WEBVTT - Episode 151: Post-Deadline Mailbag

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to episode number one fifty one of the Marine

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get it rolling, and we welcome you to this

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<v Speaker 1>episode of the Marine Layer Podcast, part of the Just

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<v Speaker 1>Baseball podcast network. Recording Wednesday evening, July thirty. First post

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<v Speaker 1>scheme of the Mariners getting walked off in Boston. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>say it's only been three days, but I do miss

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<v Speaker 1>playing the White Sox. I think that was a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more relaxing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was. Why because they're may be gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>the worst team of all time.

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<v Speaker 1>That might have something to do with it. Certainly less

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<v Speaker 1>stressful than watching this team attempt to play a series

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<v Speaker 1>in Boston, which will now it will now be a

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<v Speaker 1>full decade between winning series, at least between winning series

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<v Speaker 1>in Boston a decade. It was funny they were reading

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<v Speaker 1>it on the radio today, some of the players in

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<v Speaker 1>the series, the last time the Mariners won a game

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<v Speaker 1>in Boston. Do you realize there were two current general

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<v Speaker 1>managers playing in that game in that series?

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<v Speaker 2>You mean the last time they won a series in Boston, the.

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<v Speaker 1>Last time they won the series in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>So Craig Bresla was probably playing. It's one yep, Jerry

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't still playing by that. No, it's not in division?

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<v Speaker 2>Can it be any GM in baseball?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Chris Young?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, start a game two?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what that's how.

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<v Speaker 2>You know? Again? I still give the Mariners credit for

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<v Speaker 2>winning that White Sox series because they face two very

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<v Speaker 2>good starters and a young starter with some real upside.

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<v Speaker 2>They're throwing the ball well in Drew Thorpe. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna totally gloss over that the Mariners winning in

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<v Speaker 2>Chicago and sweeping in Chicago, but they got to find

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<v Speaker 2>a way to start beating some of these competitive teams.

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<v Speaker 2>They have to. There are four games under five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>against teams that are over five hundred this year. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not great. It's not awful, but it's not great. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're actually gonna have some advantage over the Phillies this

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<v Speaker 2>weekend because you look at the Phillies and the Mariners

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<v Speaker 2>on paper and it's well, these can be the two

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<v Speaker 2>best rotations in baseball. But where the Mariners actually luck

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<v Speaker 2>out this weekend is they miss Aaron Nola and they're

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<v Speaker 2>not facing Ranger Suarez because he's on the il, so

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<v Speaker 2>they faced Tyler Phillips and Colby Allar the first two games.

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<v Speaker 2>There's actually a chance there to take those take that series.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, you have to start capitalizing.

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<v Speaker 1>You just have to, yeah, you do. It was stressful

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<v Speaker 1>this week or this week just playing in that ballpark,

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<v Speaker 1>sort of the feel of it it. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>going to sort of relate to our first mail back question.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get throw a mail back here in a few

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<v Speaker 1>but Fenway is the second best run scoring environment in

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<v Speaker 1>baseball this year, which is not shocking given some of

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<v Speaker 1>the hits the Red Sox have where they could literally

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<v Speaker 1>hit a ball that's like an expected batting average of

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<v Speaker 1>below one hundred and it would just go off the

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<v Speaker 1>monster for a double boom boom boom, and there's not

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<v Speaker 1>much of the Mariner's pitchers could do about it, but

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<v Speaker 1>certainly a lot more stressful. We didn't see any dominant

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<v Speaker 1>outings from any Mariners starter or really reliever. This weekend

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<v Speaker 1>was not a great weekend for the bullpen either, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, sort of disappointing that a team that we

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<v Speaker 1>feel like the Red Sox are on the Mariners talent level,

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<v Speaker 1>but this season it just seems like the Red Sox,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in this series, you know, sort of just found

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<v Speaker 1>a way more often than not to come through against

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<v Speaker 1>this team. Well, and we talked about we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>Monday's game on Wednesday's podcast releasing technically today when we're

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<v Speaker 1>recording this on Wednesday, but when we recorded it after

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<v Speaker 1>Monday or after Tuesday's game, where Logan Gilbert just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of got screwed on a pitch and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's not too much you could do about that. But

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<v Speaker 1>the lack of execution, I would say from some of

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<v Speaker 1>the Mariners pitching was was was troubling. And then and

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<v Speaker 1>then in Game three today they made they were sort

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<v Speaker 1>of hanging on by deer life and had Jonathan Diaz

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<v Speaker 1>pitch pitching the tenth inning with some other guys available,

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<v Speaker 1>which was disappointing. He comes in and Raffie Devers walks

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<v Speaker 1>it off and it was just a frustrating series. Mitch

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<v Speaker 1>Garver had one of his worst in a bad season

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<v Speaker 1>for him, had one of his worst games of the

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<v Speaker 1>season on Wednesday, and it's just disappointing. So back to

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<v Speaker 1>your point, loll about needing to play better against five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred Teasyeah, it's gotta start this weekend because eventually, to

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<v Speaker 1>make us all feel comfortable, they got a at some

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<v Speaker 1>distance between themselves and the Astros again. They finally willed

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<v Speaker 1>themselves back into first place this week, a game lead

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<v Speaker 1>entering Wednesday's game, But you know, I could go, who

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<v Speaker 1>knows what that's gonna look like on Friday as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's gonna require winning streak, and winning streaks are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna require beating good teams like they did earlier in

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<v Speaker 1>this season when they built a ten game lead, and unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>some injuries have nagged the lineup a little bit on

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<v Speaker 1>this road trip. The pitching, you know, on the road

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<v Speaker 1>is not has been well documented. It has not been

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<v Speaker 1>as good as it's been at home. That's plus for

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend, but a minus for having to go and

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<v Speaker 1>play teams like the Red Sox who hit a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and they hit a lot against the MS this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Look, I want to give the Mariners offense some

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<v Speaker 2>credit here because the first five games of this road

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<v Speaker 2>trip they scored forty combined runs, so they really did

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<v Speaker 2>break out and they showed some real life. Now, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't do that all the time, and as a result,

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<v Speaker 2>on Wednesday they didn't. They scored two runs, But overall,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was actually a fine road trip. A

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<v Speaker 2>four and two road trip is a fine road trip.

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<v Speaker 2>It just would have been very nice to see them

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<v Speaker 2>get that game on Wednesday. So, like, you know, they're

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<v Speaker 2>not coming back from this thing one in five where

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<v Speaker 2>they lost two of three to the White Sox, then

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<v Speaker 2>we'd be having having an entirely different conversation. There's reasons

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<v Speaker 2>to be excited, like these trades have clearly, in a

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<v Speaker 2>very short time span so far, helped not just help

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<v Speaker 2>the offense and its production, but help the energy of

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<v Speaker 2>the team too. But that doesn't change the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you have got to start taking advantage of competitive teams,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Marders are gonna have a stretch here where

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<v Speaker 2>they're playing a bunch of competitive teams. They're gonna play

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies, They're gonna play the Mets, et cetera, et cetera,

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<v Speaker 2>And you're gonna like, the Tigers aren't great, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>honestly not a pushover either. So you're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>find a way to take advantage of some of these

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<v Speaker 2>competitive teams and hopefully at home with your pitchers at home.

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<v Speaker 2>You do that. I do. I do worry about Gregory

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<v Speaker 2>Santos on just a minute here on that just because

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<v Speaker 2>he's now you're now talking about this season. He has

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<v Speaker 2>endured a lot injury, a knee injury, and now he

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<v Speaker 2>has a bicep injury. We don't know the extent of

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<v Speaker 2>what the bicep injury is yet here on Wednesday is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go. He's gonna undergo an MRI. But oof not.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's been a season of bad luck for him,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you that.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Mariners can't really afford to lose him. The bulp,

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<v Speaker 1>the the high leverage bullpen arms are few and far between,

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<v Speaker 1>and you felt that this weekend they're really the only

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<v Speaker 1>time the Mariners were truly able to put out the

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<v Speaker 1>fire with the bullpen was Game two with Garcia and

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<v Speaker 1>Muno's pitching back to back innings. That was it. That

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<v Speaker 1>was the only time all weekend a reliever from the

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<v Speaker 1>Mariner's bullpen came in and you felt comfortable about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Which if you're gonna have to go on the road

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<v Speaker 1>down the stretch and in the playoffs, it's not all.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not ultimately gonna gonna help you out very much.

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<v Speaker 1>It stinks, and we want Gregory Santos to pitch, but

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<v Speaker 1>this just feels like it's gonna to be a lost

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<v Speaker 1>season for him. This is since this is a this

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<v Speaker 1>is technically I guess his third injury of the season

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<v Speaker 1>for spring training. Spring training and then the two injuries

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<v Speaker 1>in season. That's just this is this third third injury.

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<v Speaker 1>I would feel like at this point, based on whatever

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<v Speaker 1>that MRI says, I feel like they're just gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>cautious and they'll just put him, put them on the

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<v Speaker 1>I l it and you know, that'll bring Gabe Spider

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<v Speaker 1>back to the big leagues, which which will be nice.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it'll be nice to have gave back in

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<v Speaker 1>the big leagues. But they really really could use Gregory Santos. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's disappointing. And the of some more troubling news

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<v Speaker 1>out of this week is Victor Roblay sounds like he's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be doing with a hip issue for the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. That's not comforting. No Mariners need him,

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<v Speaker 1>They need him at the top of the lineup, they

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<v Speaker 1>need him hitting. I it's not gonna be good if

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<v Speaker 1>if his performance is wilted a little bit by by

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<v Speaker 1>this nagging issue. Scott Servis was making it sound like

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't something that you could ten day I lum

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<v Speaker 1>for and it goes away. So makes me a little nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's gonna have to play through it. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of guys playing I mean, there's players all throughout

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<v Speaker 2>baseball that play through a ton of injuries during the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't even want to know the laundry

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<v Speaker 2>list of things that cal Riley's playing through. Yes, he

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<v Speaker 2>does every year, but he's playing through it. So for Roblace,

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<v Speaker 2>he's just gonna have to find a way to play

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<v Speaker 2>through it, because it doesn't sound like they're gonna ee

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<v Speaker 2>l him. It doesn't sound like ten days off his

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<v Speaker 2>feet is just gonna fix everything. So if that's true,

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<v Speaker 2>he's just gonna have to find a way to fight

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<v Speaker 2>through this injury like a lot of players do. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna be easy, but he's gonna have to find

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<v Speaker 2>a way to do it because he has, for all

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<v Speaker 2>the right reasons, played himself into a role where the

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<v Speaker 2>Mariners are relying on him and they need him. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna have to find a way to fight through

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<v Speaker 2>the injury.

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<v Speaker 1>And sometimes though it will still deteriorate even Collus performance,

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<v Speaker 1>as tough as he is, we'll see the impact that

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<v Speaker 1>injuries will take on him fatigue wise and all. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the same for roblists. Let's hope he can

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to look healthy with his play down

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<v Speaker 1>the stretch. It might lead him to moro offtes. But

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<v Speaker 1>thankfully the Mariners now will have you know, they have Randy,

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<v Speaker 1>they have a right handed hitting corner outfielder who's a

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<v Speaker 1>stud who hits well, and Julio's coming back as well.

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<v Speaker 1>You can manage that, So that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>I know we're gonna get to our mail back here

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<v Speaker 2>in just a minute. On a more positive note, here.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we spend a minute talking about the positives of

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<v Speaker 2>Victor Roblace and the positives of Jorge Polanco here, because

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<v Speaker 2>we haven't really had a chance to do it in weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had so many specified episodes that we've had to

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<v Speaker 2>hit on over the last couple of weeks, between the

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<v Speaker 2>draft shows and having Joe on to break down the

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<v Speaker 2>Mariners draft class and the trade deadlines and Randy and

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<v Speaker 2>like and everything, all of that kind of taking center

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<v Speaker 2>stage in place of two guys who are very deserving

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<v Speaker 2>of some real, real credit for what they've done. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think everybody knows what Victor Roblace has now meant

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<v Speaker 2>to the Mariner, especially over the last month, where the

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<v Speaker 2>guy's got a nine to fifty. Ops, like that's real.

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<v Speaker 2>He he looks like the top by prospect he was

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<v Speaker 2>once supposed to be all of a sudden, But Jorge

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<v Speaker 2>Polanco man like he was to this fan base, and

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<v Speaker 2>at one point it felt like to the team too,

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<v Speaker 2>with how little he was playing, it felt dead in

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<v Speaker 2>the water with him. For at one point it felt

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<v Speaker 2>like maybe he wasn't gonna be on the roster after

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<v Speaker 2>the deadline. Well, fast forward to now, Polanco since about

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<v Speaker 2>the tenth of July has turned everything around. Last two weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>he's opsing about eight fifty. It's been awesome, Like they

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<v Speaker 2>need this guy down the stretch. You want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about finding more sources of offense, and if Roe Blaze

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna be a little bit hampered, if Cal's playing

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<v Speaker 2>through injuries, Julio's gonna be playing through an injury. Polanco's

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with injuries in his own right. But you want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about a guy that's really done a one

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<v Speaker 2>to eighty on his season. He looks like the guy

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<v Speaker 2>now that they traded for.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're we're eventually gonna hear a cliche joke that

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<v Speaker 1>it's almost like they added a third bat at the

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<v Speaker 1>deadline with Jorge Plonco. We're gonna hear it. Oh well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna hear it, even if it's not technically true.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we'll hear it. And it's important because they

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<v Speaker 1>need guys to hit at the top of the lineup,

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<v Speaker 1>especially with JP and Julio out. Especially with JP out,

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<v Speaker 1>they need some production in the infield, like like up

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<v Speaker 1>and down. So it's nice that Justin Turner's come back

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<v Speaker 1>in and Justin they you know, they trade for Justin Turner.

