Mariners Moose Tracks, 11/3/19: Stephen Strasburg, Ryan Zimmerman, and Sean Doolittle
Happy Sunday!
In Mariners News...
- Julio coming in hot at #4 on the AFL top 25.
The @MLBazFallLeague is a testing ground for some of the game's top prospects.
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) November 2, 2019
So we'd say @J_RODshow ranking in the top five prospects there is pretty solid.
https://t.co/7PRHitrmwL pic.twitter.com/05gIZ09FU5
Around The League...
- Ok wow that ball was destroyed.
Holy crap, Jo Adell just hit the snot out of a baseball with Team USA. pic.twitter.com/s2AyfqszQ6
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) November 2, 2019
- Strasburg will opt out of the remainder of his contract with the Nationals.
Nationals star and World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg plans to opt out of the final four years and $100M of his contract today and become a free agent, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 3, 2019
- Special moment for Zimmerman at the Nationals’ parade yesterday.
"We grew up together."
— MLB (@MLB) November 3, 2019
Mr. National, now and forever. ❤ pic.twitter.com/TDQEGnoInC
- Bigger than baseball.
When some A’s fans were upset about the team’s first ever Pride Night in 2015, Sean Doolittle and his wife bought up almost 900 tickets and gave them to a community center for LGBTQ youth so no one would see empty seats https://t.co/7ke1gP4dSH
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) November 2, 2019
- Chapman will add an extra year at $18 million to the remaining two years at $30 million, bringing his new deal to 3 years, $48 million.
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has reached a new deal with the team and will not opt out, sources tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 3, 2019