WEBVTT - Episode 443: Was It The Right Move To Send Down Colt Emerson? (Mailbag) 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.239 Episode number four forty three of the Marine Layer Podcast. 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:05.200 It's a mailbag episode, so we'll open it up and 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:07.039 answer your best listener questions. 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:10.039 You guys, reminder before we start the show, just make 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:12.680 sure you're downloading these podcast episodes if you're listening, and 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:14.560 make sure you go rate and review and leave it 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:17.520 five stars, whether you're on Apple or Spotify. And if 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:20.200 you're watching the video component of this on YouTube, hit 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:22.599 that subscribe button. You can find us at our website too, 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:27.400 marine layerpod dot com. Everything's there, episodes, merch, Patreon, it's 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.080 all at marine layerpod dot com, and then find us 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:33.240 on social media. We're posting content every day at marine 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:33.800 Layer Pod. 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:50.120 Let's get it rolling and we will peach. This episode 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.559 of the Marine Layer Podcast part of the Just Baseball 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:57.680 podcast network, recording here on Thursday evening, August thirteen. Is 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:01.400 there one series into this road trip? Lyle and Well, 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:03.480 they've proved us right again. 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:06.280 Yeah, yeah, they have. 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.520 Like that was Alvin Davis's speech during fiftieth Weekend, right, 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.600 prove us right. They're unfortunately continuing to prove us right 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.600 because they had two games where they just got outworked 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.039 and outclassed by a Yankees team that's flat out better 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:24.200 than them, and then you win a one nothing duel 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:26.800 thanks to a Weston Wilson home run. 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:28.320 Like, think about that sentence right there. 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:30.840 You win one nothing in Yankee Stadium thanks to a 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.840 Weston Wilson home run to win one lowly game in 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:34.319 the Bronx. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.440 Pop the champagne cause for celebration. 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:41.760 Listen credit to Logan Gilbert. 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.960 He pitched his tailoff and he outdueled Max Freed, bullpen 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:49.520 held it down. This isn't a pitching knock, but good 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.920 god man, one run and that's. 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:53.240 How you win. 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.040 The I wanted signs on this road trip while I'm 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:59.320 watching these games that the Mariners have a chance to 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.560 turn their seats and a round ers. Frankly, at this 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:05.400 point save their season. There wasn't anything in New York 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:09.400 that suggested they were saving their season. The reaction after 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:11.680 the first two losses for the Mariners in this series 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:16.519 where the exact same as the losses over the fiftieth weekend. Depressing, frustrating, 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.720 and ultimately a team that's just not as good as 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:21.639 the best teams in the American League, the teams they're 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.000 gonna need to beat to get into the postseason. And 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.800 by the way, this Yankees team is at like half strength. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.520 There's no judge. I don't think Cody Bellinger was playing 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.280 this weekend either. They're they're far from full strength right 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.919 now and clearly better than the Mariners are. I really 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.840 wish we had a more optimistic take to come out 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:44.800 of the series, but no, there was not really one. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.880 And you got the worst starter in the Yankees rotation 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.200 in this series two and Will Warren and you scored 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.040 some runs on them, but you still lost the game. 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.160 I mean, in this series, you miss Judge, you miss Bellinger, 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.520 you miss Stanton, you miss Schlitler because you didn't have 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.560 to face them in their turn in the rotation and 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:03.200 to face Garrett Cole and you still only won one 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.880 of three in which you scored one run in your win. 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.760 Yeah, and look, they might play well this week and 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.400 against the Astros, they very well might take two of three, 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.040 because frankly, the Astros are the one team the Mariners 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.079 have consistently beat this season. They played eight times and 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.960 they've won seven of those games. Even though the Astros 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.040 are a little bit healthier now. Maybe the Mariners just 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.800 match up better with the Astros than they do with 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:30.440 other teams. But going into this weekend, if the Mariners 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:36.920 just take what two of three against the Astros, that's 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.560 not enough at this point. The Mariners need to get 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:41.640 into a habit now. If they're gonna save their season, 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.760 they need to start sweeping teams, preferably sweeping teams in 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.600 their own division. It would be a great start if 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:49.440 they sweep the Astros. If they go out on the 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.040 road and they look dominant against the Astros, I might 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.560 have just the slightest more optimism when we sit down 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:59.600 Sunday night to date until I see that, though, I can't. 