WEBVTT - Mariners checkup w/Adam Jude 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.240 Mariors had a rough sort of ten game stretch, twelve 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:04.840 game stretch to start the season. Since then, they've been 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:07.280 one of the best teams in baseball, and I think 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:08.280 that's their expectation. 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:16.880 All Right, we're back and Adam is with us. Adam, 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.919 great to be with you. Love the backdrop, very professional, 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:23.400 very nice. Adam does a great job covering the Mariners 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:26.680 and the Marinos of course for the Seattle Times. So 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:30.160 let's talk about these ms a little bit. Logan Gilbert, 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:32.879 we'll start with him. Adam has been diagnosed with a 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.400 Grade one right elbow flexor strain and placed on the 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.839 injured list. Now, this is not something that Logan Gilbert 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:41.680 is familiar with, that whole il. 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:42.760 How serious is this? 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.720 Yeah, I think the Mayors believe and hope that they've 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:50.160 dodged a bullet here. I talked to Logan on Saturday, 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:54.440 right after he wrapped up his MRI, and he's encouraged. 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:55.639 Obviously, he's frustrated. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:57.480 He's never been on the injured list before in his 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.200 major league career. He wants to be out there for 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.560 his team. He's confident in this team. He wants to 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:04.520 be part of it. But this is obviously the best 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:06.200 thing for him, the best thing for the team at 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.240 this point. Shut it down for a couple of weeks. 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.880 They'll reassess see where he's at. I don't think the 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.000 Mariners and Logan Gilbert out of the woods entirely yet. 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.800 I mean, yes, it's a Grade one flexer strain, which 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:19.440 is encouraging. But you just never know with elbows, right, 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:23.200 if we've learned anything in this era of pitching, they're unpredictable. 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:23.959 You don't know. 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.000 So obviously the Mariners have their fingers crossed hoping for 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.800 the best. With Logan Gilbert. He's gonna shut down for 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:31.760 a couple of weeks, and obviously you would expect at 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.240 least two three weeks to build up after that if 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:35.440 they deem yourself. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:38.560 Enough to return. But I think it is an encouraging update, 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:39.160 at least at this. 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:45.840 Point, encouraging that everybody's flexer strain ends up being a 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.320 U See. I mean that's like you said, you said 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:53.000 he was encouraged. Did you bring any like not negativity, 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:56.560 but like the reality is that's like normally a precursor 0:01:56.800 --> 0:02:00.040 to Tommy John and this guy's never been hurt. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.600 So yeah, and you hate to put it this way. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.760 But you know, for a guy who has thrown as 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.960 many innings as he has over the last four years, 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.600 and throws as hard as he does and throws as 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.600 many splitters as he does, you wonder if it is 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.160 a ticking time bomb. And again, maybe this is a 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.960 precursor to something more serious. But the fact that it 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.480 was a Grade one and they were encouraged by the 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.280 images that they saw again is why they're walking away 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:26.600 at least a little bit encouraged. 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:26.919 Again. 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.840 Maybe they'll reassess, take another image in two weeks and 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.320 they'll find out, you know what, it's not improving and 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.120 maybe we need to consider something more serious. But for 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.560 what we know at this point, the Marriers are at 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.000 least spinning a positive update on it. 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.800 I know it was just rumors, but now they're really 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:45.959 glad that it didn't get rid of Luis Castillo and 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:49.560 they were looking to shed payroll because of all the 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:53.520 extra spending that they've been doing. Is there a need 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.919 for them to maybe go and add some starting pitching 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:58.399 if this doesn't turn around. 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.720 For them, Yeah, can't rule that out, you know, with 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.000 the Mariners and the way they're constructed right now in 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.200 the prospect system they have. They want to have one 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.239 of the best and deepest farm systems in baseball right now. 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.760 So I fully expect them to be as active, if 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:16.040 not more active than any team come July. And we 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.520 were obviously eyeing a you know, middle of the order 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.400 type bat if one is available at that point. But again, 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.480 if George Kirby is not fully right at that point, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.480 if if Logan Gilbert is still on the shelf, then yeah, 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.840 they certainly have to look at, you know, some sort 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.880 of proven starting pitching depth there. At the same time, 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.120 we saw yesterday another Logan Logan Evans, twenty three year 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.880 old twelfth round pick two years ago, comes up and 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.160 makes his major league debut yesterday, pitches five solid innings 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:45.360 against the Miami Marlins. He's another sort of hidden gem 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:48.120 that the Mariners have found and developed and looks like 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.480 a pretty good prospect for them. I think they're gonna 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.800 let him, let him go, give him a runway here 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.800 and see who can we can what he can do 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.800 while Logan while Logan Gilbert is still still on the Men, 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.840 but certainly rule that out. Again, I do expect Mayors 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:03.560 to be fully active this summer. 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:04.840 They expect to be in it. