Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Do the Mariners Have an All-Star at Shortstop?

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

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Is J.P. Crawford an All-Star? We'll answer that and more coming up here on Mailbag Monday. Colby, hit it. You are Locked-on Mariners, your daily Seattle Mariners podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Ahoy, Sailors, it is Monday, June 16th, 2025. This is Tadding Gazzalus and Colby Patnode for the Lockdown Marys Podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

As always, if you want to hear from me and Colby, even more, and help support the show, and check out our Patreon. All you have to do to check that out is click the link in the description of this episode. Let's open up the mailbag like we do here every Monday and answer some of your Mariners' questions. Jim wants to know, what would a comparable package have been had the Mariners made the move for Raphael Devers? Also, do you guys think this means that Matt Chapman will be available at the deadline? No.

We got far too many questions about Matt Chapman following the Giants trade for Raphael Devers. First and foremost, Raphael Devers is in a third baseman. That's what ultimately led to him getting traded from Boston in the first place. That's what led to his very public feud with the Red Sox organization because they said, we don't want you play in third base anymore. They went out, they signed Alex Breggman. They wanted him to be a DH in a first basement. And obviously that ultimately came to a head with yesterday's trade.

The Giants, I can assure you, did not acquire Raphael Devers yesterday to play him at third base, especially when they have arguably the best defensive third baseman in the game and Matt Chapman on their roster right now. They are not going to turn around and trade Matt Chapman because Raphael Devers is there. Devers is going to be a first basement or a D.H. as a San Francisco giant. So no, Matt Chapman, not available whatsoever. Secondly, I don't even think that it's worth talking about what a comparable trade package would have looked at. It looked like from the Mariners for Devers because we know that, look, look, The report yesterday is that the Giants and the Red Sox kind of worked on this in the shadows.

The Red Sox didn't necessarily shop Devers. They didn't necessarily make it apparent to all 29 other teams that, hey, we're making Rafael Devers available. We are willing to trade him. But even if they did do that, the Mariners wouldn't have been involved here because the mergers are not in the business of acquiring $300 million players like Raphael Devers. which is something that we should absolutely hold the organization accountable for, and we should be upset about that. I'm not saying that anyone who feels that way is that their feelings are invalid

for being upset that the Marys are not willing to be in on high money players like Ravi Aldevers. But also for that fact as well, there isn't really a comparable package to be made here because the Maris wouldn't have taken on all that money. So now we're talking about a very different looking trick. with the Red Sox taking on money. How much money would the Red Sox people want to take on? All that stuff. That's just too much of a headache here to kind of figure out.

So there is no comparable trade really to be made here. I guess like if you just want us to like show you the equivalent of player that the Marys trade, that the that the mayors have to the players the Giants traded, I guess we could do that. But yeah. Yeah. It's probably something like Emerson Hancock is the Harrison,

piece, although Harrison's probably still carries more value than Hancock, but, you know, what they've done at the big league level is pretty comparable. Then Tibbs is probably Harry Ford in terms of value, like maybe Michael Arroyo in terms of value, somewhere in that general range. Hicks, I mean, I guess that would just be Garver. Yeah. Because Hicks is really just there to, you know, exchange some money for this year. And then Beio, the last guy is probably, you know, Jeter Martinez, like that type of arm. So, yeah, it's probably something like Ford, Hancock, Jeter Martinez, and Garber. And in a vacuum, should they do that deal for somebody like Devers?

Yeah, absolutely they should, but they're never going to, not with the contract. So, yeah, we know this already. We can't act surprised that they would go down that route and choose not to engage, even though they really weren't even given the opportunity to do so. So, yeah, it's one of those things where it's like, could the Mariners have beat that package? Yes, easily. I mean, basically any trade package that's going to be, you know, put out there over the next month and a half.

Could the Mariners beat that trade? Yeah, probably they wanted to. Sure. So that's just where the farm systems have. And so, yes, you know, that's the equivalent where the Mariners ever going to do it, even if they were given the opportunity to do it. No. Of course not.