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<v Speaker 1>He's your first base slash DH and he's gonna give

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<v Speaker 1>you a little bit of production. But you know, even

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<v Speaker 1>pre chuee deadline, at this point, we were looking at

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<v Speaker 1>Dylan Moore slash Leo Rivas at shortstop. Dylan Moore has

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<v Speaker 1>actually been been Okay, Demo's a little bit streaky. He's

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<v Speaker 1>been streaky his whole career, but right now he's in

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<v Speaker 1>the midst of more of a good streak offensively. But

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Rojas, a third has really struggled offensively, had a

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<v Speaker 1>good road trip, but overall since May rolled around, has

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<v Speaker 1>been dreadful offensively. So the Mariners needed to find some

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<v Speaker 1>way to get some offensive production out of their infield,

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<v Speaker 1>and they've got them at second base, thankfully, from both

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<v Speaker 1>sides of the plate, he's been you know, Polanco's just

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<v Speaker 1>sort starting to show a little bit why the Mariner's

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<v Speaker 1>traded for him and not that, and that he perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>isn't washed. Maybe there's a chance he's not. He's still

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<v Speaker 1>got two whole months left to go. He could turn

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<v Speaker 1>around and have an atrocious August and we do back

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<v Speaker 1>to square one. I hope not. Mariners, sure hope not,

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<v Speaker 1>because they can't afford to have him. While JP Crawford

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<v Speaker 1>is out to have an atrocious August, He's gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to be the offensive driver on the infield. They're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>need some position on the infield to have some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of anchor offensively, and right now it's got to be him.

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<v Speaker 1>Showed it on this road trip. He's hitting the ball

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<v Speaker 1>over the fence, spraying the ball around. It's nice to

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<v Speaker 1>see they, even in the like the more boomer way

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<v Speaker 1>of talking about baseball, someone to sit up there and

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<v Speaker 1>drive in runs when Roeblaze is on in front of

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<v Speaker 1>you and Randy's on in front of you. Someone to

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<v Speaker 1>drive in runs and not strike out. It's nice.

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<v Speaker 2>He's hat about a one forty WRC plus since around

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<v Speaker 2>the tenth of July. That that's the guy they traded for.

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<v Speaker 2>That's more than the guy they traded for.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if that keeps up the entire second half,

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<v Speaker 2>but if it does, there's your infield production. He's doing

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<v Speaker 2>it right now from both sides of the plate too.

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<v Speaker 2>So his defense is never going to be great. We

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<v Speaker 2>know he's still battling through some injuries, but if he

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<v Speaker 2>can keep hitting That makes a very very drastic difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there an on the Mariners right now? Not hurt anybody? Hmmm, Randy, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>probably Randy the rotationally, just Randy the rotation. Yeah. They're

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<v Speaker 1>doing okay. I think really they They haven't admitted anything,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's good. Well except for except for Brian will

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<v Speaker 1>I will note just confirm, like Jorge Polanco since July ninth,

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<v Speaker 1>has a twenty one percent k rate. Look at that

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one percent, and we were sitting here puzzled, why

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<v Speaker 1>why the heck? He was striking out thirty one percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the time early on in the season. Made no sense.

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<v Speaker 1>This is more Jorge Polanco a twenty percent strikeout rate

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<v Speaker 1>and eight percent walk rate. The WRC plus is not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna sustain itself. That sample I chose it was one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty two. It's not gonna stay that way.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, one twenty with those rates still pretty good,

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<v Speaker 1>still pretty valuable, and still what the Mariners gave up.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, guys like Justin Topa for to improve offensively

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<v Speaker 1>this season. It's funny when guys actually play like they're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to.

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<v Speaker 2>This offense works, Yes, it does, and as a result,

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<v Speaker 2>they scored forty runs across five games. Hopefully when they

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<v Speaker 2>come home long home stretch coming up, they can take

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of it. Even playing some good teams like you

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<v Speaker 2>get Randy and Justin Turner playing at home for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time, you get this Jorge Polanka who's really swinging it. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you get Julio back. I think he's got a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to be back this weekend. They say, you get him back.

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<v Speaker 2>You you know cal keeps hitting.

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<v Speaker 1>Is the ten days this weekend?

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<v Speaker 2>What's that is?

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<v Speaker 1>The ten days this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard something that he might that he has a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to be back this weekend. But we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>Hmm, okay, all right, So I hope, So, I hope.

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<v Speaker 1>So it'd be nice. It'd be nice to get Julio

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<v Speaker 1>back and then get this guy on track in August two.

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<v Speaker 1>Please could do a whole lot. Maybe he just needed

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<v Speaker 1>a breather, a breather on the sideline. Before we get

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<v Speaker 1>to our mailback. I would just want to note a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of things. One, Lono will I'll be back up

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<v Speaker 1>in Seattle this weekend. Lona will both be at the

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<v Speaker 1>ballpark all three days versus the Phillies. If you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to a game, Come say hello, Come say hello to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Best time to do it. We usually go out to

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<v Speaker 1>the pen an hour before the game. For the hour

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<v Speaker 1>before to start a game time we try and get

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<v Speaker 1>out to the pen. So if you want to you

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<v Speaker 1>want to find us, say hello, that would be the

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<v Speaker 1>best spot to track us down. You can also shoot

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<v Speaker 1>us at DM two and we're reachable by there. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>see it and we'll come. We'll be walking around too,

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<v Speaker 1>so if you see us, make sure to come flag

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<v Speaker 1>us down. And second thing, in case you forgot and

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<v Speaker 1>missed it, Low and I are hosting Brocknsalt when this

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<v Speaker 1>episode comes out on Friday, so if you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>this between six and ten, you can also go and

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<v Speaker 1>listen to us on the radio as well, hosting broknsoft

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<v Speaker 1>from six to ten, So please go check that out.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't listen live, go listen to the podcast

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<v Speaker 1>version of that. It would mean a lot to us.

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<v Speaker 2>We're fired up about it. We've done it once, we're

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<v Speaker 2>excited to do it a second time. We've got another

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<v Speaker 2>good ranked planned. I think we've got a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>fun segments planned. So we're excited now that there's Seahawks

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<v Speaker 2>training camp in full swing. They're actually gonna have us

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<v Speaker 2>talks in football too, So we're mostly gonna do Mariners

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<v Speaker 2>like that's probably why we're there for the most part.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're gonna do a little bit of both so

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<v Speaker 2>you can hear us talk about both. We are not

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<v Speaker 2>a one trick pony, even though maybe by tuning into

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<v Speaker 2>this podcast you might think.

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<v Speaker 1>That, Okay, quick side shows Gino Smith a top ten

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback in the NFL. Not quite but not par it's

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<v Speaker 1>a hot take. No, I'm kidding. You get some pussy

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<v Speaker 1>back about that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's good. He's good, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>And Okay, we'll let your warm up. That's your warm

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<v Speaker 1>up for Friday. Okay, graduation. There we go.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're not their pregame and just want to

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<v Speaker 2>meet up during the game at some point, again like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll be walking around at some points and you can

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<v Speaker 2>send us a DM all that stuff. So oh and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure we'll do it. I'm sure we'll be doing

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<v Speaker 2>fan questions out in the pen too. So if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to hop on the mic, there's your open invite.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring some ideas.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's let's get to the mailbag in a second

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<v Speaker 2>here Before that, let's take a pause. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you guys about our friends over at Pigatcha's

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<v Speaker 2>you can head over there, grab your friends, plan an outing.

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<v Speaker 2>There's twenty TVs in that place. You can watch the

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<v Speaker 2>All right, mailbag, let's get to the mailback. Let's start

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<v Speaker 2>with a question from typical Underscore Ethan on Instagram, and

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<v Speaker 2>the question is, seriously is it worth moving the walls

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<v Speaker 2>in at t Mobile Park? Pros and cons of doing that?

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<v Speaker 2>Pros It would certainly help the offense. Cons. This team

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<v Speaker 2>is built on great starting pitching, and if you move

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<v Speaker 2>the fences in at t Mobile Park. Who's to say

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<v Speaker 2>their home road splits stone all of a sudden, become

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<v Speaker 2>a little more even and they pitch a little more

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<v Speaker 2>similarly to how they do on the road.

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<v Speaker 1>How much would it really improve the offense? I'm curious, like, really,

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<v Speaker 1>how much do you think you would improve the offense?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so this is the thing. It's not like this

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<v Speaker 2>offense flies out to the warning track all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>They strike out a lot. They don't put the bat

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<v Speaker 2>on the ball a lot. So I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>much moving the fences in helps. I think of anything,

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<v Speaker 2>the batter's eye needs to be changed.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, and this question doesn't include that, So we're not

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<v Speaker 1>touching the batters ites, only the fences. So I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure really how much this actually helps your offense. All

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<v Speaker 1>I think this does is piss off your pitchers, And

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, your pitchers are the best part of

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<v Speaker 1>your team. So as of right now, yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest con would be keeping Logan Gilbert, George Kirby,

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<v Speaker 1>Luis Castillo, Bryce Miller, Brian will Happy and your ropin

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<v Speaker 1>and keep the fences right where they are. They already

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<v Speaker 1>moved the fences in a decade ago that if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the dimensions of Team Obile Park, they're very normal.

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<v Speaker 1>They're normal dimensions. They're about as standard dimensions as you

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<v Speaker 1>can have in Major League Baseball. So I moving it,

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<v Speaker 1>moving the fences in, I don't think would have the

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<v Speaker 1>effect you would want it to on the Mariner offense.

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<v Speaker 1>Because guess what they moved the fences in to improve

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<v Speaker 1>the Mariners offense? Was it twenty thirteen? Here we are

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<v Speaker 1>eleven years later, and the offense still stinks.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you remember how crazy those dimensions used to

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<v Speaker 2>be at their large, it was three eighty eight to

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<v Speaker 2>left center where you see the three seventy six side Now,

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<v Speaker 2>it was three eighty eight. I'm pretty sure that was

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<v Speaker 2>the longest distance out to a gap that you can

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<v Speaker 2>find in baseball, aside from where's the where's the really

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<v Speaker 2>long left center field? There is one in baseball. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>blanking on where it is right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh in left center pirates? No, that was center. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>mostly center field?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, point being left center was very very far at

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<v Speaker 2>T Mobile Park, paired with the marine layers still existed

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<v Speaker 2>back then and balls would not fly. So yeah, the

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<v Speaker 2>dimensions now are pretty normal, but it still doesn't change

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that I don't know if move the fences

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<v Speaker 2>in more really does that much, because this is a

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<v Speaker 2>team built on pitching, and this offense it's again, they're

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<v Speaker 2>not flying out to the track, they're striking out.

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<v Speaker 1>So this question made me think about the Mariners Park factory.

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<v Speaker 1>You rose, it's actually gone down again. It's not ninety one. How, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's absurdly low. I think the next highest one's ninety six.

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<v Speaker 1>Next lowest one is ninety six. That's insane. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's bigger. That's a bigger difference. I believe. I'll double

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<v Speaker 1>check it, but I believe it's a bigger difference between

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<v Speaker 1>cors Field, which is the number one offensive park, and Fenway,

0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:35.960
<v Speaker 1>which is number two.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just crazy that Seattle is that much tougher to

0:22:40.840 --> 0:22:45.280
<v Speaker 2>hit at than Oracle, which is also a very long

0:22:45.359 --> 0:22:48.639
<v Speaker 2>left center field fence, but Oracle like you're closer to

0:22:48.720 --> 0:22:50.560
<v Speaker 2>the water at Oracle Park than you are at t

0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.600
<v Speaker 2>Mobile Park. Yet somehow it's a more hitter friendly park.

0:22:53.640 --> 0:22:55.879
<v Speaker 2>I don't know how that works actually, And the dimensions

0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:57.560
<v Speaker 2>are tougher I think at Oracle.

0:22:57.240 --> 0:23:01.920
<v Speaker 1>Park they are, so the difference in park factor is

0:23:01.920 --> 0:23:04.560
<v Speaker 1>actually the same. So the Mariner T Mobile parks as

0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:09.520
<v Speaker 1>much of an outlier for offensive suppression as coors Field is,

0:23:11.840 --> 0:23:13.760
<v Speaker 1>so as the difference between one and two and then

0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:16.080
<v Speaker 1>twenty nine and thirty. When it comes to part factor.

0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:18.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm assuming San Francisco's twenty nine.

0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:23.760
<v Speaker 1>I closed it. Let me look, but it's I know,

0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:28.320
<v Speaker 1>the podreser down. Let's see, Guardians are actually second last.

0:23:28.880 --> 0:23:31.240
<v Speaker 2>Really yeah, so where's Oracle Park?

0:23:32.080 --> 0:23:36.920
<v Speaker 1>Oracle Park is twenty eighth, Razor twenty ninth. Oh, there's

0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:39.240
<v Speaker 1>thirty one parks. By the way, they have London in here.

0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:42.840
<v Speaker 2>Oh wait, hang on, the Rays are twenty ninth. You said,

0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:43.800
<v Speaker 2>the Guardians are twenty ninth.

0:23:44.359 --> 0:23:47.399
<v Speaker 1>Guardians are thirtieth. They have London in here too, So

0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:51.280
<v Speaker 1>there's thirty one parks. Let's see. The Mets are twenty six,

0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:54.840
<v Speaker 1>Padres twenty seven, Giants twenty eight raised, twenty nine, Guardians thirty,

0:23:54.920 --> 0:23:55.719
<v Speaker 1>Mariner's thirty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Hmmm, it's just crazy because again, like they're like Oracle

0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:05.439
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have a roof. It's even more open than T Mobile.

0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:09.639
<v Speaker 2>Like there are there are barricades a little bit in

0:24:09.800 --> 0:24:13.000
<v Speaker 2>Seattle at T Mobile Park that might keep a little

0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:15.400
<v Speaker 2>bit of wind out, not a lot but a little

0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:17.320
<v Speaker 2>bit like in right field for example, right like that

0:24:17.480 --> 0:24:21.960
<v Speaker 2>roof's there, it's big, Whereas Oracle Park it's so much

0:24:22.040 --> 0:24:24.600
<v Speaker 2>more open and they are right next to the water,

0:24:25.000 --> 0:24:27.040
<v Speaker 2>like closer than t Mobile Park.

0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:29.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's just the wind though, It's the climate,

0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:32.240
<v Speaker 1>it's the air, it's the density of the air.

0:24:33.440 --> 0:24:36.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I guess that's part of it. Although like San

0:24:36.119 --> 0:24:40.440
<v Speaker 2>Francisco again, like it's not friendly weather. You know what,

0:24:41.600 --> 0:24:43.720
<v Speaker 2>here's a funny story. My family and I went to

0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:46.080
<v Speaker 2>a game. I want to say I was ten or

0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:47.840
<v Speaker 2>eleven years old. It's the only time I've been to

0:24:47.880 --> 0:24:50.200
<v Speaker 2>Oracle Park and I want to get back. It was

0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:55.640
<v Speaker 2>forty nine degrees at first pitch in August, no joke.

