Mariners Moose Tracks, 3/28/21: Masahiro Tanaka, Taylor Trammell, and Carter Kieboom

happy roster day to all who celebrate

Good afternoon! Some lunchtime links wouldn’t do us any harm.

In Mariners news...

• The Mariners are hoping to finalize their big league roster today, but they dropped a few spoilers last night, including that reliever Will Vest and outfielder Taylor Trammell had earned spots, particularly with uncertainty around Kyle Lewis’ health.

• The club also confirmed Justin Dunn would receive the sixth starter spot over Nick Margevicius, with the latter moving to the bullpen for long relief to start the year.
• The likely rotation should look something like this:

Around the league...

• The Nationals are demoting Carter Kieboom, whose struggles have played him out of the starting 3B role.
• Congrats to Daniel Vogelbach on cracking another Opening Day roster, now with the Milwaukee Brewers.

• The Astros have at least three possible opening day players - Myles Straw, Abraham Toro, and Garrett Stubbs - liable to start the season on the COVID-IL after violating health and safety protocols.
• Masahiro Tanaka opened up to Japanese media about why he left MLB despite excellent results and relative youth: a lack of feeling safe.
• Cleveland traded longtime starter Adam Plutko to the Orioles for a PTBNL or cash. They also selected an old friend.

• A couple notable bullpen arms will be out early for the defending champs.

• From the San Diego Union-Tribune, Fernando Tatis Jr. is already a legend in San Diego for young and old alike. His 14 year pact with the Padres has given fans a player they can trust will be their guy.
• Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes has tested positive for COVID-19.
• Jay Bruce made the Yankees!