-A end of season awards and All-Stars were announced yesterday, including Top MLB prospect honors for Harry Ford, and All-Star nods for Leo Rivas and Jhonathan Díaz.
- The Mariners will be hosting watch parties for games 3 and 4 of the ALDS, and will also be hosting a two scrimmage games next week!
- The Mariners winning their first division title in twenty-four years caught a lot of people by surprise, including NFL schedule makers.
Around the league…
- For the first time since 2016, the Houston Astros will not be playing baseball in October.
- Phillies shortstop Trea Turner has been resting a strained hamstring nearly three weeks, but will be back in the starting lineup tomorrow, and presumably ready to go for the NLDS.
- Cubs rookie starter Cade Horton has a rib fracture, and won’t be back until the NLCS at the earliest.
- Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras knows he’s on the trade block heading into the offseason, but it seems he’d prefer to stay in St. Louis.
- Speaking of the Cardinals, manager Oli Marmol made himself very unpopular in Chicago when he elected to intentionally walk Cubs first baseman Michael Busch when he was just a single shy of a cycle.
- Angels manager Ron Washington told Sam Blum of the Athletic that he is not ready to retire, in spite of massive heart surgery earlier this year.
Category: General Sports