0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:58.160
<v Speaker 2>It was that cold in the summer in San Francisco.

0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:01.400
<v Speaker 2>Which is why I'm just that baffled by the fact

0:25:01.400 --> 0:25:03.760
<v Speaker 2>that Seattle's that much tougher to hit at than San Francisco.

0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:08.080
<v Speaker 1>And this is baffling too, because the last two seasons

0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.240
<v Speaker 1>the Mariners have had a top not this year, the

0:25:10.320 --> 0:25:13.000
<v Speaker 1>last two seasons before this by WRC plus, the Mariners

0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:17.639
<v Speaker 1>have been a top eleven offense. Still, really they've hit fine,

0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:19.240
<v Speaker 1>but this is still the worst part to hit it

0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:22.520
<v Speaker 1>in baseball. Just it's flabbergasting. You know how, if you

0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:25.600
<v Speaker 1>want the Mariners to improve their offensive environment, they'd have

0:25:25.640 --> 0:25:28.000
<v Speaker 1>to play in a dome. That's how they fix it.

0:25:28.320 --> 0:25:28.720
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm.

0:25:29.520 --> 0:25:32.200
<v Speaker 1>That's that's literally the only way you change what is

0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:33.080
<v Speaker 1>going on right now.

0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:36.200
<v Speaker 2>But then that comes all the way back to the

0:25:36.280 --> 0:25:38.679
<v Speaker 2>original question where that doesn't help your pitching.

0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:41.800
<v Speaker 1>So nope, I would rather keep it the way it

0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:44.199
<v Speaker 1>is right now. I agree because I think you can

0:25:44.280 --> 0:25:45.200
<v Speaker 1>just play to the strength.

0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:46.040
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm.

0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:48.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I think you can. So I think you

0:25:48.640 --> 0:25:51.200
<v Speaker 1>can build a good enough offense to score enough runs again,

0:25:51.200 --> 0:25:52.760
<v Speaker 1>and you don't need to be the best offense in baseball.

0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:54.680
<v Speaker 1>You need to be the fifteenth to the tenth best

0:25:54.720 --> 0:25:57.400
<v Speaker 1>offense in baseball and you'll be just fine. You want

0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:00.360
<v Speaker 1>to know, I was curious about this. The top five

0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:03.800
<v Speaker 1>offenses in baseball all play in parks with a park

0:26:03.880 --> 0:26:10.600
<v Speaker 1>factor below one hundred, all five Yankees, Dodgers, Orioles, Mets Padres.

0:26:12.560 --> 0:26:14.600
<v Speaker 2>Speaks to how good a lot of those offenses are.

0:26:15.240 --> 0:26:17.600
<v Speaker 1>Right, But the as you can see, the park factor,

0:26:17.880 --> 0:26:20.920
<v Speaker 1>while closer to one hundred than the Mariners, is still

0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:23.960
<v Speaker 1>below average in terms of a run scoring environment, and

0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:29.119
<v Speaker 1>it does not affect them at all. Right, and they

0:26:29.160 --> 0:26:31.280
<v Speaker 1>don't move the fences in. I mean, Dodger Stadium's a

0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:34.520
<v Speaker 1>pitchers park. Yankee Stadium depending on which direction you hit

0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:38.720
<v Speaker 1>the ball has its pluses and pluses and minuses as

0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:42.840
<v Speaker 1>an offensive park. Baltimore turned into a pitchers park for

0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:47.119
<v Speaker 1>at least right handed hitters. Yeah, right handed hitters. The

0:26:47.200 --> 0:26:49.040
<v Speaker 1>Mets don't play in a small park. They move their

0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:51.600
<v Speaker 1>fences in, but still it's not a small ballpark. And

0:26:51.880 --> 0:26:54.840
<v Speaker 1>now there's a Padres. Padres famously have a pitchers park

0:26:55.400 --> 0:26:58.280
<v Speaker 1>with about the same dimensions as the Ms. It doesn't matter.

0:26:58.480 --> 0:26:59.119
<v Speaker 1>They still score.

0:27:01.320 --> 0:27:04.840
<v Speaker 2>I think all in all here, leave it because you

0:27:04.920 --> 0:27:06.960
<v Speaker 2>gotta favor your pitchers. That's your strength. It's going to

0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:09.240
<v Speaker 2>be your strength for a while too, So that's that's

0:27:09.320 --> 0:27:12.680
<v Speaker 2>just how it is. Okay. Second question here, This is

0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:18.200
<v Speaker 2>from Jacob V. Mayor on Instagram, and he says, build

0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:24.120
<v Speaker 2>your perfect ballpark example Green Monster, Wriggly, Ivy M's location, Oracle,

0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:25.679
<v Speaker 2>sunset view, et cetera.

0:27:26.800 --> 0:27:28.800
<v Speaker 1>How much criteria did you use for this? How many

0:27:28.840 --> 0:27:30.480
<v Speaker 1>different boxes did you check?

0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:33.320
<v Speaker 2>Do you want me to go through my list.

0:27:34.080 --> 0:27:37.840
<v Speaker 1>Well, let me throw mine out first, and I'll see

0:27:37.880 --> 0:27:41.960
<v Speaker 1>what you think about this location of the ballpark, like

0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:46.440
<v Speaker 1>where relatively it is. I chose Wrigley's location because I

0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:48.720
<v Speaker 1>think Wriggley is the best location in all of baseball.

0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.879
<v Speaker 1>I think it's so cool. I have the dimensions of

0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:56.920
<v Speaker 1>Great American Ballpark because who doesn't have fun watching a

0:27:57.000 --> 0:28:00.159
<v Speaker 1>game a great American ballpark? I know I do, and

0:28:00.480 --> 0:28:02.959
<v Speaker 1>watching this team, I think it would be a lot

0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:06.840
<v Speaker 1>more fun watching them at Great American Ballpark. The layout

0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:11.760
<v Speaker 1>of the stadium is T Mobile Park. The roof on

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:18.200
<v Speaker 1>the stadium is T Mobile Park. The ushers, I'm choosing

0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:21.000
<v Speaker 1>Wrigly's ushers because when we went there, we didn't get

0:28:21.000 --> 0:28:24.040
<v Speaker 1>any issues from Wrigley ushers at all, which is very

0:28:24.119 --> 0:28:29.160
<v Speaker 1>refreshing different than some other parks. The food T Mobile Park.

0:28:30.600 --> 0:28:33.360
<v Speaker 1>And then I have one more stipulation for this ballpark.

0:28:34.240 --> 0:28:36.000
<v Speaker 1>The Mariners are not allowed to play there for my

0:28:36.119 --> 0:28:36.679
<v Speaker 1>own sanity.

0:28:39.040 --> 0:28:44.760
<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's a good list of criteria you gave there.

0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 2>I think I did a little bit less, but I

0:28:47.720 --> 0:28:50.040
<v Speaker 2>like it. I did think about the location thing in

0:28:50.200 --> 0:28:51.920
<v Speaker 2>terms of what would be a fun place to be.

0:28:52.280 --> 0:28:54.560
<v Speaker 2>I thought about Wrigly. I'm actually glad I didn't pick it,

0:28:54.600 --> 0:28:57.760
<v Speaker 2>so we have some different answers. The location. I actually

0:28:57.800 --> 0:29:01.880
<v Speaker 2>picked Philly for this because they're like the stadium district

0:29:01.960 --> 0:29:05.000
<v Speaker 2>in Philly, it's all right there, like all the stadiums

0:29:05.040 --> 0:29:07.680
<v Speaker 2>for all the pro sports teams are right next to

0:29:07.720 --> 0:29:09.680
<v Speaker 2>each other, Like yes, the Seahawks and Mariners are right

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:11.920
<v Speaker 2>next to each other, but the Kraken and soon to

0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:16.200
<v Speaker 2>be Sonics don't play close by. In Philly, everybody plays

0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:19.880
<v Speaker 2>close by. And the fact that there's an Exfinity Live

0:29:19.960 --> 0:29:22.240
<v Speaker 2>in Philly, like how we talked about how cool Texas

0:29:22.280 --> 0:29:24.160
<v Speaker 2>Live was, how it's right next to the ballpark to

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:26.600
<v Speaker 2>where everybody goes after games. It's got all these different

0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:29.080
<v Speaker 2>restaurants and bars. They have that in Philly, and I

0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:32.920
<v Speaker 2>think Philly's is even more fun than Dallas's Arlington's. I

0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:37.600
<v Speaker 2>picked Philly for the location, but like Jacob who asked

0:29:37.640 --> 0:29:40.560
<v Speaker 2>the question here, I picked Oracle Parks View because it's gorgeous.

0:29:41.240 --> 0:29:45.520
<v Speaker 2>I picked San Diego's weather that would be nice. I

0:29:45.680 --> 0:29:50.480
<v Speaker 2>picked T mobiles dimensions like you. I'm sorry, I said,

0:29:50.600 --> 0:29:53.680
<v Speaker 2>I jumped into the future and said technology got so

0:29:53.800 --> 0:29:56.200
<v Speaker 2>good and we bend the rules where it's the t

0:29:56.400 --> 0:29:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Mobile dimensions for when the Mariners are pitching, and it's

0:29:59.440 --> 0:30:01.880
<v Speaker 2>the minute made dimensions for when the when the Mariners

0:30:01.880 --> 0:30:05.080
<v Speaker 2>are hitting the hit, they get the Crawford boxes okay,

0:30:05.080 --> 0:30:07.160
<v Speaker 2>and the short right and the short right field porch too,

0:30:07.680 --> 0:30:10.400
<v Speaker 2>but everybody else has to deal with Seattle dimensions. Okay,

0:30:10.480 --> 0:30:14.840
<v Speaker 2>No I did that. And then oh I also had

0:30:14.920 --> 0:30:19.440
<v Speaker 2>Tea Mobile Parks roof because build a roof on your stadium, period.

0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:21.360
<v Speaker 1>Yes, I like it.

0:30:21.920 --> 0:30:24.920
<v Speaker 2>I like it. Okay, what did I leave out that

0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:26.360
<v Speaker 2>you had? Yeah, you didn't. I didn't have anything in

0:30:26.400 --> 0:30:28.920
<v Speaker 2>there about the ushers or the food. Tea Mobile Parks

0:30:28.960 --> 0:30:30.320
<v Speaker 2>food is pretty amazing.

0:30:30.840 --> 0:30:33.400
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, like it, need to have more food

0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:36.400
<v Speaker 1>at more parks. But no park has the diversity of

0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:39.080
<v Speaker 1>food that Team Obi Park does. Now, if they do,

0:30:39.480 --> 0:30:41.560
<v Speaker 1>I haven't tried it, Slash been to the park enough

0:30:41.600 --> 0:30:42.480
<v Speaker 1>to try all of them.

0:30:42.880 --> 0:30:47.400
<v Speaker 2>Right, Like Yankee Stadium's got some things that are, you know,

0:30:48.000 --> 0:30:50.640
<v Speaker 2>on people's bucket list, right, like the Judge Burger. Although

0:30:50.680 --> 0:30:52.840
<v Speaker 2>that's like one hundred dollars right whatever it is, No,

0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:53.520
<v Speaker 2>it's not, No.

0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:55.640
<v Speaker 1>It's like, uh, I think it's like twenty five bucks.

0:30:55.920 --> 0:30:58.800
<v Speaker 1>They only make well. At first they only made ninety

0:30:58.880 --> 0:31:01.000
<v Speaker 1>nine of them, and now I think they sell unlimited

0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:02.000
<v Speaker 1>or however much.

0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:04.840
<v Speaker 2>They have got it well. So there's some things like

0:31:04.920 --> 0:31:07.400
<v Speaker 2>that at other ballparks that are that can be iconic

0:31:07.480 --> 0:31:10.040
<v Speaker 2>things to try. Everybody talks about the Dodger Dogs at

0:31:10.040 --> 0:31:13.360
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Stadium, although I've heard some people say they're actually

0:31:13.440 --> 0:31:14.760
<v Speaker 2>not that good. I guess we have to try it

0:31:14.800 --> 0:31:17.760
<v Speaker 2>for ourselves. I've never been to Dodger Stadium, so whenever

0:31:17.840 --> 0:31:20.280
<v Speaker 2>I get there, I'll have to I'll have to give

0:31:20.280 --> 0:31:22.560
<v Speaker 2>it a shot. But yeah, I don't know if Seattle

0:31:22.600 --> 0:31:24.680
<v Speaker 2>really has anything like that, but the diversity of food,

0:31:24.760 --> 0:31:27.600
<v Speaker 2>for sure, Like everybody who goes to the ballpark and

0:31:27.680 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>wants ballpark food has something to pick from. So that's nice.

0:31:31.520 --> 0:31:33.640
<v Speaker 1>Right now, I wouldn't choose Yankee Stadium food because like

0:31:33.680 --> 0:31:36.720
<v Speaker 1>everything in the ballpark, it's just so corporate. Just know, like,

0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:41.360
<v Speaker 1>what's the right word flavor? Flavor?

0:31:42.160 --> 0:31:44.320
<v Speaker 2>The Mets, the Mets are the blue collar team of

0:31:44.360 --> 0:31:46.520
<v Speaker 2>New York, that's for sure. The Yankees, the Yankees are

0:31:46.560 --> 0:31:47.200
<v Speaker 2>the corporate team.

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:53.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah that yeah, oh certainly so I like our like

0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:53.760
<v Speaker 1>our stadiums.

0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:57.360
<v Speaker 2>Where was your location I said, Philly, Oh.

0:31:57.320 --> 0:32:00.000
<v Speaker 1>You said right right, right right, Yeah, yeah, it works.

0:31:59.800 --> 0:32:02.520
<v Speaker 2>Out because it's again it's right next to everything.

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:07.320
<v Speaker 1>Now that's good. Let's get to our next question here

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:10.960
<v Speaker 1>on Instagram. This is coming from Chase on Instagram, and

0:32:11.040 --> 0:32:14.240
<v Speaker 1>his question is who do we target this free agency?