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.600 It's a wide open AL West, It's a wide open 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.880 al overall, and I think the Mariners are are quietly 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.480 expecting that they're going to be in it throughout the season. 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:17.440 Here, Adam. Is cal Rawley the best catcher in baseball? 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.240 That's the question. I picked him. We did a thing 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.160 where we got to pick three players to start our 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:23.719 team with and he was one of my three. So 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.599 obviously I think he's if not one, he's one or two. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.200 So is cal Rawley the best catcher in baseball? 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.600 I would defer to you on that, Aj, But I 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.240 was saying a year ago at this time that you 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.599 know he's right there as the best two way catcher 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:39.080 in baseball, and now I don't think you need to 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:40.120 qualify it as two way. 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.599 I think he's right there. You obviously look at Will. 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.799 Smith and his track record with the Dodgers, Contreras in Milwaukee, 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.880 Real Mutto Orioles obviously have a special one there too. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.880 But what cal Rawly is doing defensively I think puts 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.400 him over the top. When the Platinum Glove last year 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.960 in the American League and then signing that Contra, just 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.080 what he means to this pitching staff beyond just the defense, 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.840 the way he commands his pitching staff. There's a reason 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.080 these guys have been so good the past couple of years. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:11.480 A lot of reasons these guys have been so good, 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.839 but certainly cal Rawlely is near the top of the list. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.640 These guys don't shake off cal Rawley, and if they do, 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.239 they hear about it, and if they do, cal Rawley 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.840 is not giving them another option at that point. It's 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.800 actually pretty entertaining sometimes when some of the young pitchers 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.360 try to try to shake him off or want something else, 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:28.680 He's just not having it. 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.640 So he's earned that trust's and now he's. 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.000 Doing it with the bat consistently too, leading the majors, 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.680 tied for the Major League League and home runs. He's 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.960 always had that slug. I think the goal for him 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.640 this year offensively was to cut down on his strikeout 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.560 right a little bit, get on BASEI a little bit more, 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:46.640 be a tougher route with two strikes, and we are 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.440 seeing that so far here in the first month. To me, 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.400 he really has elevated himself into that next territory. 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.080 He's certainly making the most of that extension that they 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.960 gave him. Right before the season started, Adam, I will 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.400 see your cal rawly all rate you and dress munos 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.040 to see the best reliever in baseball. We don't talk 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:05.400 about him enough, should we be. 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.839 Yeah, he's kine of the that's just his personality. He's 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.000 really is one of the nicest guys in effect. As 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.560 we talk right now, I think he's doing a charity 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.720 event at a local animal shelter. He loves cats, and 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:21.400 he's raising awareness and doing something for cats here locally 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.880 in Seattle. 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I know he's hitting ninth and so 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.760 it's hard to be like a catalyst when I watch 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.920 this team. And I don't watch as much as you 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:25.760 watch or people on the West Coast watch, but I 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.320 watch a lot of games. I feel like when he's 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.760 not in the lineup, when he's injured, like last year 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.640 he's injured for part of the year, when he's out there, 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.400 something about him and the way he runs around the 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.800 field with energy, it makes me feel like he's the catalyst. 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:40.840 Am I right or wrong? 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.320 Yeah? He won a Gold Glove I think in twenty twenty, 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:48.040 and the defensive metrics don't love him because I don't 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.360 think he particularly is particularly strong going to his right. 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.800 Everything else, he makes every single routine play and I 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:55.360 don't think you can say that about anyone. 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.240 And I'm not picking on Ellie J. Lacruz, but the 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.080 Marriers played there last week. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.840 I saw Daily Cruz for Again, it's only three games, 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.400 but I saw every play for three games, and I 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.440 would take JP Crawford defensively in a heartbeat over Ellie 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.120 day La Cruz. I know he makes those miraculous catches 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.400 and pop ups and has all these highlight plays. JP 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.240 Crawford is the steadiest shortstop I think I've ever seen 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.760 at the major league level over a long period. He's 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.800 the best I've ever seen coming in on ground balls. 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.000 He makes that play every time, he makes it look easy. 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:24.199 Those aren't easy. 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.600 And then you add in what he's doing again offensively, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.679 he gets on base as well as anyone in the 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:33.000 American League right now, over four hundred on base. He's 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.200 got a great eye. That's exactly what you want at 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:36.760 the bottom of the lineup. He's not going to give 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.160 you a ton of home runs, but I think he's 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.640 playing a lot freer right now. I think he's learned 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:45.280 from Edgar Martinez, Kevin Sitzer. Just up the middle, opposite 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.480 field approaches is that's who he is at this stage 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.559 of his career. He doesn't need to drive a ball 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:51.760 to the ballpark. Just be a tough out, be it 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.040 tough at Matt, get on base as much as you can, 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.559 and he is really valuable in that regard, and especially 0:09:57.720 --> 0:09:59.839 valuable for this team doing that at the bottom of 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.080 the lineup, Adam. 