Mariners Moose Tracks, 11/19/22: Evan White, Cody Bellinger, and Gio Urshela

Nov 19, 2022 - 3:00 PM

Happy Saturday all! Let’s dive into the news from around baseball.

In Mariners news...

• Evan White: good dude!

• We love an agency change!

• Justin Choi at Fangraphs provided a breakdown of the Kyle Lewis-for-Cooper Hummel deal.
• Luke Arkins at Prospect Insider wonders if Kolten Wong is a good fit for the Mariners.

Around the league...

• With the non-tender deadline passing yesterday, check out the list of American League non-tenders and National League non-tenders. Cody Bellinger being let go by the Dodgers was the one that caught all of the headlines.
• Steven Kwan and Lars Nootbaar are on the verge of making history.

• But that isn’t the only major WBC news we got...

• The Mets acquired Elieser Hernández and Jeff Brigham in a trade with the Marlins.
• The Reds shipped off shortstop Kyle Farmer to the Twins, then acquired a new shortstop in Kevin Newman through a deal with Pittsburgh.
• Meanwhile, the Angels acquired infielder Gio Urshela from the Twins, seemingly closing the door on Anthony Rendon returning to third base.
• The Rockies signed reliever Tyler Kinley to a three-year contract extension.
• Billy Beane is stepping away from a day-to-day role with the A’s, moving into an advisory one. This allows David Forst to take over as the head of baseball operations.
• The independent Frontier League will add a pitch clock and will limit pitcher pick-offs in 2023.
• One reason the offseason is great is that this kind of stuff can happen.

Anders’ picks...

• I’m not a hockey guy but...oh no.