0:32:16.560 --> 0:32:19.200
<v Speaker 2>Can we start with the obvious? Please?

0:32:19.600 --> 0:32:23.960
<v Speaker 1>All right? Let me count you down, three, two, one,

0:32:25.400 --> 0:32:27.600
<v Speaker 1>one Soto booom.

0:32:29.720 --> 0:32:33.000
<v Speaker 2>Now do I think this is gonna happen?

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:33.680
<v Speaker 1>No?

0:32:34.520 --> 0:32:36.520
<v Speaker 2>But this doesn't like the Kyle Tucker thing, because that's happening.

0:32:36.720 --> 0:32:41.200
<v Speaker 2>But anyway, the one Soto thing is probably a pipe dream.

0:32:41.320 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 2>That being said, if I were the Mariners, I would

0:32:45.880 --> 0:32:48.360
<v Speaker 2>outfit every team by one hundred million dollars for Wan

0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:51.600
<v Speaker 2>Soto this winter. And I'm serious about that. I am

0:32:51.720 --> 0:32:53.920
<v Speaker 2>not somebody that sits up here and says every big

0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:57.840
<v Speaker 2>name free agent worth it. I was no proponent of

0:32:57.880 --> 0:33:00.560
<v Speaker 2>giving Xander Bogarts an eleven twelve year contra. I was

0:33:00.720 --> 0:33:03.800
<v Speaker 2>no proponent of the idea of giving Cody Bellinger ten

0:33:03.840 --> 0:33:06.040
<v Speaker 2>to twelve years when that idea was being floated out.

0:33:06.080 --> 0:33:09.840
<v Speaker 2>This winner never because some of these guys and these

0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:14.080
<v Speaker 2>contracts are not worth it. You will not find a

0:33:14.200 --> 0:33:18.560
<v Speaker 2>better free agent in the next five free agent classes.

0:33:18.640 --> 0:33:22.680
<v Speaker 2>At least it could be more than that than Juan Soto.

0:33:23.200 --> 0:33:26.080
<v Speaker 2>Not a better bat, that's for sure, and he is

0:33:26.280 --> 0:33:30.080
<v Speaker 2>twenty six years old. How often do you find guys

0:33:30.120 --> 0:33:33.360
<v Speaker 2>a debut at nineteen like he does. There are good

0:33:33.360 --> 0:33:37.000
<v Speaker 2>guys that will debut at twenty one Gunner Julio Bobby Witt,

0:33:37.520 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 2>not nineteen. And Juan Soto is going to hit free

0:33:41.520 --> 0:33:45.640
<v Speaker 2>agency as a twenty six year old. You could give

0:33:45.680 --> 0:33:49.600
<v Speaker 2>that guy a thirteen year deal and he will. He

0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:51.800
<v Speaker 2>might be good for all thirteen because when he gets

0:33:51.840 --> 0:33:53.960
<v Speaker 2>to be thirty eight thirty nine years old, he still

0:33:54.040 --> 0:33:55.600
<v Speaker 2>might be putting up a one to fifteen, one to

0:33:55.640 --> 0:33:59.400
<v Speaker 2>twenty WRC plus because he is that good a bat

0:33:59.480 --> 0:34:03.000
<v Speaker 2>and he won that much. If I were the Mariners,

0:34:03.000 --> 0:34:04.920
<v Speaker 2>I would outfit every team by one hundred million dollars

0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:07.840
<v Speaker 2>for Wan Soto because he's worth it. And that contract

0:34:07.840 --> 0:34:10.440
<v Speaker 2>won't pay for itself quite like show has well, but

0:34:10.560 --> 0:34:14.399
<v Speaker 2>it's close. It will pay for a lot of it here.

0:34:14.520 --> 0:34:17.319
<v Speaker 1>So let's let's do some negotiations for Wan Soda here

0:34:17.400 --> 0:34:20.120
<v Speaker 1>so it will start at seven hundred million dollars. I

0:34:20.200 --> 0:34:23.400
<v Speaker 1>will also as part of the Seattle tax to get

0:34:23.440 --> 0:34:25.440
<v Speaker 1>people all the way up here to the Pacific Northwest.

0:34:25.560 --> 0:34:29.600
<v Speaker 1>I will also name Juan Soto, principal owner of Root Sports.

0:34:30.000 --> 0:34:35.840
<v Speaker 1>Congratulations one. This is a wonderful, wonderful company that you

0:34:35.920 --> 0:34:38.920
<v Speaker 1>get to take over with some fantastic people working for it,

0:34:39.040 --> 0:34:41.120
<v Speaker 1>and you get to run and you get to make

0:34:41.200 --> 0:34:44.680
<v Speaker 1>all those cable television dollars. Congratulations. I'm also Juan Soto

0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:48.960
<v Speaker 1>giving you a cut of all of the profits from

0:34:49.000 --> 0:34:51.800
<v Speaker 1>the box Yard across the street from the from the stadium.

0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:56.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna give you, let's say, five percent of everything sold,

0:34:56.239 --> 0:35:00.239
<v Speaker 1>all the profits made on the box Yard. I'm him

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:02.759
<v Speaker 1>giving to Juan Soto. Do you than it sounds like

0:35:02.800 --> 0:35:03.520
<v Speaker 1>a pretty good deal.

0:35:04.360 --> 0:35:05.799
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Do you mean the hat back when you say

0:35:05.840 --> 0:35:06.560
<v Speaker 2>the box yard.

0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:09.520
<v Speaker 1>Well, it's the whole the all the restaurant, the whole

0:35:09.560 --> 0:35:10.799
<v Speaker 1>area is called the box Yard.

0:35:11.960 --> 0:35:13.640
<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, got you.

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:15.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to short change him on only give

0:35:15.920 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 1>him five percent of profits from one of the places.

0:35:18.000 --> 0:35:19.000
<v Speaker 1>I only give him all three.

0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:22.960
<v Speaker 2>Actually, I was thinking by him just signing a contract

0:35:23.040 --> 0:35:25.120
<v Speaker 2>with the Seattle Mariners, he immediately gets a key to

0:35:25.160 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>the city. How's that?

0:35:26.560 --> 0:35:29.480
<v Speaker 1>M But what is it. What does he get a

0:35:29.560 --> 0:35:32.520
<v Speaker 1>key to? Like? What does he get I'm offering him.

0:35:32.480 --> 0:35:35.680
<v Speaker 2>Cash, but you've already offered him so much. This is

0:35:35.719 --> 0:35:39.239
<v Speaker 2>in addition, it's showing Seattle's gratitude already. The Yankees can

0:35:39.280 --> 0:35:41.719
<v Speaker 2>offer him whatever they want. Are they offering him a

0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:43.560
<v Speaker 2>key to New York City? I don't think so.

0:35:44.880 --> 0:35:47.720
<v Speaker 1>So Let's let's get him a box for a box

0:35:47.840 --> 0:35:50.359
<v Speaker 1>and season tickets for the Seahawks. That'll be a good

0:35:50.400 --> 0:35:52.680
<v Speaker 1>start when he's not playing. Want him to be comfortable

0:35:53.440 --> 0:35:56.400
<v Speaker 1>integrated into his new city. How about else we get him?

0:35:56.680 --> 0:35:59.480
<v Speaker 2>How about season tickets to the Mariners for any family

0:35:59.760 --> 0:36:01.560
<v Speaker 2>in a sweet for any family and friends that ever

0:36:01.600 --> 0:36:02.040
<v Speaker 2>want to come.

0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:04.200
<v Speaker 1>And see him play, YEP and Diamond Club, depending on

0:36:04.280 --> 0:36:08.480
<v Speaker 1>what they want. Sure it's okay, Oh so many, so

0:36:08.560 --> 0:36:10.400
<v Speaker 1>many more things. We get him a we'll throw him

0:36:10.600 --> 0:36:12.320
<v Speaker 1>give him a boat too, how about that?

0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:16.720
<v Speaker 2>Sure? I mean he'll probably be living in Bellevue, Medina anyway,

0:36:16.840 --> 0:36:17.919
<v Speaker 2>so sure he can have a boat.

0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:21.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, let's just help him out home out a

0:36:21.040 --> 0:36:22.080
<v Speaker 1>little bit. We got connections.

0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:25.319
<v Speaker 2>Listen, when we say we'll overpay one so too by

0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:28.000
<v Speaker 2>one hundred million dollars, we say that because that's what

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:30.040
<v Speaker 2>it would take to get him to Seattle. For example,

0:36:30.719 --> 0:36:33.120
<v Speaker 2>if the Yankees offer one Soda a six hundred million

0:36:33.120 --> 0:36:36.719
<v Speaker 2>dollar contract in free agency, how are the Mariners going

0:36:36.760 --> 0:36:38.640
<v Speaker 2>to beat that? It's they can't offer him six oh

0:36:38.760 --> 0:36:41.600
<v Speaker 2>five and beat it. You just can't. You need to

0:36:41.840 --> 0:36:46.200
<v Speaker 2>significantly outbid every team, and he is worth outbidding for

0:36:46.719 --> 0:36:49.520
<v Speaker 2>Most of these free agents aren't worth it. You've heard

0:36:49.600 --> 0:36:53.000
<v Speaker 2>me bang the drum for two and I will keep

0:36:53.040 --> 0:36:57.120
<v Speaker 2>it that way. Shoe Hey. Last offseason, I said every

0:36:57.200 --> 0:37:00.600
<v Speaker 2>penny's worth it, Wan Sota, it's the same thing. Every

0:37:00.680 --> 0:37:02.720
<v Speaker 2>penny's worth it. And there's not gonna be free agents

0:37:02.760 --> 0:37:06.040
<v Speaker 2>in most other classes that i'd say that about. Listen,

0:37:06.760 --> 0:37:08.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm a Kyle Tucker guy through and through. He needs

0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:12.000
<v Speaker 2>to be a Mariner. He's gonna be. However, if he

0:37:12.120 --> 0:37:14.720
<v Speaker 2>were to hit free agency, if the Mariners haven't traded

0:37:14.800 --> 0:37:17.520
<v Speaker 2>and extended him already before he actually gets to free agency,

0:37:19.080 --> 0:37:21.359
<v Speaker 2>I don't think I'd sit there and say he's worth

0:37:21.400 --> 0:37:24.560
<v Speaker 2>seven hundred million dollars at thirty one years old. Juan

0:37:24.680 --> 0:37:29.920
<v Speaker 2>Soto is worth that is like the actual value to player,

0:37:30.880 --> 0:37:34.680
<v Speaker 2>seven hundred million dollars. Maybe not quite, but if you

0:37:34.719 --> 0:37:36.480
<v Speaker 2>want to get him to Seattle, that is, and it's

0:37:36.520 --> 0:37:38.239
<v Speaker 2>still worth every penny.

0:37:39.360 --> 0:37:42.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, every single penny. And remember you're gonna have to

0:37:42.600 --> 0:37:45.120
<v Speaker 1>pay a percent inch more than everybody else just because

0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:48.359
<v Speaker 1>where you, where you play, how much time you spend

0:37:48.400 --> 0:37:50.759
<v Speaker 1>on a plane. How As we just talked about at

0:37:50.760 --> 0:37:53.920
<v Speaker 1>the beginning of this mail bag, this place is really

0:37:54.000 --> 0:37:57.360
<v Speaker 1>difficult to hit. It really difficult and wan subtle. You know,

0:37:57.440 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 1>when he hits a ball to the warning track in

0:37:59.200 --> 0:38:03.359
<v Speaker 1>April's probably be pissed. That's fine, But you make him

0:38:03.520 --> 0:38:07.360
<v Speaker 1>richer to not think about that. That's fine with me.

0:38:08.040 --> 0:38:11.240
<v Speaker 2>How about this, If Won Soto somehow signed with Seattle

0:38:11.360 --> 0:38:14.279
<v Speaker 2>and became a one to ten WRC plus hitter for

0:38:14.719 --> 0:38:18.160
<v Speaker 2>his career, you're building a dome because if he can't

0:38:18.200 --> 0:38:19.600
<v Speaker 2>hit here, nobody can.

0:38:20.360 --> 0:38:22.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, blow up the stadium, just like they did the Kingdom,

0:38:22.800 --> 0:38:27.640
<v Speaker 1>or rebuilding the Kingdom. Yeah, yes, nicer though, Oh yeah, yeah,

0:38:27.719 --> 0:38:30.040
<v Speaker 1>way nice. So anyway, but there are some other free

0:38:30.080 --> 0:38:32.880
<v Speaker 1>agents we can talk about here. What Juan Soto is

0:38:32.920 --> 0:38:35.440
<v Speaker 1>the obvious one. If the Mariners get the opportunity to

0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:39.440
<v Speaker 1>sign Juan Soto, they absolutely should, But there are other

0:38:39.600 --> 0:38:42.040
<v Speaker 1>needs on this team too. And I think there's the

0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:46.240
<v Speaker 1>most pressing need at first base. There's some good ones available.

0:38:46.880 --> 0:38:49.160
<v Speaker 1>There are some good ones all right, last five seconds

0:38:49.200 --> 0:38:50.799
<v Speaker 1>on one Soto. They have the money for it. It's

0:38:50.840 --> 0:38:53.239
<v Speaker 1>just whether they choose to spend it. So spend it correct.

0:38:54.440 --> 0:38:57.040
<v Speaker 2>First base. I would be shocked if one of these

0:38:57.120 --> 0:38:59.880
<v Speaker 2>four first basemen honestly is not in a Seattle uniform.

0:39:00.560 --> 0:39:02.120
<v Speaker 2>Two of them could be trades who we just talked

0:39:02.160 --> 0:39:05.960
<v Speaker 2>about in our last episode, Vladdie Yandi diez, and that's possible.

0:39:06.440 --> 0:39:08.920
<v Speaker 2>But if it's not them, I would say it's two

0:39:09.000 --> 0:39:11.640
<v Speaker 2>guys that Mariners fans have spent a decent amount of

0:39:11.680 --> 0:39:13.560
<v Speaker 2>time this year talking about who they thought they could

0:39:13.560 --> 0:39:15.759
<v Speaker 2>trade for as a rental. Who will instead be a

0:39:15.800 --> 0:39:19.759
<v Speaker 2>free agent this winner Pete Alonzo Christian Walker. So of

0:39:19.880 --> 0:39:24.799
<v Speaker 2>those four guys, Alonzo Walker, Vladdie Yandi bet you one

0:39:24.880 --> 0:39:27.720
<v Speaker 2>of those guys finds his way into a Mariner's uniform.

