Mariners Moose Tracks, 12/17/24: Zach Vincej, Tomoyuki Sugano, and Darren McCaughan
Tuesday links!
In Mariners news...
- Baseball America has released its top 10 best prospects list for the Mariners’ system entering 2025.
- Congrats to Modesto Nuts manager Zach Vincej on being named Baseball America’s MiLB Manager of the Year.
- Jay Jaffe at FanGraphs details the road to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for Mariners legend Felix Hernandez.
Around the league...
- Elite celebrations from the Colorado Rockies’ newest signing.
The @Rockies have signed 28-year-old LHP Jefry Yan to a minor league contract.
— MLB (@MLB) December 16, 2024
We can only imagine how excited he is with this news pic.twitter.com/q4Dl6Me7pp
- After spending his entire 12-year career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), Japanese RHP Tomoyuki Sugano has agreed to a one-year/$13 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles.
- The Minnesota Twins have signed former Mariners RHP Darren McCaughan to a minor league deal, which will likely send him to big league Spring Training as a non-roster invitee.
- Statcast’s new Basestealing, Extra Bases Taken and Baserunning Value leaderboards show which players are at the top of the league in different categories.
- The San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays remain the favorites to land free agent RHP Corbin Burnes.
- Several MLB managers weigh in on rule changes, dominant players, playoff formats, and more.