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.400 I hate to even mention this because it's it's just 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.200 low hanging fruit, it seems like. But they got rid 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.280 of Scott's Service last year and we had just had 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.960 Scott on. He was a great interview and he knows 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.280 the game inside and out. Did that make a difference 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.760 getting him out and having Dan Wilson come in? Because 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.480 last month they were better. Now they've carried it over 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:27.360 into this month, especially offensively, So does it make that 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:29.120 big of a difference. And I don't want you to 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.319 take a shot at all at Scott Service, But is 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.080 it just the fact that maybe it was a different 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.120 voice saying maybe the same thing but a different way. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.760 Yeah, I think there is something to that against Scott Service. 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.040 I thought he was exactly what this organization needed at 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.959 the right time. He really provided a ton of stability, 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:49.680 got them to the playoffs in twenty twenty two, ended 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:53.800 that pretty historic drought, and I think he was a 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.280 great manager. Honestly, I think he was really underrated. I 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.120 think he got a bad rap for some of his 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.720 you know, bullpends making stuff. Obviously those things are easy 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.480 to second guess. For Monday morning quarterbacks. But I thought 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.000 he did a really really good job for this organization 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.559 for a long time. That said, they just got to 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:13.880 that point last August. It was two months of pretty 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.400 bad baseball. They blew a ten game lead, and I 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.520 think we could all kind of see it coming. I 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:22.040 didn't think it was gonna happen when it did. But yeah, 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:24.079 to your point, I think a change of voice, a 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.760 little bit of a change of tone sometimes can do 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.080 teams wonders, and I think it did for the Mariners. Really, 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.000 what's happened is they've really just simplified things. I think 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.120 I dan Wilson as kind of the ultimate throwback type manager. 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.360 He was, you know, he played for Lou Banella. 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.439 You think of Lou Panella and his style obviously, you 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.160 think of him throwing bases and blowing up on umpires 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:48.640 and all the drama, and you know, he was a 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.679 fun guy to be around in that regard. But he 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.880 got the best out of his players every night. And 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.480 I think that's what Dan Wilson took from Lou that 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.800 he just wants these guys to show up and compete 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.920 every single night. Win this pitch, when this at bat, 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.480 win this game, worry about tomorrow tomorrow, and I think 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.760 that's the right message at the right time for this team, 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:09.880 especially for some of the young guys on the team. 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.960 Julio in particular. Just get in the box and compete. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.040 You don't have to worry about a specific pitch in 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:18.120 a specific zone, in a specific count, which is what 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:19.120 the Mariners were doing. 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:20.319 I felt like at times. 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.599 Last year they got too deep in the woods, in 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:26.719 the weeds offensively, and guys were thinking too much in 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:27.080 the box. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.000 You can almost see their heads spinning a little bit 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:29.679 when they step in. 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.040 Now we're seeing guys just hey, just the line, drive 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.360 up the middle, if you get something hanging, drive it 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.560 out of the ballpark. And it's working again. I think 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.839 they're third in baseball right now in home runs. You 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:41.480 got Cal Rawly, you got Jorge Plonko, we haven't mentioned 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.240 his name yet, off to a career start to his 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:48.839 season here, and it is working again. I think Scott 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.959 Servers was the right guy at the right time, and 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.240 it does feel like the early returns with Dan. 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:54.959 Wilson or he's the right guy at the right time 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.640 to kind of help this team in this organization take 0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:58.360 that next step. 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:01.800 Adam, is this no, sorry, go ahead, guys. 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.719 Oh no sorry. Another name that you didn't mention was 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.640 Player of the Week last week. And Dylan Moore, who 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:13.040 has been doing really well and consistent at bat. So 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:16.160 you're talking about taking those line drives, do you think 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:20.760 or I should say, who is most affected by Kevin 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:24.640 Sitzer and bad Bobby Maggian is coming in and making 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:28.640 this change, Like have you seen a drastic approach change 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.719 where it's like, not pull hook balls, take the ball 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:33.679 to the opposite field. 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:34.920 Yeah. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.679 I put JP and Dylan Moore at the top of 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.800 that list for sure. Dylan Moore and I talked to 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.119 him about this. I was like, when I think of Dylan. 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.439 Moore, I think of a straight, pull a ball in 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:45.000 the air hitter. 