0:39:27.800 --> 0:39:31.680
<v Speaker 2>And in terms of the free agents, Walker is having

0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:36.000
<v Speaker 2>more success right now this year. Pete's also younger, He'll

0:39:36.040 --> 0:39:39.240
<v Speaker 2>probably cost more, but either of them are good fits.

0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:45.800
<v Speaker 1>Yes, all of the above don't isn't a tough decision

0:39:45.840 --> 0:39:48.200
<v Speaker 1>you take which one is available to you at this point.

0:39:48.239 --> 0:39:50.640
<v Speaker 1>I think Vladdie would be the number one option. But

0:39:50.719 --> 0:39:53.719
<v Speaker 1>if Latti inks a three hundred million dollars extension with

0:39:53.760 --> 0:39:55.320
<v Speaker 1>the Blue Jays in the off season, that's going to

0:39:55.360 --> 0:39:58.360
<v Speaker 1>be a little difficult to pull off. So then you

0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:00.520
<v Speaker 1>pivot to what would be all right. But whether it

0:40:00.560 --> 0:40:04.080
<v Speaker 1>be prospects or cash doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Do

0:40:04.880 --> 0:40:07.799
<v Speaker 1>which which one? Which everyone says yes, you sign them?

0:40:08.560 --> 0:40:10.879
<v Speaker 1>Because that's that is the state of the Mariners first

0:40:10.880 --> 0:40:14.279
<v Speaker 1>base position next year. Yeah, yeah, you get you get

0:40:14.320 --> 0:40:16.239
<v Speaker 1>someone to say yes. But there are other needs to

0:40:16.440 --> 0:40:19.080
<v Speaker 1>lyle that could really help the Mariners around the infield.

0:40:19.400 --> 0:40:23.120
<v Speaker 1>At second base, I mean, Brandon loo has a it's unlikely.

0:40:24.080 --> 0:40:26.799
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what how the Rays feel about ten

0:40:26.840 --> 0:40:28.719
<v Speaker 1>and a half million. I feel like if you they

0:40:28.800 --> 0:40:30.719
<v Speaker 1>had a million dollar contract on the books at this point,

0:40:30.760 --> 0:40:32.839
<v Speaker 1>they wouldn't want to pay it. But Brandon Lowe has

0:40:32.840 --> 0:40:34.919
<v Speaker 1>a club option for ten and a half. He could

0:40:35.000 --> 0:40:37.719
<v Speaker 1>be a free agent. He could not, so depending on

0:40:37.960 --> 0:40:40.879
<v Speaker 1>how the Mariners see their roster next season, and if

0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:42.680
<v Speaker 1>he was a free agent, they could think he's an option.

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:47.520
<v Speaker 1>Mariners also might have a need at third base next season.

0:40:48.520 --> 0:40:50.959
<v Speaker 1>Willia Domas could slide over and play third base. Hasn't

0:40:51.000 --> 0:40:53.120
<v Speaker 1>played third base as a big leaguer, but I think

0:40:53.120 --> 0:40:55.359
<v Speaker 1>if you pay him enough money, he could He usually

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:57.239
<v Speaker 1>plays more of the middle. Or you could sign him

0:40:57.239 --> 0:40:59.759
<v Speaker 1>and have someone else currently on your roster play third base.

0:41:01.040 --> 0:41:04.799
<v Speaker 1>You could Alex Bregman if you feel like that could work,

0:41:05.160 --> 0:41:08.360
<v Speaker 1>based on where he had played in the past, and

0:41:08.640 --> 0:41:10.759
<v Speaker 1>you can make the price work. I think you would

0:41:10.760 --> 0:41:14.040
<v Speaker 1>fit offensively. And Matt Chapman someone who the Mariners wanted

0:41:14.080 --> 0:41:16.200
<v Speaker 1>to trade for a couple of years ago. It's now

0:41:16.280 --> 0:41:19.040
<v Speaker 1>gonna be a free agent this offseason, so that could work.

0:41:19.719 --> 0:41:22.080
<v Speaker 1>All those guys could work, And in the outfield, I'll

0:41:22.239 --> 0:41:23.840
<v Speaker 1>actually know what I'll let you do the outfielders.

0:41:25.120 --> 0:41:27.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And Chapman's always interesting because again, like we talked

0:41:27.600 --> 0:41:30.759
<v Speaker 2>about how polarizing his batted ball profile can be. But

0:41:30.920 --> 0:41:32.400
<v Speaker 2>he's had a solid year and we'll see if he

0:41:32.440 --> 0:41:34.960
<v Speaker 2>opts out in San Francisco or not. But that would

0:41:34.960 --> 0:41:37.000
<v Speaker 2>be interesting. I'll get to the outfield in a second.

0:41:37.040 --> 0:41:38.879
<v Speaker 2>But just to respond to the guys you listed off,

0:41:39.560 --> 0:41:42.080
<v Speaker 2>do you feel like the Rays might pick up Lao's

0:41:42.120 --> 0:41:44.680
<v Speaker 2>option just so they can make sure to get something

0:41:44.760 --> 0:41:47.520
<v Speaker 2>back for him, because Loo actually has a couple club

0:41:47.600 --> 0:41:49.640
<v Speaker 2>options in that contract, So if somebody were to trade

0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:52.200
<v Speaker 2>for Loo, they would have some club control. Would the

0:41:52.280 --> 0:41:55.000
<v Speaker 2>Rays say, okay, let's pick this up because somebody will

0:41:55.080 --> 0:41:56.520
<v Speaker 2>trade for him and we can get something back.

0:41:56.719 --> 0:41:58.680
<v Speaker 1>I didn't think of that, So, yes, that is what

0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:01.600
<v Speaker 1>the Rays are gonna do. Yeah, I could almost guarantee

0:42:01.640 --> 0:42:01.920
<v Speaker 1>that now.

0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:04.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because ten and a half millions not that much.

0:42:05.080 --> 0:42:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Well, he could pick it up and not pay any

0:42:06.640 --> 0:42:09.759
<v Speaker 1>of it, right exactly, pick it up and then trade him.

0:42:10.040 --> 0:42:12.680
<v Speaker 1>Mm hmm, So that may happen if he was available.

0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:13.640
<v Speaker 1>It's still trade for him.

0:42:14.320 --> 0:42:18.399
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Same. But outfielders, well, Victor Roeblaz is one. He's

0:42:18.400 --> 0:42:20.239
<v Speaker 2>gonna be a free agent, and we talked about that

0:42:20.320 --> 0:42:22.759
<v Speaker 2>the other day. We don't think he should cost that much.

0:42:22.800 --> 0:42:24.360
<v Speaker 2>And if you're the Mariners you brought him back on

0:42:24.480 --> 0:42:27.960
<v Speaker 2>some demo type of contract three years, nine million bucks,

0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:31.080
<v Speaker 2>you should do it because either you get a great

0:42:31.160 --> 0:42:33.719
<v Speaker 2>deal out of it, or if he really doesn't play well,

0:42:34.600 --> 0:42:36.520
<v Speaker 2>then it's not that much money to lose to let

0:42:36.600 --> 0:42:39.600
<v Speaker 2>him go anyway or trade him somewhere else. So that's one.

0:42:40.040 --> 0:42:44.600
<v Speaker 2>But guys outside the organization. We said Anthony SANTANDERA that

0:42:44.640 --> 0:42:47.359
<v Speaker 2>would be awesome. He's lighting the world on fire this year,

0:42:47.400 --> 0:42:48.200
<v Speaker 2>especially with his bat.

0:42:48.360 --> 0:42:53.680
<v Speaker 1>And then Max Kepler, Yeah, Santander sounds really good. I

0:42:53.760 --> 0:42:55.560
<v Speaker 1>thought he struck out more than he did. It's only

0:42:55.680 --> 0:43:00.879
<v Speaker 1>like eighteen percent. Oh, just I can picture a lyle.

0:43:01.280 --> 0:43:05.560
<v Speaker 1>Anthony Santander finishes the twenty twenty four season with a

0:43:05.680 --> 0:43:09.640
<v Speaker 1>nineteen percent strikeout rate, comes to Seattle in twenty twenty five,

0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:13.640
<v Speaker 1>gets paid a lot of money, and ends next year

0:43:13.680 --> 0:43:15.279
<v Speaker 1>of the twenty eight percent of strikeout rate.

0:43:16.600 --> 0:43:18.360
<v Speaker 2>Sorry, I thought you had the year wrong, but you

0:43:18.440 --> 0:43:21.160
<v Speaker 2>were saying, yeah, finished twenty four. Then comes to Seattle

0:43:21.239 --> 0:43:26.360
<v Speaker 2>in twenty five. Yeah, after signing Juan Soto, who starts,

0:43:26.440 --> 0:43:28.520
<v Speaker 2>who goes from striking out about fifteen percent of the

0:43:28.560 --> 0:43:30.480
<v Speaker 2>time also to twenty eight percent of the time.

0:43:30.760 --> 0:43:32.440
<v Speaker 1>Well, we'll bump one up to thirty one.

0:43:34.000 --> 0:43:38.680
<v Speaker 2>Do you imagine? Could you imagine one snyke could He's

0:43:38.760 --> 0:43:41.839
<v Speaker 2>like the one Gianchize. He's like the one guy where

0:43:41.880 --> 0:43:44.920
<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine it. Like his his approach, his discipline

0:43:44.960 --> 0:43:46.279
<v Speaker 2>is actually just too good.

0:43:47.040 --> 0:43:48.920
<v Speaker 1>If he struck out thirty one percent of the time,

0:43:49.000 --> 0:43:53.520
<v Speaker 1>he's literally walking into an ownership board meeting and saying

0:43:53.719 --> 0:43:57.000
<v Speaker 1>we got to do something about that damn battersie fix it,

0:43:57.080 --> 0:43:59.799
<v Speaker 1>and right now, you know they would fix pretty fast

0:44:00.120 --> 0:44:00.759
<v Speaker 1>the batter's I.

0:44:01.320 --> 0:44:04.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because they'd say, well, it costs seven hundred million

0:44:04.680 --> 0:44:06.480
<v Speaker 2>dollars for one so so how much would it cost

0:44:06.560 --> 0:44:09.719
<v Speaker 2>to fix a batter's eye? Not that much? No, a

0:44:09.800 --> 0:44:12.120
<v Speaker 2>couple million dollars right, Nope.

0:44:13.640 --> 0:44:16.399
<v Speaker 1>And again, if that were the case, it's like blow

0:44:16.480 --> 0:44:16.719
<v Speaker 1>it up.

0:44:17.520 --> 0:44:23.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's gonna be plenty of time for free agency

0:44:23.680 --> 0:44:26.759
<v Speaker 2>talk moving forward, obviously when the season ends too. But

0:44:27.440 --> 0:44:30.120
<v Speaker 2>I know everybody's already thinking about it. We're now already

0:44:30.160 --> 0:44:32.000
<v Speaker 2>thinking about it. So yeah, it's a good question.

0:44:32.400 --> 0:44:35.359
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and again, like Lele said, that'll be a good

0:44:35.440 --> 0:44:37.000
<v Speaker 1>off season topic. But I'll let you get to your

0:44:37.040 --> 0:44:39.280
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<v Speaker 2>So the next question, it's from Ellie who runs the account.

0:45:55.520 --> 0:45:58.480
<v Speaker 2>Tried and takeover on Instagram she always sent some good questions,

0:45:58.600 --> 0:46:01.480
<v Speaker 2>and she sends, who would you want to play a

0:46:01.560 --> 0:46:04.080
<v Speaker 2>round of golf with? Choose three players.

0:46:06.000 --> 0:46:09.239
<v Speaker 1>I don't think you and I have ever picked the

0:46:09.360 --> 0:46:15.200
<v Speaker 1>same answer quicker than this. Yeah, okay, so let me

0:46:15.280 --> 0:46:20.240
<v Speaker 1>read off my three. I would play with Gabe Spire

0:46:20.320 --> 0:46:23.000
<v Speaker 1>because he's our guy, and I'd love to spend a

0:46:23.120 --> 0:46:25.000
<v Speaker 1>round of golf with Gabe Spire. I think that would

0:46:25.000 --> 0:46:28.880
<v Speaker 1>be a lot of fun. And then the two biggest

0:46:29.000 --> 0:46:34.800
<v Speaker 1>personalities on the team, Taylor Sausato and JP Crawford. And

0:46:34.880 --> 0:46:37.080
<v Speaker 1>then my note underneath all of this is that this

0:46:37.239 --> 0:46:38.759
<v Speaker 1>is the easiest list of all time.

0:46:39.920 --> 0:46:42.120
<v Speaker 2>I'd say Sauce is also our guy too, so yeah,

0:46:42.160 --> 0:46:43.840
<v Speaker 2>he has to put it to put it in that

0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:49.040
<v Speaker 2>same category. But I'll tell you what, You're not walking

0:46:49.080 --> 0:46:51.560
<v Speaker 2>away empty handed from that round. You're gonna have stories

0:46:51.600 --> 0:46:53.840
<v Speaker 2>to take home with you after a round of golf

0:46:54.360 --> 0:46:58.920
<v Speaker 2>with that group. Especially Sauce and JP, who are now

0:46:59.000 --> 0:47:02.960
<v Speaker 2>responsible for some of our most viral clips, are honestly almost.

0:47:02.680 --> 0:47:06.279
<v Speaker 1>All of them. Those guys are the only JP and

0:47:06.880 --> 0:47:09.800
<v Speaker 1>and Sauce are the only I think of, if I

0:47:09.840 --> 0:47:11.759
<v Speaker 1>have my math and my memories corrected, they are the

0:47:11.920 --> 0:47:16.160
<v Speaker 1>only players who have eclipsed two hundred thousand.

0:47:16.960 --> 0:47:21.279
<v Speaker 2>On Instagram for US. Yeah, period, not including me talking

0:47:21.320 --> 0:47:23.239
<v Speaker 2>about for the first time ever, how Kyle Tucker was

0:47:23.280 --> 0:47:23.960
<v Speaker 2>going to be a Mariner?

