Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/1/22: Konner Wade, Archie Bradley, Clayton Kershaw

It’s gonna be May

It’s May! Rabbit rabbit and whatnot. Hopefully the calendar turning to a new page will snap the Mariners out of the funk they’ve been in. At least they get out of Florida after today? Let’s distract ourselves from this mini-spiral with some links.

In Mariners News:

• Fare the well, Mike Ford. San Francisco has claimed the burly first baseman off waivers.
• The Mariners signed RHP Konner Wade to a minor-league deal to help prop up a ravaged Tacoma bullpen. I look forward to misspelling his first name a dozen times while writing up the Midshipmen’s Log.

Around the League:

• RHP Domingo Tapia, who was a Mariner for a hot minute in 2021, has been claimed off waivers by Oakland from Kansas City.
• Weeks after the Reds released him, the Padres signed outfielder Shogo Akiyama to a minor-league deal. Akiyama has struggled so far in MLB, but the Padres could use some outfield depth after Wil Myers went down with injury.
• Speaking of the Padres, they’re reportedly open to making former starter/current reliever Dinelson Lamet available in trade. John says this feels like a possible Mariners move, but I say AJ Preller should have himself a good long think before he decides to trade with Jerry Dipoto again.
• The Angels had to place reliever Archie Bradley on the IL with an abdominal strain. Just glad we could get his WARdle in before that happened.
• Congratulations to Clayton Kershaw on becoming the Los Angeles Dodgers’ all-time leader in strikeouts, passing a record held by Don Sutton that had stood since 1979. When you’re talking about Literally The Dodgers, that’s quite an accomplishment indeed.

Kate’s pick:

Stop multi-screen scrolling and look at this cute baby penguin right now! I love watching penguins waddle, and the only thing I can imagine that’s cuter is to watch a baby penguin waddle. Bonus: the Monterey Aquarium is currently holding a naming contest for this lil’ cutie, and you can vote on your favorite of three names. (Clearly the right answer is Pfeiffer, but go cast your vote anyway.)

(And I was going to include here a link about the jellyfish that poops glitter, but I thought people might find that distasteful early in the morning. You can find out about it here, though.)