Most Mariners fans know Alex Mayer for his insane stats. But he’s grown into much more -- now assisting in baseball ops, high performance and business analytics. “He can marvel like a kid on Christmas morning at the simplest thing. He just loves it.” mlb.com/news/mariners-…

Two questions for Div. Do you actually get to make the lineups out now? And is this game on TV?

This seems noteworthy.

Wrote about Cal Raleigh being on pace for more than 60 homers and the four quotes that best sum up his season so far mlb.com/mariners/news/…

Awesome video from when Cal was just a Little Dumper!

The Raleighs go big time! Such a good family and handling it like pros. Making Seattle proud!

Bryan Woo learned that he lost his grandfather moments after he lost a no-hitter in the 8th inning last week ... Shortly after and still grieving, Woo widened his gathering in Atlanta, including his 90-year-old grandmother. "That’s the love we have." mlb.com/news/bryan-woo…

This is excellent.

There are 2 AL MVPs this year, and ultimately I think the trophy should go to the guy beat to hell all year behind the plate while hitting 60 bombs for a team that won a division title for the first time in a generation.

I get that most stats we tend to look at for MVP don’t back this up, but I will die on the hill that we don’t have the stats to fully illustrate the value of a good catcher’s preparation and leadership to a contending team. It’s the Year of the Big Dumper.

How did a player who became the first catcher in MLB history to hit 60 homers go untaken until 90 picks into the 2018 Draft? Jim Callis on the scouting of Cal Raleigh: atmlb.com/4okoxyz

Dump 61! Is this a movie script?

A tip of the cap to Daniel Kramer, Ryan Divish and all the writers who had to write and rewrite - and write and rewrite - their game stories over 15 insane innings, jump into the postgame maelstrom, re-do excellent stories once again and, somewhere in there, book flights to Toronto!

Sources: Bryan Woo is expected to be on the Mariners’ ALCS roster but will not available in any capacity in Game 1. Bryce Miller, who is formally listed as an “available” pitcher for tomorrow, is expected to start on short rest. mlb.com/news/bryan-woo…

Another Grand Salami for my broadcast partner Mike Gastineau . A rare thing these days a story that makes you feelgood about your fellow man. in this case woman. A beautiful piece of writing seattletimes.com/sports/mariner…

That extra hour might come in handy tonight.

Great day for the Seahawks, but I'm bummed by the Lenny Wilkens news. RIP 19. One of my first sports heroes growing up and a true Seattle sports legend.

Bummed that Cal Raleigh didn't win AL MVP, but this wasn't an East Coast bias thing. Of the 10 AL East voters, it was a 5-5 split between Raleigh and Judge. In AL West, also a 5-5 split. Difference came from AL Central voters (7-3 for Judge).

Wow. Thanks for the memories; Jimmy. We hardly knew ya.

Anyone else feeling super this morning? 🏈