0:47:24.560 --> 0:47:25.560
<v Speaker 1>Is that over two hundred?

0:47:25.920 --> 0:47:26.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

0:47:26.760 --> 0:47:30.440
<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, yeah, throw the hosts out external factors?

0:47:31.239 --> 0:47:35.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Oh. You know, for any of you who have

0:47:35.800 --> 0:47:38.840
<v Speaker 2>not watched any of these recent JP Crawford clips, you

0:47:38.920 --> 0:47:40.799
<v Speaker 2>should go watch. But you know what, let me take

0:47:40.800 --> 0:47:43.680
<v Speaker 2>a moment here to say when you watch be nice.

0:47:44.280 --> 0:47:48.160
<v Speaker 2>People online aren't nice. And JP's like, JP's awesome, and

0:47:48.239 --> 0:47:50.520
<v Speaker 2>you guys, everybody who listens to the podcast knows that.

0:47:50.600 --> 0:47:54.440
<v Speaker 2>All Mariners fans know that. And I think he stands

0:47:54.520 --> 0:47:56.880
<v Speaker 2>for all the right things. I think everybody knows JP's

0:47:56.880 --> 0:48:00.160
<v Speaker 2>a really good person, which is why when he's got

0:48:00.239 --> 0:48:03.440
<v Speaker 2>to take like how we asked them, how like what

0:48:03.600 --> 0:48:06.120
<v Speaker 2>type of conspiracies do you believe in? Or like, what's

0:48:06.200 --> 0:48:09.040
<v Speaker 2>one other you believe in besides aliens being real? The

0:48:09.120 --> 0:48:10.880
<v Speaker 2>reason we asked his question is he was on Mookie

0:48:10.880 --> 0:48:14.200
<v Speaker 2>Betts's podcast last year. He was talking about that. He's like, oh, yeah,

0:48:14.200 --> 0:48:17.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm convinced they're out there and they exist. So and

0:48:17.400 --> 0:48:19.839
<v Speaker 2>he was and he mentioned on that podcast. I'm into

0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:22.120
<v Speaker 2>a lot of that stuff, a lot of conspiracy theory stuff,

0:48:22.160 --> 0:48:24.520
<v Speaker 2>so I kind of asked, like, what's another you believe in,

0:48:24.600 --> 0:48:27.759
<v Speaker 2>and he basically said, well, I think the earth is

0:48:27.880 --> 0:48:32.040
<v Speaker 2>kind of shaped like asgard in Thor And that rubbed

0:48:32.040 --> 0:48:34.239
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people the wrong way, which, you know,

0:48:34.480 --> 0:48:36.640
<v Speaker 2>I really wish people could just take a little bit

0:48:36.760 --> 0:48:41.040
<v Speaker 2>of a deep breath online before deciding to just unleash

0:48:41.200 --> 0:48:44.040
<v Speaker 2>on somebody. Cause again, I think we know JP's a

0:48:44.080 --> 0:48:44.520
<v Speaker 2>good dude.

0:48:45.200 --> 0:48:49.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I'm gonna be honest, that was the first

0:48:49.280 --> 0:48:50.560
<v Speaker 1>time I'd ever heard that one.

0:48:51.440 --> 0:48:56.320
<v Speaker 2>Same, same and it was good, like like it was creative.

0:48:56.360 --> 0:48:59.120
<v Speaker 2>I got it, Like, I'll certainly give JP that it

0:48:59.239 --> 0:49:02.719
<v Speaker 2>was very, very, very creative, which is funny. Even JP

0:49:02.920 --> 0:49:05.000
<v Speaker 2>himself left to comment too, He's like, dude, why is

0:49:05.120 --> 0:49:10.919
<v Speaker 2>everybody so mad? With a bunch of laughing emojis? Oh

0:49:11.880 --> 0:49:14.160
<v Speaker 2>he is, Like I said, you will not walk away

0:49:14.200 --> 0:49:17.320
<v Speaker 2>from that round of golf without stories from that group.

0:49:17.840 --> 0:49:20.719
<v Speaker 2>So anyway, if you have not seen that clip, you

0:49:20.719 --> 0:49:22.680
<v Speaker 2>should go watch it. It's on all our social channels.

0:49:23.040 --> 0:49:26.880
<v Speaker 2>But also be nice, try to relax and take a

0:49:26.920 --> 0:49:29.759
<v Speaker 2>deep breath when you watch. It's as we like to say,

0:49:29.840 --> 0:49:30.760
<v Speaker 2>it ain't that serious.

0:49:31.200 --> 0:49:35.839
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I couldn't have put it any better myself. Let's

0:49:35.880 --> 0:49:39.040
<v Speaker 1>get to our next mailbag question. This comes from Brandon

0:49:39.200 --> 0:49:42.640
<v Speaker 1>Stafford twenty five on Instagram, and his question is where

0:49:42.680 --> 0:49:45.320
<v Speaker 1>will Victor Roeblist hit in the order when JP and

0:49:45.440 --> 0:49:46.640
<v Speaker 1>Julio come back.

0:49:47.840 --> 0:49:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Toward the top of the lineup. He's earned that at

0:49:50.960 --> 0:49:54.560
<v Speaker 2>this point he has to. Again we mentioned it earlier

0:49:54.600 --> 0:49:56.880
<v Speaker 2>in the show. He's got a nine to fifty ops

0:49:56.960 --> 0:49:59.359
<v Speaker 2>in his last thirty games. He has to be hitting

0:49:59.360 --> 0:50:01.560
<v Speaker 2>toward the top of the lineup. This is roughly what

0:50:01.680 --> 0:50:04.960
<v Speaker 2>I drew up for when everybody's healthy, including in September,

0:50:04.960 --> 0:50:07.480
<v Speaker 2>when JP's back, Assuming Roeblace is still hitting in this

0:50:07.560 --> 0:50:11.840
<v Speaker 2>scenario and hitting well looks something like this, I said, Roeblace, Julio,

0:50:12.440 --> 0:50:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Randy cal Turner, Polanco, Garver, Rojas, JP. I put it

0:50:19.520 --> 0:50:23.120
<v Speaker 2>like that, JP hitting ninth, Well, okay, where do you

0:50:23.160 --> 0:50:27.360
<v Speaker 2>want to put him instead? Knowing Scott's service, JP Crawford's

0:50:27.760 --> 0:50:31.640
<v Speaker 2>back in Leidos spat Listen, we just talked about how

0:50:31.680 --> 0:50:34.880
<v Speaker 2>awesome JP is he is, but like now we're talking

0:50:34.960 --> 0:50:37.759
<v Speaker 2>baseball here, and I would love to see JP get

0:50:37.800 --> 0:50:40.279
<v Speaker 2>back to twenty twenty three JP and have a really

0:50:40.320 --> 0:50:42.440
<v Speaker 2>good September when he gets back. But so right now,

0:50:42.520 --> 0:50:44.080
<v Speaker 2>it's not really happening.

0:50:43.920 --> 0:50:47.040
<v Speaker 1>And I agree. My question is is that your lineup

0:50:47.120 --> 0:50:48.759
<v Speaker 1>or what you think Scott's service will do.

0:50:50.080 --> 0:50:52.280
<v Speaker 2>I guess that's what I drew up. Okay, what Scott,

0:50:52.400 --> 0:50:54.120
<v Speaker 2>What Scott will do, I don't know, but you know what,

0:50:54.640 --> 0:50:58.080
<v Speaker 2>six weeks off your feet is actually kind of a

0:50:58.160 --> 0:51:00.960
<v Speaker 2>long time. And if Roeblas is still hitting like this

0:51:01.760 --> 0:51:05.320
<v Speaker 2>and they're they're in a race for the playoffs and

0:51:05.400 --> 0:51:08.680
<v Speaker 2>for the division. I think Scott Servis would also say,

0:51:08.880 --> 0:51:11.520
<v Speaker 2>I can't ignore Victor Robls putting up a nine hundred ohps.

0:51:11.600 --> 0:51:12.480
<v Speaker 2>He needs more bats.

0:51:12.960 --> 0:51:15.879
<v Speaker 1>I still think there's a way to make this work, though,

0:51:16.719 --> 0:51:18.920
<v Speaker 1>So when I think when JP comes back, I think

0:51:18.960 --> 0:51:20.560
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna be in the leadoffs box. He's been in

0:51:20.560 --> 0:51:23.000
<v Speaker 1>the leadoff spot since he started tearing it up last year,

0:51:23.040 --> 0:51:25.920
<v Speaker 1>and I think Scott Servis trusts him quite a lot,

0:51:26.239 --> 0:51:27.480
<v Speaker 1>and he has a lot of the traits of a

0:51:27.560 --> 0:51:31.160
<v Speaker 1>leadoff hitter, even if his performance hasn't been up to

0:51:31.239 --> 0:51:33.520
<v Speaker 1>part with the bat this year, I think it'll go

0:51:33.640 --> 0:51:37.400
<v Speaker 1>something like this, JP leading off Randy bats second, Julio

0:51:37.480 --> 0:51:40.839
<v Speaker 1>bats third, Cow bats fourth, Victor Roblaz bats fifth, Justin

0:51:40.880 --> 0:51:45.279
<v Speaker 1>Turner bats sixth, Jory Polanco bats seventh, whoever's dhing bats eighth,

0:51:45.760 --> 0:51:47.439
<v Speaker 1>and Josh Rojas bats ninth.

0:51:48.760 --> 0:51:51.880
<v Speaker 2>That could work. I'd probably honestly flip Turner and Roblaze

0:51:51.880 --> 0:51:55.799
<v Speaker 2>in that situation. I'd probably have Turner hit five. But yeah,

0:51:56.040 --> 0:51:56.920
<v Speaker 2>like like close enough.

0:51:57.880 --> 0:52:00.600
<v Speaker 1>And it's also not a bad thing that you have

0:52:00.719 --> 0:52:03.680
<v Speaker 1>good hitters hitting lower in your lineup. Based on what

0:52:03.800 --> 0:52:06.080
<v Speaker 1>we've watched this year, I think having good hitters anywhere

0:52:06.120 --> 0:52:07.080
<v Speaker 1>in the lineup is a plus.

0:52:07.600 --> 0:52:10.160
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm, yeah, I would agree, I would agree, So

0:52:10.320 --> 0:52:12.839
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Again, that's probably how I would draw

0:52:12.840 --> 0:52:14.640
<v Speaker 2>it up the lineup I wrote out, But I'm not

0:52:14.680 --> 0:52:17.239
<v Speaker 2>Scott's service. Scott might see something different and want to

0:52:17.239 --> 0:52:19.240
<v Speaker 2>do something different, but he could point.

0:52:19.120 --> 0:52:22.239
<v Speaker 1>Maybe it'll be a good problem to have if he's

0:52:22.280 --> 0:52:25.279
<v Speaker 1>sitting there and legitimately thinking of JP. Crawford should still

0:52:25.320 --> 0:52:26.440
<v Speaker 1>be the leadoff hitter.

0:52:27.040 --> 0:52:29.640
<v Speaker 2>Right, because that means Roblaze is still going off. Yeah,

0:52:30.120 --> 0:52:35.000
<v Speaker 2>So okay, next question. This is from tav dot metcalf

0:52:35.160 --> 0:52:39.360
<v Speaker 2>on Instagram. Hardest prospect to see go now? I'm assuming

0:52:39.440 --> 0:52:42.040
<v Speaker 2>by this question he is asking if the Mariners were

0:52:42.080 --> 0:52:44.719
<v Speaker 2>to make a trade and part with a prospect, who

0:52:44.719 --> 0:52:48.000
<v Speaker 2>would be the toughest one to see be traded.

0:52:48.920 --> 0:52:52.360
<v Speaker 1>Be Cole Emerson because of A where he's currently ranked

0:52:52.400 --> 0:52:55.560
<v Speaker 1>by some outlets, and B the fact he's playing state side.

0:52:55.960 --> 0:52:58.880
<v Speaker 1>He's playing in affiliated ball state side, not at the

0:52:58.920 --> 0:53:02.640
<v Speaker 1>complex league like Felman, Selston Is and Felnin could eventually,

0:53:02.800 --> 0:53:05.000
<v Speaker 1>with his talent and all this hype that he's gotten,

0:53:05.120 --> 0:53:08.520
<v Speaker 1>could pass Colt. Funny enough, it's pretty incredible to say that.

0:53:08.680 --> 0:53:12.319
<v Speaker 1>But with the talent, it's not out of the question.

0:53:12.440 --> 0:53:14.239
<v Speaker 1>It's not one hundred percent that he'll never do that.

0:53:15.040 --> 0:53:16.960
<v Speaker 1>But I'd say, you know, I would say it's cult

0:53:17.120 --> 0:53:20.560
<v Speaker 1>now if I'm gonna flip this question around and answer

0:53:20.640 --> 0:53:23.200
<v Speaker 1>it how I think I read it when I answered

0:53:23.239 --> 0:53:25.680
<v Speaker 1>this question. If he if he were to ask who

0:53:25.840 --> 0:53:29.960
<v Speaker 1>is the hardest prospect you have seen gone like get

0:53:30.040 --> 0:53:33.520
<v Speaker 1>traded in the you know, recent past, I would say

0:53:33.560 --> 0:53:36.560
<v Speaker 1>Noelvie Marte because they could really use him right now

0:53:37.960 --> 0:53:41.640
<v Speaker 1>on the could they Well, Castile has been pretty awesome,

0:53:41.840 --> 0:53:45.160
<v Speaker 1>so it's worked out. I know he's suspended, but if

0:53:45.280 --> 0:53:47.239
<v Speaker 1>when he's when he's not suspended.

0:53:47.800 --> 0:53:50.840
<v Speaker 2>No, no, he's not suspended anymore. This is what I

0:53:50.920 --> 0:53:52.839
<v Speaker 2>was gonna ask you. Have you taken a peek at

0:53:52.880 --> 0:53:56.600
<v Speaker 2>what Noelvie's done this year since coming back? Well, I

0:53:57.280 --> 0:53:59.040
<v Speaker 2>let me, let me let you take a peek, and

0:53:59.120 --> 0:54:00.960
<v Speaker 2>when you look, you can read to the fans what

0:54:01.080 --> 0:54:01.520
<v Speaker 2>he's up to.