And we all know that. Riley wants to know, what's the roster construction going to look like when Luke Rayleigh is going to come back? Canzone down. He's looked good in the short stent, back up. Would you keep Canzon in the mix and play Luke Rayleigh at first base over Routi

to Les? Yeah, a couple ways you can go with this. You know, I don't think Luke is probably back this week. Seems more looking looks week thing. Yeah. I think he'll join him sometime on the road trip.

Maybe this weekend if everything goes really well. So you have some time here to work this out. But, Yeah, I mean, like Rowdy, we know who he is, right? Like Rowdy Tellez, you're hoping he hits a home run. Otherwise, he's pretty much a worthless player. So now when he hits home runs, it's great. But, you know, when he doesn't, like I said, he's bad.

And when Luke Grayley's not hitting home runs, he at least brings some athleticism, some versatility, some speed. So, yeah, you could do that. You could just send can down cans. You just could send Canzone back down. Like, that's certainly an option. because Luke Rayley and Dominant Canzone kind of fill the same role. You don't really want him hitting against lefties

and they're both, I mean, Rayleigh's better than Canzone, but Canzone has done some nice things since being called up. So yeah, you're kind of in a weird spot. And then obviously Polo can play the field a little bit more. He played second yesterday. So DH might be open for more at-bats, but then how do you get Cole Young in the lineup?

It is an interesting question. There are a lot of different ways you can go. My hunch would be is that for now, they would just send down Canzone. But they have a couple more days. And if Canzone looks like he's made an adjustment and it looks like he's, you know, and again, he has been good since the mayor has called. He's helped, certainly.

If that is the case, then I think you go with Rowdy and then you just kind of replace Rowdy with Rayleigh. And then Solano is still the, the platoon partner there. And you just go that way. Like, you know, there's no question. Routy has certainly hit some big homers for you. And I think it's extracted as much value as you can reasonably expect to extract from Routy to less at this stage.

And so, yeah, you can move on. But you could also, if you really think Routy is, is that important, you can send down can zone. So, yeah, my hunch is that they'll send down can zone. But it's probably like 60-40. that can zones the move. And I think the other 40% is they just might DFA Routy Teles, which might not be popular amongst fans,

but he's not good. He's just not good. It also kind of comes down to, do they actually want to play Luke really at first base? Yeah. They've been as to do so. Yeah, because that's exactly what I was going to say. It's like we've seen a lot of hesitancy on their part

to do that with any sort of regularity. So maybe they only view, Rayleigh as an outfielder. And at that point, the only move that makes sense is to send down can't. I guess you can send down Master Boney.

They're not going to do that. No, Master Boney can play in the field. They really do. And it's like, I mean, I guess I get it as a 26. I don't, why do you want a 26 man type of player on your 26 man roster?

Like, you get 13 position players. Don't you want all 13 to be like starter quality? Isn't that the goal? So I don't know why they always, oh, he's the perfect guy to be the 26 man on the roster. It's because you need a 26 man. Like, you know what I mean? Like, somebody's going to be the 26 man on a roster.

But like the Mariners, like actively look for players who that's the only role they could be ever be is the last guy on the bench. And they love those. Andrew Romine. Yeah. They love those guys. And Master Boney is, is that. Sam Harrogity, et cetera. Yeah.

So, I mean, yeah. I imagine almost by default it's Canzone which is a bummer because again Canzone's had some big hits and the abats do look better

and he is funny as heck to watch run the bases and you know when he kind of reaches around the off speed pitch with his weird baby giraffe swing he's funny yeah yeah yeah it's like I can dominate

can zone play first base? Like is that something he can pick up pretty quick? Maybe we start seeing that if they send him back down. But because to me, Rowdy is is the guy. Like if it's just about what's the right thing to do, I think Rowdy DFA is the right move overall. But that's a permanent move. Whereas sending Canzone down, not so much.

If you need them again, you can go get them. So we'll see what they do. But my guess is, yeah, they would just send down Canzone unfortunately and really would just be the primary right fielder. All right, we will answer more of your questions in just a moment, but first a reminder of this episode of the Lockdown Errors podcast is brought to you by Open Phone. If you run into business, you know that every miss call is money left on the table. Think about the last time you had a service emergency, like a burst pipe.

