It was odd to have a Memorial Day with only one affiliate in action, but it was fun to see the various Mariners minor leaguers posting their off-day adventures to Instagram and having a regular holiday weekend for the first time probably in their pro careers. Also, Tacoma did a good job of snatching up the system-wide glory with a decisive win over Reno that I sort of half-watched in between marveling in the glory of Tom Murphy’s Crazy Eyes.
As a reminder, our minor-league coverage now publishes twice a week: Mondays are an in-depth look at how every affiliate except Triple-A Tacoma performed over the previous week’s series, and Wednesdays cover Triple-A’s latest series as well as a broad overview of the farm as a whole.