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.240 No, because if you only win two of three in Houston, 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.720 and by the way, that's assuming you win two of three, 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:10.040 but if they do, you're still four games back with 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.360 just thirty seven games to play. And in those thirty 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.960 seven games, you get the Brewers for three, you get 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.400 the Cubs for three, so that's six. You get the 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.160 Phillies for three, that's nine, you get the Red Sox 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:26.880 for three, that's twelve. And if you want to count 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:30.920 the Blue Jays, two o them in Toronto, So then 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.520 fifteen of you're remaining thirty seven games is against those 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:38.360 teams and you'd need to make up four games in 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.960 those thirty seven, not just hold ground, not just tread water. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.279 You'd have to make up ground and against those teams 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:47.560 on the road at Benway, on the road of Milwaukee, 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.040 on the road in Toronto, home against the Cubs and Phillies. 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:52.280 Oof. 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.400 Yeah, at least Dan had plenty good answers after the games. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.160 Good lord. We can get to that in a second. 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:04.240 But I will just say the Mariners have not won 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.760 a series against the team with a winning record since 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.359 the end of May, when they beat the Diamondbacks at home, 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:15.000 when they swept the Diamondbacks. Really, I mean, you want 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.400 to go through the schedule. We're just sitting here, two 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:21.240 friends talking ball with a with a few people hopefully listening. 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.599 We can listen. We can go through the schedule right now. 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:27.359 You want to go through their schedule since they last 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.039 beat the Diamondbacks in May, so you go to June. 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.919 Here are the series they've won the Mets at home. 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.760 You know, the Mets don't have a winning record. No, 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.400 they let's see what's the next. 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.360 Series as who they began that win streak with. Definitely 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.679 don't have a winning record. They've they've been awful. 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:46.280 No, and the and the. 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.120 A's series win was before the Diamondbacks because that was 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:50.279 part of that win streak. 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:51.440 I think it was part of the win streak. 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:53.680 It was the start of the eight game win streak. 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:55.720 Yeah, right, yeah, because they got the A's and then 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:56.640 the Diamondbacks. Right. 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:01.320 So, anyway, you lost the series of the Tigers is 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.440 still in June. You split with the Orioles, you lost 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.159 to the Nationals. You beat the Orioles but they had 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:08.479 a losing record at the time, lost the series to 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.880 the Red Sox, lost the series to the Pirates, lost 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.279 the series to the Guardians. Beat the Angels. Okay, great, 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.480 you swept them. They certainly are not above five hundred 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.840 as we know. You beat the Blue Jays, who were 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.080 not above five hundred when they played that series. They're 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.839 still not above five hundred now. Then you get swept 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:27.839 by the Marlins, lose to a three to the Rays. 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.440 Then it's the All Star break. You win the Giants 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.880 series under five hundred, lose to the Reds, lose to 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:37.200 the Rangers, lose to the Dodgers, beat the Twins in 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.839 two or three under five hundred, lose to the Tigers, 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.200 lose to the Rays lose to the Yankees. They have 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.000 not won a series against the team over five hundred 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.200 in two and a half months since the end of 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.960 May against the Diamondbacks. 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.040 And technically that could change. And what's funny about this 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.000 whole thing is I the Diamondbacks is like, great, they're 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.640 above five hundred? Are they really like that good? 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:00.159 Like? 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:01.200 Are the diamond Is that? 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:01.400 Like? 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:03.719 Is that like a series? You want to like plant 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:05.960 your flag in and say, man, I'm happy the Mariners 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:09.159 won that series against the Diamondbacks. That that really showed 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.080 the rest of the league how serious the Mariners are. Oh, 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.040 the Diamondbacks have a considerably better record than the Mariners, 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:16.600 but these days that's not that hard. 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:17.840 Oh dude. 