Mariners Moose Tracks, 11/28/24: Casey Sadler, Blake Snell, and Brandon Crawford

Some Thanksgiving Day links!

Good morning friends, and happy Thanksgiving! Let’s catch you up on the biggest news from around the league.

In Mariners news...

• Adam Jude at The Seattle Times reports that the Mariners are eyeing young left-hander Brandyn García for a major league bullpen role this coming spring.
• Former Mariners bullpen arm Casey Sadler officially announced his retirement from the sport after his comeback attempt from injury sadly fell short.

Around the league...

• This one came in after I submitted yesterday’s story, though likely you’ve heard by now that the Dodgers landed the first big fish of the offseason, shoring up their rotation with a five-year deal for left-hander Blake Snell. As with all Dodgers deals, this one has a good deal of deferred money.
• Longtime Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford announced his retirement from baseball.
• Former Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan is giving back to the local Milwaukee community by coaching youth baseball.
• The catching market this winter is really bad — like, worse than you probably think. Michael Baumann at Fangraphs wonders what the catcher-needy teams should do.
• Speaking of, Ty France’s agent wants everyone to know that the former Mariner is open to shifting behind the plate in 2025.
• Shohei Ohtani has filed a petition with a judge to obtain $325K worth of baseball cards that former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara purchased with the two-way player’s money.