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Does Rayleigh fan wants to know? Is Emerson Hancock the frontrunner for Unsung Hero slash Pleasant Surprise of 2025? He's certainly up there. I mean, I think there's a few candidates, but I doubt any of them have a better case than Hancock. I don't think. Like Logan Evans certainly deserve some love in this category. Carlos Vargas definitely deserves some love in this category. He absolutely has been huge, and he's kind of replaced the Colin Snyder role that he had last year from Colin.

and you know, I know people hate him, but Bizarro's pretty much been what you thought Trent Thornton was going to be. And he's been really good as of late. So he's definitely up there as well. And so, yeah, and I think I think Hancock's probably number one. Like, J.P. Crawford has performed so beyond expectations, but also he's done something similar to this just a couple years ago. So he's probably not an unsung hero.

I think people love him and all that. I think that goes beyond just a pleasant surprise. Yeah. So yeah, I think Hancock's probably number one. I think Vargas is up there, though. And then, yeah, it's probably those two. And then you kind of bizardo a little bit. Logan Evans certainly deserves some love there as well.

But yeah, I think Hancock's probably the guy right now for that. also on a similar light, we should give some love to Luis Castillo, who a lot of people wanted to trade this winter. A lot of people were, he's toast, he's cooked, like he's not good anymore. And yeah, you know what? He's had one or two bad starts, but, you know, over the last month and a half, he's been really, I mean, incredible outside of those two starts and, and, you know, done a lot of work for you. So unsung, underappreciated, maybe. but yeah because Hancock had literally no expectation of being anything this year he probably still is number one but I didn't want to give some credit to Luis as well who's kind of flown under the radar and is having a really nice year. Yeah, Castillo and Hancock have been so massive for what this rotation has had to go through this year and stabilizing things.

Both of those guys deserve a ton of credit for keeping things afloat for the most part in the rotation. Scott wants to know, what are the chances J.P. Crawford makes the All-Star game. I'd say slim. Yeah, I'd say very slim, though I think he should. I think you can make a very strong argument for him to get it. Now, look, Jeremy Pena and Jacob Wilson, they're getting in. They're absolutely absolutely. They deserve to. And they absolutely should. Yeah, not saying otherwise, though. However, we've seen the All-Star rosters have a third shortstop at times. last year they carried four yeah so i think if they have more than two short stops on the roster jp should be the third guy i know a lot of people are going to make the argument for bobby wood

junior and and he and if they do carry three short stops it probably will be bobby wood junior just because of the name alone but look let's not pretend that all-star rosters are determined based on defensive prowess okay bobby wood junior is significantly better than jp is defensively he might very well be the best defensive shortstop in the game right now. But the All-Star game is really determined on how good you are offensively. That's just how it is. That's just how it works. Well, it's that and also-

And how much star power you have. Yeah, and just name alone, right? Yeah. But JP. The big reason why JP doesn't have a shot, I don't think. Yeah, but JP, like compared to Bobby Wood Jr. right now, significantly higher batting average, significantly higher on-base percentage. He's 31% base percentage.

better than Bobby Witt offensively by WRC plus, lower K rate, higher walk rate, you know, higher OPS, all that stuff. Really the only offensive advantage that Bobby Wood Jr. has over J.P. Crawford right now is in the counting stats. So he has two more home runs, nine more RBI, and obviously a bunch more steals. But I don't think that those slight advantages, and they really are slight, especially when we're talking about the RBI and the home runs. I don't think that's enough to outweigh what JP is doing right now offensively.

I just look, JP is one of seven qualified hitters right now on baseball, who has a on base percentage over 400. I think that reason alone, he should be an all-star. All right, we got a few more of your questions to answer in just a moment, but first a reminder of this episode of the lockdown era's podcast is brought to you by Supply House. Get the supplies you need from the site made for the skilled trades. Supply House. Whether you're in plumbing, HVAC, or electrical work, Supply House is a reliable way to order products online. Their easy-to-use website is packed with helpful resources and the latest product info to help you get the job done right.