0:54:02.360 --> 0:54:03.600
<v Speaker 1>Oh, I'm kind of scared.

0:54:03.640 --> 0:54:08.120
<v Speaker 2>Now let's see, Yes, he plays third base, but would

0:54:08.160 --> 0:54:09.840
<v Speaker 2>you like to enlighten the fans his numbers?

0:54:10.040 --> 0:54:16.360
<v Speaker 1>Wow, so I will say, it's only been twenty six games,

0:54:17.320 --> 0:54:25.120
<v Speaker 1>but yikes, it's now I've been great, read aloud, five

0:54:25.200 --> 0:54:28.360
<v Speaker 1>oh five ops now almost negative one win above replacement.

0:54:28.520 --> 0:54:32.279
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, not really good me lyile. I think I

0:54:32.400 --> 0:54:34.080
<v Speaker 1>was thinking a little bit more along the lines of

0:54:34.120 --> 0:54:36.080
<v Speaker 1>what he was doing last year before he got suspended,

0:54:36.080 --> 0:54:38.680
<v Speaker 1>where he had a three sixteen, three sixty six, four

0:54:38.840 --> 0:54:42.360
<v Speaker 1>fifty six slash line eight twenty two ops in thirty

0:54:42.440 --> 0:54:45.239
<v Speaker 1>five games. I think that's what Mariner fans would miss,

0:54:45.360 --> 0:54:49.520
<v Speaker 1>not what he's doing after a suspension this year now.

0:54:49.560 --> 0:54:51.359
<v Speaker 1>And you could say, well, he was he could have been.

0:54:51.480 --> 0:54:56.200
<v Speaker 1>He was juicing. I can't argue that. But you know what,

0:54:56.600 --> 0:55:01.759
<v Speaker 1>as you and I have said, sometimes you know, it's

0:55:02.040 --> 0:55:04.719
<v Speaker 1>a it's only cheating if you get caught b Like no,

0:55:05.280 --> 0:55:08.440
<v Speaker 1>Mariners might have if had more people players cheating in

0:55:08.480 --> 0:55:10.160
<v Speaker 1>the past, they might have played a little bit better

0:55:11.200 --> 0:55:12.040
<v Speaker 1>made the playoffs.

0:55:12.520 --> 0:55:16.239
<v Speaker 2>You're now endorsing everybody needs to start juicing. Well, look

0:55:16.280 --> 0:55:16.920
<v Speaker 2>at the results.

0:55:17.000 --> 0:55:20.239
<v Speaker 1>Otherwise Maria's been a clean franchise and haven't done shit.

0:55:22.000 --> 0:55:24.120
<v Speaker 2>Oh well they had Robbie, they had Nelson Cruz.

0:55:25.200 --> 0:55:29.359
<v Speaker 1>That's true. Yeah, that's true, and still didn't make the playoffs. Well,

0:55:31.400 --> 0:55:33.799
<v Speaker 1>ANDELV I think, Yeah, Noelah was in the ORG at

0:55:33.840 --> 0:55:35.200
<v Speaker 1>the time. Wow.

0:55:35.360 --> 0:55:36.839
<v Speaker 2>No, No, he was not in the ORG when they

0:55:36.840 --> 0:55:38.239
<v Speaker 2>made the playoffs twenty training.

0:55:38.000 --> 0:55:41.920
<v Speaker 1>For Luise twenty eighteen when everyone was juicing, he was

0:55:42.400 --> 0:55:45.840
<v Speaker 1>Josh signed adjust been signed. Yeah, but who knows that

0:55:45.920 --> 0:55:46.440
<v Speaker 1>what he was doing.

0:55:46.520 --> 0:55:50.719
<v Speaker 2>Then it's true anyway. Yeah, I'm not really interested in

0:55:50.840 --> 0:55:54.000
<v Speaker 2>like a thirty seven WRC plus hitting noelvi Marte coming

0:55:54.040 --> 0:55:55.640
<v Speaker 2>off of suspension to be honest with you.

0:55:55.760 --> 0:55:57.759
<v Speaker 1>Okay, then I'm thinking of what he did last year,

0:55:57.840 --> 0:56:01.320
<v Speaker 1>but still among the best prospects they have given up recently,

0:56:01.800 --> 0:56:03.200
<v Speaker 1>he would be the one you missed the most.

0:56:04.360 --> 0:56:07.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that part's true because Edwin Arroyo hasn't really done

0:56:07.800 --> 0:56:09.879
<v Speaker 2>much since he got traded, which is funny, Like when

0:56:10.040 --> 0:56:12.279
<v Speaker 2>Edwin Arroyo got traded, there were people starting to say

0:56:12.360 --> 0:56:14.600
<v Speaker 2>he might be the best prospect in the Mariners organization

0:56:14.680 --> 0:56:16.799
<v Speaker 2>at that time. Jeff Passen said that on Brocken salk

0:56:16.840 --> 0:56:19.920
<v Speaker 2>I remember, but he hasn't done much since then. He's

0:56:19.960 --> 0:56:21.640
<v Speaker 2>not even really a top one hundred guy anymore.

0:56:22.120 --> 0:56:25.200
<v Speaker 1>And those pitchers they traded, like Mariners developed pitching so

0:56:25.480 --> 0:56:28.920
<v Speaker 1>unbelievably well, like you could get over trading Brandon Williamson

0:56:29.120 --> 0:56:33.480
<v Speaker 1>and Connor Phillips, but Noelvie Marte. Yeah, he was a

0:56:33.560 --> 0:56:36.759
<v Speaker 1>top international signee. He was rated very highly throughout the

0:56:36.840 --> 0:56:39.399
<v Speaker 1>minor leagues, and you know, there's still hope that he's

0:56:39.440 --> 0:56:41.320
<v Speaker 1>going to be a very solid big leaguer and a

0:56:41.480 --> 0:56:44.840
<v Speaker 1>very solid hitting big leaguer. Like remember, he's young, so

0:56:45.080 --> 0:56:45.799
<v Speaker 1>he's got time.

0:56:46.400 --> 0:56:49.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he does, dude. Connor Phillips got sent back to

0:56:49.360 --> 0:56:51.799
<v Speaker 2>the Complex League this year. He was he was having

0:56:51.800 --> 0:56:56.040
<v Speaker 2>a yeah, like now he wasn't in the big leagues

0:56:56.040 --> 0:56:57.640
<v Speaker 2>for the most part this year. In fact, he hasn't

0:56:57.640 --> 0:56:59.400
<v Speaker 2>been in the big leagues at all this year, but

0:57:00.239 --> 0:57:03.480
<v Speaker 2>he has a ten eleven era in Triple A Louisville

0:57:03.480 --> 0:57:05.560
<v Speaker 2>this year, and it got so bad to the point where,

0:57:05.719 --> 0:57:08.040
<v Speaker 2>like the Red said, there are mechanical things that he

0:57:08.160 --> 0:57:10.480
<v Speaker 2>needs to work on, and they send him back to Arizona.

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<v Speaker 2>So he has a he has a ten eleven era

0:57:12.880 --> 0:57:15.759
<v Speaker 2>in Triple A this year and a two twenty six whip.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, so, cause you're wondering how the castile trade's going, well,

0:57:20.920 --> 0:57:23.120
<v Speaker 1>he was the Gino Winker trade but still well trading

0:57:23.160 --> 0:57:26.280
<v Speaker 1>with the Reds. Yeah, exactly, like Levi Stout made his

0:57:26.320 --> 0:57:28.040
<v Speaker 1>way back to the Mariners because he didn't do much.

0:57:28.160 --> 0:57:34.080
<v Speaker 1>Brandon Williamson's been very okay since he's since he's been

0:57:34.120 --> 0:57:37.560
<v Speaker 1>traded over to the Reds. Like, yeah, the Mariners actually

0:57:37.600 --> 0:57:43.840
<v Speaker 1>haven't lost any prospects recently that they're absolutely shedding tears about.

0:57:43.840 --> 0:57:48.720
<v Speaker 1>Actually Brandon Williamson hasn't pitched all year, but yeah, like

0:57:48.760 --> 0:57:50.680
<v Speaker 1>there's not a lot of prospects they've lost recently that

0:57:51.000 --> 0:57:53.280
<v Speaker 1>that are just heartbreaking. Now, if you want to go ever,

0:57:54.080 --> 0:57:59.040
<v Speaker 1>Adam Jones, Pablo Lopez, Freddy Peralta, I was gonna say,

0:57:59.040 --> 0:58:01.360
<v Speaker 1>if you do like the last decade, he would all

0:58:01.480 --> 0:58:03.720
<v Speaker 1>be like post twenty twenty one because the members didn't

0:58:03.720 --> 0:58:13.040
<v Speaker 1>have any good prospects pre what from twenty twenty eighteen

0:58:13.320 --> 0:58:18.400
<v Speaker 1>to twenty thirteen, like almost none.

0:58:19.240 --> 0:58:21.920
<v Speaker 2>Do you count Kyle Lewis because he won Rookie of

0:58:21.920 --> 0:58:24.640
<v Speaker 2>the Year. Do you mean just solely as a prospect prospects?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because Kyle Lewis in that timeframe, he like when

0:58:28.400 --> 0:58:31.440
<v Speaker 1>they had initially initially got drafted, like wow, amazing. They

0:58:31.520 --> 0:58:35.280
<v Speaker 1>tore up his knee, so all most of his prospect

0:58:35.520 --> 0:58:37.920
<v Speaker 1>I was a good chunk of his prospect luster went

0:58:37.960 --> 0:58:39.120
<v Speaker 1>out the window when he did that.

0:58:39.440 --> 0:58:43.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I think in terms of the original question, again,

0:58:43.320 --> 0:58:45.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't know which way he's asking it. I think

0:58:45.080 --> 0:58:46.880
<v Speaker 2>it's about which prospect would be the hardest to go

0:58:47.040 --> 0:58:51.680
<v Speaker 2>right now. But I would say Colt Emerson too now.

0:58:51.760 --> 0:58:53.480
<v Speaker 2>I think on another episode I might have said fell

0:58:53.560 --> 0:58:56.400
<v Speaker 2>mean slightly over cold. I think it's close, but Colt's

0:58:56.440 --> 0:59:00.840
<v Speaker 2>a little closer than Celestine. Celestine just unfortunately endured another

0:59:00.880 --> 0:59:03.000
<v Speaker 2>wrist injury. I don't we don't know what the extent

0:59:03.080 --> 0:59:04.959
<v Speaker 2>of it is yet, Like we haven't heard any further

0:59:05.080 --> 0:59:09.240
<v Speaker 2>on it. But again, Colt is an affiliated ball And

0:59:09.360 --> 0:59:13.280
<v Speaker 2>also for those who might not know Colt Emerson as

0:59:13.360 --> 0:59:18.200
<v Speaker 2>of Wednesday morning, has a thirty five game on day

0:59:18.240 --> 0:59:21.600
<v Speaker 2>streak in Modesto. That guy's pretty good, and Keith Wall

0:59:21.640 --> 0:59:23.960
<v Speaker 2>has him as his number five prospect in baseball as

0:59:24.000 --> 0:59:26.560
<v Speaker 2>a nineteen year old in Lowa. I think that guy's

0:59:26.600 --> 0:59:28.840
<v Speaker 2>gonna be pretty good if all, if everything keeps up and.

0:59:28.880 --> 0:59:31.000
<v Speaker 1>He's doing it while not hitting for a ton of power.

0:59:31.520 --> 0:59:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm.

0:59:32.280 --> 0:59:35.280
<v Speaker 1>Like imagine when he actually starts hitting for consistent power,

0:59:36.280 --> 0:59:38.480
<v Speaker 1>so you go over that stretches slugs only like what

0:59:38.680 --> 0:59:42.240
<v Speaker 1>four p thirty something like that. Yeah, it could be

0:59:42.280 --> 0:59:42.760
<v Speaker 1>a lot better.

0:59:43.720 --> 0:59:46.040
<v Speaker 2>Point being, we're probably gonna see coult Emerson in Modesto

0:59:46.080 --> 0:59:48.440
<v Speaker 2>by the end of the year. Sorry, Everett. By the

0:59:48.520 --> 0:59:51.960
<v Speaker 2>end of the year, people are gonna have very good

0:59:52.000 --> 0:59:53.480
<v Speaker 2>reason to get out to Everett here in the next

0:59:53.520 --> 0:59:57.400
<v Speaker 2>couple months because Lazara Montes is there, colt Emerson should

0:59:57.400 --> 0:59:59.960
<v Speaker 2>be there soon. We assume Durangelo Sinjo is gonna be there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's gonna be a that's gonna be a fun team

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<v Speaker 2>to go watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree. Next question comes from Mitchell Hopkins on YouTube,

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<v Speaker 1>and his question is what is your ideal playoff rotation

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<v Speaker 1>if they started today?

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<v Speaker 2>Hmmm, So this is our second to last question, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, in the mailbag, just so people know, But

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<v Speaker 2>Logan and Kirby one two is obvious. I think you

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<v Speaker 2>have to go with those two.

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<v Speaker 1>What order?

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<v Speaker 2>I'd probably go Logan first. How about you?

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<v Speaker 1>I put Kirby first. I think it works out because

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<v Speaker 1>in a five game series, Gilbert pitches game five. In

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<v Speaker 1>a seven game series, Kirby pitches a game seven, So

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<v Speaker 1>it works out either way you get one of those two.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a preference though, at this, at right

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<v Speaker 1>this very second Kirby?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, for the third guy, I might. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you're gonna crucify me for this or not.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, Well I'm based on your language, the words

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<v Speaker 1>that just came out of your mouth, I have a

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<v Speaker 1>feeling of what you're about to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, In a five inning sample, I would probably say,

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Wu But if you need some okay, no, it's no, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>it's no, it's it's it's Louise. It's Louise.

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<v Speaker 1>But were you serious?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? Okay, But in like, in like a four inning

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<v Speaker 2>sample this year, if you talk about like the first

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<v Speaker 2>four or five innings, who has actually dominated hitters more

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<v Speaker 2>this year? That's what I'm getting at here.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, Brian Wu, in his very very small sample

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<v Speaker 1>of what he has pitched this season, correct, what's the

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<v Speaker 1>difference in innings between those two?