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:21.280 The only series they've won on the road against the 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:24.240 team over five hundred this year is the last time 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.320 they played the Astros. And by the way, I don't 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.800 even think the Astros were over five hundred during that 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:29.680 series the last time. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:31.080 No, I think they were in last place. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.480 Yeah, they were seventeen and twenty eight by the end 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.200 of that series. They're over five hundred now, They certainly 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.320 weren't over five hundred then. And aside from those guys, 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.680 I mean, if the Mariners even won another series on 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.040 the road against a team that's over five hundred this year, 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:50.000 I'm looking at April. I don't think they have. I mean, 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.520 they swept the Cardinals, who were over five hundred barely 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:54.280 at that time. 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:55.720 But as we sit down. 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.600 They're barely over five hundred right now, they're sixty one 0:07:58.640 --> 0:07:59.200 and sixty. 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.560 So the point being is when you're grasping for straws 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.640 talking about the Mariners' best roads series wins of the 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.120 year or over the Astros and the Cardinals, and their 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.280 best series win of the year is like, essentially, in 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:11.920 the last. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.960 The Brave Series was the best series win of the year. 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.800 Sorry, yes it was in the last three months. Your 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.920 best series win is over the Diamondbacks. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:19.880 Yeah. 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.800 I mean again, this is assuming you're trying to put 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.200 on the assumption that hey, if they win two of 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.920 three in Houston, that's still not enough, just like let 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:31.400 alone a sweep. No, there's not even a guarantee they 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.800 win two of three. And by the way, you lose 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.240 this series in Houston, I'll stamp it right here. 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.680 You lose the series in Houston, the season is over. 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:40.800 That's that's it. 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.440 You lose you lose two of three or worse, you 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.880 are minimum six back with thirty seven to go. 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.640 And the rest of that August schedule looming. 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.800 You lose this series, you're done. You gotta win this series. 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.679 It all, it all rides on this weekend. At this point, 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.400 you have got to go win this series. 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.640 One hundred percent agree. I honestly, they need to win 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:04.120 every series for the rest of the season. I mentioned 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:09.320 the math on Wednesday's podcast listener. Desmond and I were 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.199 going through it while we were sitting there at the 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:15.400 Hall getting ready to tape the podcast on Tuesday night. 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.640 But like to get the Mariners to eighty five wins, 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.560 they essentially need to win two out of every three 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.520 games the rest of the season. They essentially need to 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.920 win every series just to get to eighty five wins. 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.000 That's the kind of hill the Mariners are standing at 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.280 right now. So yeah, I mean, it's bare minimum that 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.040 they need to win the series next but you're right, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.400 I think they need to sweep because they need to 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.040 start making up considerable ground if we're going to see 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:38.319 any real sort of change. 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.720 And even if you sweep the Astros, then you have 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.079 to hold serve against the Brewers, because if you go 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.040 sweep in Houston and then get swept in Milwaukee, who's 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.040 not only the best team in baseball by record, but 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.400 the best offense in baseball, you go get swept in Milwaukee, 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.839 you just wiped away every piece of ground you made up, 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.440 at least in your own record, because three wins will 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.599 have been negated by three losses. So you would have 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:00.520 to go sweep in Milwaukee and then you have to 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:04.120 hold Serve in or sorry, you'd have to go to sweep 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.199 in Houston and then hold serve in Milwaukee. 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.680 So they would need we need So five of six 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.640 is what we're saying. They need to win five of 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:16.480 their next six games to save for us to not 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.720 declare their season over by the end of the road trip. 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:20.320 Yeah. 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.720 I mean if you sweep Houston and you lose two 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:24.920 of three in Milwaukee, I mean we can check in 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.720 on how Houston's doing during the week because if they 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.199 match up win loss wise with the Mariners, then maybe 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:32.680 you're still around two or three back and it's still 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:36.080 in range. But yes, like roughly five of six and 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:37.920 you need all three wins against the Astros. 