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Get out of here. Austin wants to know. If the Marys end up being sellers at the deadline, what in return could you get for J.P. Crawford? If he continues to hit for north of an on-base percentage of 400, you know, 140 plus WRC plus. He's an up the middle infielder who's under club control next year as well

at a very reasonable cost. Like $12 million. He might very well, well, now that Raphael Devers has been traded, no, but at the deadline at the very least, he might very well be the best bat that gets traded,

especially when you factor in that he is an up the middle player and there just aren't going to be that many options. there. I think he gets you at least a top 70-ish prospect and baseball. I think you're looking at

a Luis Castillo package type of return. Yeah. Which was about a top 50 guy, fringe top 100 guy and a couple of like one really good kind of lottery ticket and then just

kind of a flyer on somebody. So something like that I think would probably be likely. You know, it does make some sense because they have Cole Young who can play shortstop. They have Colt Emerson coming up who play shortstop. If they draft Avar Rickett in July, then he could be the shortstop as soon as sometime next year in theory. So, yeah, they actually have some, I mean, it's not real depth because it's not majorly quality quite yet, but they have some guys that they think are going to be future shortstop. So it could make sense, especially if they're not playing for anything in 2025 to trade JP.

But yeah, it's like if JP is a 120, even if he slumps a little bit, if he's a 120 WRC plus kind of, you know, fringe average defensive shortstop, that carries a ton of value. There are also teams who will need a second baseman who will look at JP Crawford and be able to just get that guy. Heck, there might even be some teams at third base who are like just, yeah, for a month or two, like, yeah, let's try that. So JP Crawford would have a big market, especially hitting the way he is. And again, this isn't a breakout year for him per se.

It's two of the last three years, or well, one and a half of the last two years now. JP has been one of the best offensive short stops in all of baseball. So I think, I think it's, and you get him for a year, you get him for two playoff races. So I think the Luis Castillo thing is pretty close. Now, there might be even more of a premium though because he's a bat and not an arm. Because there's fewer sellers and there were even in 2022 and inflation and all that stuff, it's probably a little bit more than the Castillo deal. But I think that's about the baseline you're looking for if you were to trade JP.

But yeah, I don't think the Mariners are going to be in a position at the deadline where they're going to be aggressively shopping J.P. Crawford. Not that they are definitely going to be in it. It's just that like we have them for another year. Cole Young not quite ready to take that job. Colt Emerson not ready to take that job. And I think no matter what, the Mariners are going to look at 2026 and be like, we're going to try and win that year too.

So anybody could help them in 2026. They're probably going to be less inclined to trade. So I still think it's unlikely regardless of where they are in the standings. But if they did, Louis Castillo type of return is the base. line that you're starting with and you're going from there. Chad wants to know. The possibility of getting one solid player in a return for Munoz Steel was mentioned during last week's episode with Oliver Bachter.

Recently, it seems that high-end relievers have generated great returns, but with multiple pieces, what could a return with one to two players look like? Let's say the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies come calling you. I'm asking for Jordan Lawler from the Diamondbacks. I'm asking for Andrew Painter from the Phillies. and I am absolutely valid for doing that as well. They might say that's exactly what I'm asking for. And they're also valid and saying like, no, no, that's too expensive for any reliever.

Fair. Enjoy Dylan Lee. You know? So it's just one of those things where it's like, you don't have to trade Munoz. So the teams who want to acquire him have no leverage against you, really not. So yeah, you should ask for Loller. You should ask for, you know, Bryce Eldridge as a guy I talked about. You should ask for, you know, a team.

Yeah, you should ask for like an elite prospect or a package of like two or three like top 100 guys and probably a big leaguer. You probably want to get a big leaguer in this deal too. So that's why I think ultimately Munoz, even if they should trade him. And I'm always in favor of trading reliever if you're selling. I don't care how good or there's just not that much value and having an elite closer if you're going to be bad. So I'm always in favor of doing it, but you still have to get the right price.

And because Munoz has three years left, it's going to be hard, I think, to find anybody who's going to meet the price where it makes sense for Seattle to trade them. So I don't think it's likely, but if it does happen, again, I think it's a couple top 100 prospects and a major league player that need to be to even get me, interest or it's it's an elite MLB ready prospect like Jordan Lawler yeah I would say yeah if they

are trading Munoz this summer and it's only for one to two players we're talking about an elite level prospect being involved in that deal max Clark or an or an established major league player yeah everyday player most likely you know a position player um agreed but yeah I think teams are just going to pivot away from that. And just go trade for a worse reliever just because the price is just so astronomical on Munoz. It just, it has to be astronomical. Right. The Mariners aren't insane for having that high asking price.

