Good morning everyone! For today's big news story...
Larry Stone at the Seattle Times spoke to new Mariners hitting coach Edgar Martinez about his role this season and what he thinks about the team. Hidden in that article is a quote that provides clarity to something people had been noticing in pictures the M's have been putting up of Edgar: He seems to take Mike Zunino as a challenge and somewhat of a personal project of his.
"In the end, my hope is that he does have a major influence on Zunino, and does make him a project or getting him back to being somewhat close to what he was last year,'' McClendon said.