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.400 And I'll tell you this weekend did not suggest much 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.920 that the Mariners were gonna go get five of six 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.160 wins in the next two series. But I guess I 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.800 feel better about them facing the Astros. But the American 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:54.280 League West sucks, so great, congratulations to them. Anything else 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:54.840 before we get to. 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:56.880 The mail bag, Well, it's like you said, at least 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.480 Dan had some really awesome answers. Every postgame in the 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.040 Bronx was just that was that was a riveting time, 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:03.440 a riveting old time. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.160 Would I be lying if I said I actually look 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.200 forward to like what he has to say after the game. 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.480 I do too, because I simply wait to hear if 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:14.720 we're gonna get a tough one or not. 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.040 I know you listen for that, but I actually listened 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:23.000 for like the quotes, not because I'm actually interested in 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:25.520 like the meaning of what he has to say, Because 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.679 everyone listening to this could could essentially sum up how 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.320 Dan would answer any single question. Or it's like find 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.480 x positive out of the negativity of the question and 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.920 talk about it and then don't acknowledge anything else. That's 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.240 essentially how he answers everything. But where he like talks 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.760 about that, he like liked the matchup of Michael Rucker 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.040 on on what was that Wednesday? 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:48.920 Tuesday? 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.040 Oh no, it's Tuesday. Sorry that he like liked the 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.360 matchup of Michael Rucker and the seventh inning against the 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.080 Yankees on Tuesday. I mean, you honestly just have to 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:58.440 respect a master at work. 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.720 At that point, I was wondering where you were going 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:01.920 with this. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.040 It's like, oh, you like to see how he can 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.880 trip over himself with his words, That's what you were getting. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.560 At sure, But even like again at this point, I mean, 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.960 it's just kind of funny. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.160 Oh, like you said, it's like watching Picasso paint with 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:17.240 these postgame pressers. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:17.840 It really is. 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:21.360 Because when he says we liked the matchup of Michael Rucker, 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:26.200 I just want to acknowledge we recorded very shortly after 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.080 the end of Tuesday's game, and we were taping with 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.440 our friends over at Queen Anne Beer Hall and with Corona, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.000 which is a blast to everybody that came out, thank you, 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:39.480 But we were taping shortly after then. I realized the 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:44.920 next morning just how disastrous that decision was because we 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:49.439 simply thought to ourselves at the time, well, spire was down. 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:53.000 Ferrera had already pitched, you gotta do something. I did 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:56.800 not realize Michael Rucker was giving up a nine to 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:02.360 ninety one ops against left handed batters this season, nine 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.280 ninety one. And by the way, he's got a rod 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.959 ops against of eight fifty two, so he's not good 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.520 on the road, and he's even worse against lefties. And 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:13.680 I know you inspired down and unavailable, but your next 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:17.000 best option is the guy who's getting crushed into oblivion 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.800 by lefties, and you had him face two lefties. Dude, 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:23.480 what are we doing? And then we we liked the matchup? Yeah, 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.840 what about it? Because when you say we like the 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.600 matchup and provide no context, it makes you and everybody 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:29.720 else around you look worse. 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:31.920 Yeah, I don't know. 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:37.080 Like that in itself is objectively terrible. What's also bad 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.280 in that spot is like the only the two guys 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.560 you essentially could have, I mean, not even convinced yourself, 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:44.600 because the Mariners are in a position with their bullpend 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.920 that socially and Brian will only goes five, you need 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.880 to cover four innings. There's not I guess as many 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.920 good options as you'd like when you need your down 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.440 one reliever, especially when you would have definitely used in 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.679 that spot. I guess it would have been like Josh 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:01.680 sim saying, like Josh Simpson did in pitch the sixth 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.160 then he did he on Tuesday. 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.480 No, I don't think he pitched it all in this series. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.680 If I have that, I no Freer. 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.479 Pitched the sixth inning on on Tuesday. 