And teams aren't insane for saying like, no, I'm not going to pay that. Like it's just timing is not great. And put, you know, put the shoe on the other foot. If the Mariners had a chance to get, you know, four years of an elite reliever, three and a half years of an elite reliever, but it was going to cost you Colt Emerson and Las Montes and, uh, you know,

Matt Brash like something like that. No, no, I'll just go get Aaron Bomber. I'll just go get Lucas Ursaic. Like I'll just, no, no.

I'd rather give up just Michael Arroyo and go get a year and a half of a, of a pretty good reliever instead of four years of a great reliever. It's going to cost me all that. So it's just, it's a tough trade to, to pin down. Last question of the day comes from Jack. Do the mayor,

send Cole Young down with the recent emergence of 4A. Polanco. I assume they want him to get regular at bats, but Polo seems like whatever was bothering him has stopped. Do they DH Polo most days and have young play in the field? What about Garver? No, you keep playing Cole Young for now. Plus, it kind of seems like maybe he's found his groove here. He has eight hits in his last six games.

So, yeah, you don't want to pull the plug on him just yet. So, you know, you got the off day yesterday. I assume he'll be in the lineup tonight. You need to at least see for another week or two. If he can continue what he's been doing over his last few games. And at that point, if it's, if it's not working out, he slumps again, then, okay, you make the move there. Maybe Polo starts playing second base more. The other thing, though, is like, we've seen Polo recover from what he's been dealing with before.

and then he's immediately gone back to only being able to DH, only being able to hit from the left side. So could that happen again? Maybe. I hope not, but maybe. So it's not this sure thing that, oh, Polo's healthy now and he's just going to be able to do all the things that you want him to do. That might not be the case.

So I'd be very patient on Cole Young. I'd be very patient on Cory Polanco and not push him into, you know, playing in the field with any sort of regularity yet. Just take your time with them, take your time with Cole and see where you're at in the next, you know, a couple of weeks. Yeah,

I mean, like I assume Cole Young probably not going to get the start against Garrett Crochet. Yeah. Probably going to get that day off. And then we'll see if Polo's in the field or if he's D-A-Chene or Dillmore play second that day, blah, blah, blah.

But no, I think the way your roster set up right now, you can still use Polo as your primary D-H, especially if he's hitting right-handed and left-handed. That was always kind of the big problem is that like, look, you can't have a platoon DH. Like that's terrible. We can't do anything else and also wasn't hitting at all from his platoon side.

But now that he's starting to hit again and he's swinging it from the right side as well, yeah, you can totally have him DH four times a week and play second base once or twice a week and give him a day off. And you can do all that and Cole can still play. five times a week. You know, so, no, I don't think that you need to make that move quite yet. And again, Young looks like he's starting to settle in. So, yeah, I don't think this is the time to do it. And there's nobody else, like, Polo's not taking DH at bats away from anybody right now.

Nobody else has earned them. Like, Solano starting hit better, but he hasn't earned anything. You know, Garber clearly hasn't earned anything. Miles Mastroboni, no, not. an everyday bad. Dylan Moore has been awful for about a month now. So like, no, there's no, nobody's being blocked by Polo being the primary DH. So just really no reason. Right now, Cole Young gives you a better shot than Dylan Moore does. He gives you a better shot than Miles Masterbony. Although Masterbony has been pretty good recently, but there's no future for Masterbony in Seattle.

There's a big future for Cole Young in Seattle. So you're going to give them that opportunity. So no, I don't think you need to make a move quite yet. Could you get to a point? Sure. Yeah. Could that come to the next couple weeks? Sure. Yeah.

But right now, no, I don't think there's any reason to make a move on that particular front. That's going to do it for a show. Thank you so much for joining us here on the Locktime Marriss podcast for Colby Pat Nod. I'm Tadine Gazzalas. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter at LO underscore Marrers. You can follow me at Tading Azales and Colby at C-Pat-11. We're also on Blue Sky. You can follow me at TDG.

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