Mariners Moose Tracks, 3/25/23: Julio Rodríguez, Miles Mikolas, and Keston Hiura

Mar 25, 2023 - 2:00 PM

Hello all and welcome to Saturday! It’s the final weekend before the MLB regular season begins, so let’s dig into it.

In Mariners news...

• Check out Julio’s Sports Illustrated cover interview, in which he shouts out Lookout Landing!

• The Mariners rotation order is set!

Around the league...

• The Cardinals agreed to a two-year contract extension with right-handed starter Miles Mikolas.
• Former Oregon State standout and current Brewers infielder Keston Hiura will not make the team’s roster. He is out of minor league options, so Milwaukee will entertain trade offers on him before sending him through waivers.
• The Pirates will reportedly take another crack at extending star outfielder Bryan Reynolds before Opening Day.
• Mike Petriello at MLB ranked all of the teams heading into the season, naming the Mariners as one of the contenders for the year.
• Miami is bringing back the old Florida Marlins look!

• I always love this look at weird high school fields.

• A new version of Out of the Park Baseball is out now. Cody Stavenhagen at The Athletic sat down with the guy who started the world’s most intricate baseball simulation game. ($)

Anders’ picks...

• With No. 1 seeds Houston and Alabama losing in the Sweet 16 of the men’s college basketball tournament yesterday, we are now entering the first year ever where there are zero No. 1 seeds in the Elite 8.