Mariners Moose Tracks, 1/4/25: Hye-seong Kim, Charlie Morton, and Rōki Sasaki

The offseason chugs along with no activity from the Seattle brass.

Hello friends and happy Saturday! It’s January 4th and the Mariners still have not made a major league signing or a trade for a major league player. We’ll see how long that continues...

In Mariners news...

• Daniel Kramer kicked off the new year with a brief preview of what the Mariners can accomplish in the next couple of months and in the season to come.

Around the league...

• Kiwoom Heroes star Hye-seong Kim surprised the baseball world by signing a three-year deal with the Dodgers to serve as their super utility-man, reportedly declining more guaranteed money from the Angels for an opportunity to play for the reigning World Series champs.
• 41-year-old right-hander Charlie Morton agreed to a one-year, $15M contract with the Baltimore Orioles.
• Esteban Rivera at Fangraphs checked in on the Rangers offseason and how they’ve improved the team this winter.
• If this is true, things are going to get messy for teams in how they handle the international amateur stuff on January 15th. Will we see several teams still in the running for Rōki Sasaki just not signing their guys?

Anders’ picks...

• This is great news coming from a guy who was bullied and ridiculed for things that were very much not his fault.