Mariners Moose Tracks, 12/20/21: Ichiro Suzuki, Buck Showalter, and Tom Brady

Some light links for your Monday.

By Becca Weinberg@becca_weinberg Dec 20, 2021, 7:00am PST

Toronto Blue Jays v Seattle Mariners

In Mariners news...

Same, J.P. Same.

https://t.co/5nJZndZYr1 https://t.co/tkSjsewRtU
— jp crawford (@jp_crawford) December 19, 2021

He’s still got it.

48 year old Ichiro is overseas striking out high schoolers with zero mercy pic.twitter.com/xlE0ph8MUL
— Calico Joe (@CalicoJoeMLB) December 18, 2021

Ryan Divish at The Seattle Times analyzes the Mariners’ first base depth chart, focusing on the important roles of Ty France and Evan White this upcoming season.
The Mariners have had the most meaningful offseason in baseball so far, argues Brent Stecker at 710 ESPN Seattle.

Around the league...

Congrats to Francisco and Katia Lindor!

Congratulations to @Lindor12BC and his wife Katia for getting married over the weekend! pic.twitter.com/B6vPCrMnqA
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) December 19, 2021

Kansas City Royals catching prospect MJ Melendez takes home the 2021 Bahamas Derby championship.

MJ Melendez is your 2021 Bahamas Derby champ pic.twitter.com/o5pfNOl7vn
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) December 18, 2021

ICYMI: Buck Showalter has been hired as the new manager of the New York Mets on a three-year deal, with his salary predicted to be the highest of any manager in Mets history.

Becca’s picks...

Wow...

On #SNF, the @Saints handed Tom Brady his first shutout since Week 15, 2006 ...

Back on Dec 10, 2006:

- Brady was 29 years, 129 days old
- No currently active defensive player had yet entered the NFL
- Drew Brees was playing his first season w/ the Saints
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 20, 2021