Mariners News: Max Fried, Francisco Alvarez, and the MLB Draft

Around the league…

• The MLB and MLBPA officially met on Tuesday to open up talks on the upcoming collective bargaining agreement.
• Max Fried exited yesterday’s start against the Orioles with a sore elbow.
• Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will undergo surgery to repair a meniscus tear. The team is hopeful he will be back within 6-8 weeks.
• The Reds placed right-handed starter Rhett Lowder on the injured list with right shoulder discomfort.
• Relatedly, Cincinnati agreed to a big league deal with righty Chris Paddack.
• The Dodgers hired former star outfielder Jason Heyward as a special assistant to the front office.
• A White Sox fan was hospitalized yesterday after falling into the visiting bullpen.
• The MLB Pipeline team named the hottest pitching prospect in each organization right now.
• Kiley McDaniel at ESPN unveiled his first mock draft of the season.
• Over at Fangraphs, our very own Ryan Blake wrote about Ceddanne Rafaela’s arm strength and what it really means to have a good arm in baseball.
• David Laruila at Fangraphs spoke to Yandy Díaz, who continues to be one of the sport’s most underrated hitters.
• Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker provided a full review of A.M. Gittlitz’s new book *Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team*.