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<v Speaker 2>Drastic? Absolutely drastic. But I am talking about swing and

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<v Speaker 2>miss walk rate hard Like, I'm sure, I'm sure we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get comments of some people calling me crazy. I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's that crazy. Now, Brian Wu's never

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<v Speaker 2>worked into the seventh inning in his career, so that

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<v Speaker 2>plays into this in terms of longevity. But like it is,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's a hot take to say when

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<v Speaker 2>they have been on the mound, who has overpowered hitters

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<v Speaker 2>more this year? Brian Woo or Louis Castillo, like, pull

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<v Speaker 2>up their Savant pages tell me what the difference is.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just saying I can, in good faith do that.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't.

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<v Speaker 2>So if that's the case, then Wu needs to piggyback

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<v Speaker 2>somebody on one of these starts. That's what I do

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<v Speaker 2>with them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm I'm I'm sorry to and like like and

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<v Speaker 1>just sitting here looking at his game logs lyle like like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So Wu overall in the season, in the small sample

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<v Speaker 1>he's pitch is good over the first five innings of

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<v Speaker 1>a start. On a rate basis, Brian Wu has been

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<v Speaker 1>better than Louis Castillo. But I mean, if you just

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<v Speaker 1>want to appel back the curtain and look a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about who he's facing, I mean, it's the A's,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the Royals. They played him at t Mobile part.

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<v Speaker 1>The Royals don't hit on the road. He did pitch

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<v Speaker 1>well in New York against the Yankees, but we know

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<v Speaker 1>that's a shaky offensive team outside of two bats. He

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<v Speaker 1>faced the Nationals, he faced the Angels, he faced the

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<v Speaker 1>A's again before he got lit up by the Guardians.

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<v Speaker 1>He got hurt against the Rays, and then he faced

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<v Speaker 1>the Angels again where he got got lit up. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's like it's not all sunshine and roses and their

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<v Speaker 1>earies right now, while are actually kind of similar. So oh,

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<v Speaker 1>actually no, there's a sorry, there's a run separating it. Sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was a three in front of it

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<v Speaker 1>two three five for Wu and like a three to

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<v Speaker 1>three for Castillo. But no, I can't do that. I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>So the center with Castillo has shown you in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that plays a factor here. I just again,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. I don't love the fact that he's getting

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<v Speaker 2>hit very hard this year, and I don't love the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that there have just been very starts this year

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<v Speaker 2>that you can really pinpoint and say, this looks like

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<v Speaker 2>ace Luis Castillo. Now, okay, when it's all said and done, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd probably pick Castillo over Brian Woo to start the

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<v Speaker 2>third game. And that's and and and most of you

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<v Speaker 2>would too. But then in that case, we should piggyback

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<v Speaker 2>one of these starts, because a lot of times starters

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<v Speaker 2>don't make it that far in a postseason start.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's my here's another problem I have with this.

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<v Speaker 1>So like over so over the first five innings, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're at the point right now in the season

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<v Speaker 1>where we don't even trust Brian would have finished five

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<v Speaker 1>innings seriously, So.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he piggybacks somebody, That's what I'm saying. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>look at that, but he's not starting. So look at

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<v Speaker 2>what most starters do in the postseason. When Luis went

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<v Speaker 2>seven and a third scoreless in Toronto, that was awesome,

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<v Speaker 2>Like he dominated, But those starts, this isn't just about Louis.

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<v Speaker 2>This is in general don't often occur in postseason outings.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of starters get chased early in postseason games.

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<v Speaker 2>It just seems to happen. Logan Gilbert, when can he

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<v Speaker 2>pitched that outing in Houston? He went about five, five

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<v Speaker 2>and a third, So if that happens. We've got questions

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<v Speaker 2>about the Mariners bullpen, right like some especially with Santos's injury.

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<v Speaker 2>Let Wu piggyback, let him go three, let him go four, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>it shortens the need to have a bullpen finish the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the way from the fifth inning on in

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<v Speaker 2>a playoff game. Like how about so again? So how

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<v Speaker 2>about like, if you don't trust Wu to go deep

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<v Speaker 2>in a postseason game, that's fine because he hasn't shown

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<v Speaker 2>he even does it really in the regular season. But

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<v Speaker 2>would I would trust him to piggyback that's for sure

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<v Speaker 2>to get three us Fine.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no problem with the piggyback. If your best

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<v Speaker 1>pitchers are pitching, that's totally okay. I mean, I trust

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Wu coming out of the bullpen if he has to,

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<v Speaker 1>Like Saint Luis Castillo, struggles like he has at times

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<v Speaker 1>this season, gets hit hard, doesn't have his best command,

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<v Speaker 1>comes out of the game in the fifth inning, and Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Wu comes in and pitches you through the seventh. That's fine,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you want. Then you go Jimmy Garcia and

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<v Speaker 1>Munos close out the game. That's that's a pitching plan

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<v Speaker 1>I can get behind. But Louis Castillo's starting Game three

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<v Speaker 1>not a question, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I just again, I'm sure we're gonna have people that disagree,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's fine. Like I just I will once again

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<v Speaker 2>say that while I would still probably pick Castillo to

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<v Speaker 2>start Game three, that I don't think it's that hot

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<v Speaker 2>of a take to say that. In the samples each

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<v Speaker 2>of them have. In terms of who has overpowered hitters

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<v Speaker 2>more this year, it's been Brian lou.

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<v Speaker 1>If Louis Castillo had the same workload as Brian Wu,

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<v Speaker 1>would he look more dominant.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, to be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, in the sense of not having to pitch as long.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe, but it's not like he often gets lit up

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<v Speaker 2>very late in the game, and it's because it's a

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<v Speaker 2>fatigue thing. They'll get lit up early in the game sometimes, Louise.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fair, but it knowing you only have to pitch

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<v Speaker 1>four you could throw harder. Stuff's all sharper.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true, But it's look, it's I'm sure we're just

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<v Speaker 2>taking I mean, I'm sure we're just having some discussion here,

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<v Speaker 2>like this is just two people sitting and debating what's

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<v Speaker 2>probably probably in the end gonna be nonsense, because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure the rotation they will roll out in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>would in some order be Kirby Logan Castillo. But I

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<v Speaker 2>I think I think if you're gonna try to get

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<v Speaker 2>through a postseason, even with the rotation as good as

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<v Speaker 2>the Mariners, you're gonna need Brian Wu. And honestly, if

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<v Speaker 2>they choose to go four starters in terms of a

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<v Speaker 2>playoff rotation, like he's the guy I'm picking forth, that's

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<v Speaker 2>for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it would that would definitely be a piggyback, like

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<v Speaker 1>they would probably split it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, So point being like Mariners make the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Wu's gonna be important that ar Like, I'll start

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<v Speaker 2>that narrative right now, whether he's starting the game, whether

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<v Speaker 2>he piggybacks, they are going to need him because there

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<v Speaker 2>are not many guys on this pitching staff period who

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<v Speaker 2>have better overpowering stuff than him, So they're gonna need him.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get to our last mail back question. This comes

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<v Speaker 1>from Jacob sending us a question on YouTube, and the

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<v Speaker 1>question is, now that you're regulars on seven to ten

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<v Speaker 1>filling in, what is the next goal? Where would you

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<v Speaker 1>like to fill in or get a recurring gig next?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's nice, he says that. I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if we're technically regulars yet, but I mean it's

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<v Speaker 2>cool we're doing it a second time, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I will say, so here's what I've kind of talked about,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll see how much of this really comes to

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<v Speaker 2>fruition or not. But I think both of us are

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<v Speaker 2>very much in line in the sense that we want

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<v Speaker 2>this podcast to go as far as we can possibly

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<v Speaker 2>have it go, like we'd love to like, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>have any plans to stop doing it, that's for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>and we want to keep being creative and keep implementing

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<v Speaker 2>new ideas and keep having cool guests, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>update our equipment soon enough to do a bunch more

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<v Speaker 2>stuff with that. I would also, at LEAs for me,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to speak for TJ. I would also

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<v Speaker 2>love to parlay doing this podcast with eventually doing some

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<v Speaker 2>national baseball stuff too, like we've had Jerry Rabis on

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<v Speaker 2>this show. Some form of the type of setup he

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<v Speaker 2>has now I think would be cool. He's got a

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<v Speaker 2>team based podcast in the Red Sox that is as

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<v Speaker 2>popular as a team podcast can be, but he's also

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<v Speaker 2>very big nationally now and he does a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>different national baseball stuff. I'd love to do something like

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<v Speaker 2>that where we've got this podcast. Hopefully we keep getting

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<v Speaker 2>to fill in on the radio when they allow us

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<v Speaker 2>to do so, because it's really fun and we and

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<v Speaker 2>to have that presence. But some form of national stuff

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to do too, whether it's a national baseball

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<v Speaker 2>podcast or just like national social content with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>some of the stuff we do with players or fans.

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<v Speaker 2>If we were going to do that on a national

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<v Speaker 2>scale for an outlet, or if we started it on

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<v Speaker 2>our own something like that. But like I'd love to

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<v Speaker 2>do both, kind of like this is the last thing

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say and I'll tr over to you. Like Brock

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<v Speaker 2>for example, Brockyward he hosts Brockensak five days a week

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<v Speaker 2>on Seattle Sports, but he also calls college football games

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<v Speaker 2>for Fox like national games, so he does both. To

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<v Speaker 2>have some double dip in baseball would be what I'd

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<v Speaker 2>love to do. But I think we're in agreement this podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>like we want to just keep going.

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<v Speaker 1>Ultimately, I think it all boils back to, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>making this podcast as successful as possible and then seeing

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<v Speaker 1>what opportunities like branch out because of because of this.

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<v Speaker 1>Like for example, before we started this podcast, I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>like me working in radio would get me opportunities to

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<v Speaker 1>host in bigger markets, not this, Like legitimately that's what

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, But because of the work we do here

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<v Speaker 1>that has given open the door and given us the

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to do that, which is, you know, which is

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<v Speaker 1>super cool. Like I again, I think it's like a

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<v Speaker 1>basic simple answer, but but I pretty I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to see where this takes us and see what doors

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<v Speaker 1>open up after that, because like you're and I your

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<v Speaker 1>life in my life, like post schools like change so much,

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<v Speaker 1>and like, well we think we want to do like

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<v Speaker 1>committing to just sort of like the only thing that

1:11:17.720 --> 1:11:20.000
<v Speaker 1>remains consistent is like wanting to be around sports and

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<v Speaker 1>wanting to be around baseball. So wherever like this takes that,

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<v Speaker 1>like I think I'm cool with because I think it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be fun no matter what we're doing. So it's not

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if it's like a simple answer, but

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<v Speaker 1>just trying to grow our platform as big as possible

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<v Speaker 1>and allow some opportunities, have fun, be more interactive with

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<v Speaker 1>you guys, and finding ways to make the continue to

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<v Speaker 1>make this fun and engaging for you guys, and fun

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<v Speaker 1>and engaging for us. So we want to keep doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>And hopefully the Mariners play well too so we have

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<v Speaker 1>more motivation.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, and building a whole community out of this

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<v Speaker 2>thing has been has been really fun too, and like

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<v Speaker 2>meeting all these different Mariners fans. But like, yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>said that, well, I mean, look, I've always been kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a person that thinks out ahead and has ideas

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<v Speaker 2>and always just trying to you know, in brainstorms and

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<v Speaker 2>and kind of maybe is maybe I'm a day dreamer.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but like things could very well change,

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<v Speaker 2>like like like that's what I'm talking about right now

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of like, oh, I'd love to do that

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<v Speaker 2>long term, like do the Mariners thing, also do some

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<v Speaker 2>national stuff parlaid with it. But things could change, like

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<v Speaker 2>you just said, Like I don't I don't think when

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<v Speaker 2>we graduated school we thought we would be doing any

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<v Speaker 2>anything other than play by play broadcasting and I also

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<v Speaker 2>don't think when we very first started this podcast, we

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<v Speaker 2>ever in a million years thought we'd be hosting Brock

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<v Speaker 2>and Salk. So like it's kind of kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>long winded way to say, like there's there's sometimes no

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<v Speaker 2>way to know what's gonna happen out in front of you.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, with with the time we try to

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<v Speaker 2>spend into making this something something cool, we hope more

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<v Speaker 2>more interesting and exciting opportunities arise, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, and all based off of what we do here,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, which is what an all time, what it

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<v Speaker 1>all comes back.

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<v Speaker 2>To, for sure, Like there's no plans to stop this thing,

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<v Speaker 2>that's for sure. Like wherever wherever this road takes us,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it always kind of will wind back up here.

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<v Speaker 2>Now hopefully in time again we're doing more of this

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<v Speaker 2>in person, because that'd be great, like all the in

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<v Speaker 2>person recording.

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<v Speaker 1>Or this person make more money and we have more

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<v Speaker 1>time to do more things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know what you want to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>to the original point of the question, like how we

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<v Speaker 2>might get more time on like other radio stations or

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<v Speaker 2>national outlets or whatever. Yeah, if the Mariners make the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>because if the Mariners make the playoffs and go on

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<v Speaker 2>a run, like people are gonna want to hear about

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<v Speaker 2>the Mariners more so than ever before. So we haven't

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<v Speaker 2>done this podcast while the Mariners have been in the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>So I would I'd love to experience that, not just

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<v Speaker 2>because we want to see the Mariners in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>as diehard fans, but like to see what content we

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<v Speaker 2>could do out of that, and like what podcasts look like.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure we'd go to some games and vlog a

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<v Speaker 2>playoff experience. It's like all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and just to see the swell of interest would

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<v Speaker 1>be nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, not too anyway, I mean that was a good

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<v Speaker 2>last I mean all the questions were good. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a good last question. It almost kind of worked as

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<v Speaker 2>a speak your mind too, which works out. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say that just about wraps up the mail bag,

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<v Speaker 2>which has been another very good one. You guys are

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<v Speaker 2>always good about sending in fun questions that make us

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<v Speaker 2>think and are also you know, paired with some good

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<v Speaker 2>Mariners questions too. It's all it's all fun, So shout

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<v Speaker 2>out to you guys for being creative. I would say,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, I think that just about wraps up this

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<v Speaker 2>edition of the Marine Layer Podcast. You guys know the drill.

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