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.720 Yeah, I don't think. I don't think Simpson pitch. 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.040 And look, I hate to say it, because he has 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:18.760 not inspired confidence so far, but that is probably domingas 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.640 a spot or it should have been. He's not great 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.480 against lefties either, but at least he strikes batters out. 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.400 He gets swing and miss sometimes. 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.680 Uh, that's I think that. That's my second point here, 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.880 where it's like, I don't think the Mariners trust Sir 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.880 Anthony Dimingez at all. Well, then he's been pitching in 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:36.760 mop up duty. 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.040 Well, then it's sure a good thing. 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.320 They added no other relievers at the deadline and also 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.280 picked up the ten and a half million bucks on 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:44.520 his contract next year. 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:45.800 It is just awesome. 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.480 It is really awesome that that was their one reliever 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.320 that they added, tried to like promote him and tried 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.400 to like spin him publicly as a leverage guy, and 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.800 now he's pitching in mop up and you let Michael 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.080 Rucker in his tent is ten hundred ops against lefties pitching, that's. 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.480 Him, because in some order they would have had to 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.480 like throw I don't know, they would have to put 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.480 Bizart to win instead of him, who's also really really 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.440 really struggled, and then maybe you go to Domingas and 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.240 an inning later in the eighth inning. I don't know, man, dude, 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.200 they're bullpen. It's just like it's a mess. It's there's 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.680 if they're gonna refuse to pitch Andres Munos before the 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.840 ninth inning, which they clearly have. He has barely thrown 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.800 the last like two months because he he's just being 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.680 saved for the ninth inning with the lead, and the 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.920 Mariners are ten and twenty three in their last thirty 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:37.160 three games, so literally only ten possible games he could 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.560 throw in in that in that incense. So it just 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.880 leaves the Mariners in a terrible spot, and of course 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:46.200 they just leave someone who's just not good at that 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.040 at all to manage the whole scenario. It really is 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.840 just it is a great way to celebrate fifty seasons 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:53.800 of Mariners baseball. 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:58.120 Yeah, all right, we can get to the mailbag. I 0:15:58.120 --> 0:15:59.720 mean What else are we gonna say about the series? 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.920 It was good they won one game, they stole won 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.760 by scoring one run. But what else are you gonna say? 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.160 It comes down to this weekend. You've got to sweep 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:08.760 in Houston or you're in big trouble. 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.680 Facts all right, Before we get to our mailbag, we 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.600 want to tell you guys about Emerald Queen Casino's summer 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:18.280 lineup of shows this Saturday. 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Joh teen gets us started on the 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.800 mail bag and asks do you guys think someone like 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:42.160 Justin Turner would have helped the m's clubhouse, motivation, culture, etc. 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:44.640 If you were to add him to this team. 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.520 Does he mean adam to the team as a player, 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:51.119 Because look, Justin Turner was great in the half season 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:55.200 he was here, but he ran out a seventy two 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.440 ops plus with the Cubs last year at forty years old, 0:17:58.440 --> 0:17:59.920 and now I think he's playing in Mexico. 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:02.080 So how are stats in Mexico? 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:04.760 Is that? Can you find those? 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.640 I never like those are on reference. 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.160 I've looked, but I think sometimes it's just the winner. 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.800 Oh yeah, look at this Tijuana Justin Turner. You know what, 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.080 credit to him. He's got an eight to sixty four 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.040 ops down in Tijuana and he's hitting nearly three hundred. 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:20.280 Shout out JT, shout out the Red Dream. 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:25.840 Well, I mean, would you rather have Justin Turner or 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:27.280 Rob Refsnyder this season? 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:32.320 Dude? It can't be worse, right, I don't. 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:33.080 You don't think so. 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.280 I mean if if JT repeated, if JT repeated his 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:39.399 seventy two ops plus again this year, that's like triple 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:45.879 what Rob Refsnyder was putting up. So yeah, and eight 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:47.440 percent worse than the league average. 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.080 Still, you know, I think that a twenty twenty four 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.280 Justin Turner on the bench would have helped in a 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.320 number of ways. It would have helped the Mariner's bench 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.800 get better, because the Mariner's bench is horrendous and atrocious 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.119