Mariners Moose Tracks, 11/29/24: Julio Rodríguez, Juan Soto, and the Chicago Bears

Black Friday links from around baseball.

Good day friends! While you recover from your Thanksgiving meals, let’s get you caught up on the latest from the baseball world.

In Mariners news...

• Julio Rodríguez is making an impact on the lives of children in the Dominican Republic this holiday season with a toy drive.

Around the league...

• Red Sox fans got themselves into a bit of a tizzy yesterday, with some shaky rumors suggesting the team was closing in on a deal with star outfielder Juan Soto, which Jeff Passan quickly refuted.
• David Schoenfield at ESPN sketched out one major move each team should make this winter, with a spicy three-team deal for the Mariners that would solve several of their problems at once. ($)
• Jim Bowden at The Athletic provided 24 reasons he was thankful for the sport of baseball in 2024. ($)
• Will Leitch outlined five teams who are under pressure to make a move after Blake Snell’s signing with the Dodgers.

Anders’ picks...

• Many of you may have been watching the Thanksgiving football games, but for those of you who weren’t, you missed an all-time blunder by the Bears in a crucial road game against one of the sport’s best teams.