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.480 He's a guy who doesn't have a ton of pop, 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.719 but he's got good pop for a major league hitter 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.319 and for a super utility type guy. He's kind of 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.280 got the most out of his talent and athleticism. And 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.200 I don't mean that in the meaning way, Like he's 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.080 made himself a legit major. He won a Gold Glove 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:04.000 last year. He's been super valuable for this team because 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.120 he can virtually play every position on the field and 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.559 then be a guy who crushes left handers. This year, 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:11.679 I think he went into spring training they worked with him, Hey, 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.439 you're strong enough, you're good enough to be able to 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:15.920 hit the ball up the middle and hit it to 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.679 right field too. And I thought it was telling. In 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.920 the first homestand he hit a home run at Teamable 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:25.200 Park in Seattle too, straight away right field, something he'd 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.840 never done in his career before. And then I think 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.840 his first series on the road in San Francisco, he 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.400 hit one out straight away center field too. I'm like, okay, 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.560 this is different, and he saw it start to click 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.240 for him pretty quick, and it's carried over and again. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.160 He's a guy who they feel comfortable enough where he 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.400 could be an everyday guy at second base, maybe even 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:43.960 third base. 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.600 But he is so good plug you can plug and 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.160 play him anywhere. He's valuable coming off the bench. He's 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:50.800 a great pinch runner, great pinch hitter. 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.120 That's the type of guy you see the Dodgers employee 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:57.000 for so long now and make best use of, really 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.800 find that matchup advantage somewhere, and he provides just so 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.160 much for the Marriers in that regard. And this is 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.360 again I talked about a guy off to a career year, 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.480 a perfect time for him. He's gonna be a free 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.280 agent after this year, and I think he's making himself 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.520 some money too, So good for Demo Adam. Before we 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:14.960 let you go? 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:19.160 Is this the year that the Mariners should shine? I mean, 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.640 the Athletics aren't doing anything. Houston isn't the same powerhouse. 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.960 The Rangers aren't in anyone's top power rankings or anything 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:29.920 like that. Is this the year the Angels are angeling? 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:31.320 Yeah? 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:32.720 Angels? Yeah, aren't they? 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:33.720 Yeah? 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:34.120 Again? 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.440 I think we all thought it'd be the Astros, the Rangers, 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.120 and the Mariners kind of jockeying for position in the aos. 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:40.920 It's played out that way so far. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.320 Mariners had a rough sort of ten game stretch twelve 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.920 game stretch to start the season. Since then, they've been 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.360 one of the best teams in baseball, and I think 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.320 that's their expectation, you know. I know people were frustrated 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.280 Mariners fans were frustrated about their lack of moves and 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.040 lack of spending in the offseason. Frankly, I think that 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.880 was all legitimate, But I think the Maners were quietly 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.760 pretty confident that you know, if a healthy whore Heye, 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:06.680 Bolonco is able to bounce back. If they can get 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.040 Julio just kind of on track a little bit earlier 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.280 this year, and I think there are some signs despite 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:13.320 his little batting average, I think there's some signs that 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.280 that Julio could be could get right sooner than he 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.800 typically does. And then they're pitching obviously that they're not 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.000 as healthy as they have been right now, but I 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.840 think they're pretty confident in just their operation, no matter 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:27.720 who they have out there, that they're going to get 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.360 some results pitching wise, pitching in Seattle in particular. So yeah, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.080 I fully expect the Mariners to be there at the 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:34.280 end of They get the best team in the American 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:35.760 League right now, or they can be the best team 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:37.240 in the American League come September. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:39.400 I don't know, but I think they're going to be 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:39.920 in the mix. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.720 And I think Jerry Depoto has proven that he's not 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.800 afraid to take a big swing come July. He got 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:48.920 Luise Cassio a few years ago, he got Randy or 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:53.600 Roseina last year. He will deal a big time prospect 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.040 if it's the right person at the right time, And 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.360 to me, that's makes them a really fascinating follow if 0:16:59.440 --> 0:16:59.880 nothing else. 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.320 Okay, two things, one nobody can hit and seattle. So 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:06.000 you're giving them way too much credit because I mean, 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:07.920 eventually the batter's eye is going to go slant it 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:09.480 and we're gonna have to hear about. 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:10.680 Oh the Mariners can't en. I mean all of a 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:11.280 sudden they can it. 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.680 It's weird how you change your approach and stop trying 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:15.240 to hit home runs on every pitch in a park 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.520 that's not gonna do some to home runs. Strange how 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:21.080 that works out. But also Julio Rodriguez you mentioned it. 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.479 Why does he always get off the slow starts every year? 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.520 It's like, oh, you need Julio to get started. I mean, 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.399 and then they're like, last year he changed his swing 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:30.320 and he did this and he finds someing that works. 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:32.320 Just stick with it and go into it with the 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.280 next season. Why do we got to try to change everything? 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:35.720 And why is it cold? 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:36.000 Is it? 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:38.600 What is it with Julio that it takes him till 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:39.560 May or June to get going? 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:40.800 Yeah? 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:44.440