Giving you the latest news from around baseball.
Good morning everyone and happy Friday! With a three-day weekend on the horizon, here’s what’s going on around baseball.
In Mariners news…
- Zac Hereth at Seattle Sports gave an important update on Logan Gilbert and Bryce Miller, who both seem to be progressing along quite well in their recovery.
- Catch the latest episode of the Meet at the Mitt podcast, where John Trupin, Isabelle Minasian, and Max Ellingsen talked about the M’s excellent week against San Diego and Chicago.
Around the league…
- Former MLB outfielder Darin Ruf has filed a lawsuit against the Reds after he suffered a career-ending injury by crashing into an uncovered tarp roller at their ballpark.
- Ronald Acuña, Jr. is set to make his 2025 season debut for the Braves today after finishing his recovery from ACL tear that he suffered last May.
- NBC has entered the bidding war for MLB’s streaming rights, which ESPN has allowed to lapse.
- The Athletic staff named the MLB All-Quarter Century Team, which included some controversial selections. ($)
- Michael Baumann at Fangraphs introduced NOLA, a metric for measuring consistency in starting pitchers.
- Davy Andrews at Fangraphs explained how some balls get labeled as “pulled” even though they are hit to the opposite field.
- The Rockies are even incompetent off the field!
An all-time moment this morning at Coors Field. Johan Rojas went into the stands to make a phone call. Security guards wouldn’t let Rojas back onto field. They did not believe he was a player. Zack Wheeler had to fetch him. Rockies forever.
— Matt Gelb (@mattgelb.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T17:35:11.232Z
- Only in the minors…
Crazy walkoff from Reno Aces last night. Connor Kaiser hits a bases loaded double to end the game, but the runner from 2nd runs into a teammate coming out from the dugout and is called out for interference, but the ball isn’t dead so the runner from 1st scores the winning run
— Will Harris (@sandwichpick.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T16:03:37.514Z
Anders’ picks…
- Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s hit mystery show Poker Face aired a baseball-themed episode yesterday. Here’s a spoiler-filled recap if you just want the topline, but I really recommend you go watch the show (from the beginning!) for yourself.