Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Fan Fiction Friday: Hoskins, Pasquantino, Donovan, and More

Episode Date: June 20, 2025

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It's fan fiction Friday. Let's see what you cooked up. 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, and it is Friday, June 20th, 20, 2025. This is Tadding Azales and Colby Patnode for the Lockdown Marys podcast. Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. This episode is brought to you by Fandul. Right now, new customers can get $200 in bonus bets when your first. $5 bet wins. As always, if you want to hear from me and Colby even more

and help support the show, you can check out our Patreon. All you have to do to check that out is click the link in the description of this episode. So the Mariners beat the Cubs 9 to 4 this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Cowellie came through with a couple of home runs. Mitch Garver drove in five with a couple swings of the bat himself. Donovan Solano had three hits. And we're going to talk about none of it because it's fan fiction Friday,

the show where you submit your Mariners trade ideas and we grade them on the 2080 scale based on things like creativity, uniqueness, and how realistic they are. But go webs. Good win today. Nice way to start the 17 game and 17 days stretch. Jay just kicking us off here on fan fiction Friday with a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers. Reese Hoskins and Trevor McGill go into Seattle, Ty Pete, Michael Royal, and Brandon Garcia, going to the brewers. Jage also had a poll that accompanied this trade.

1,317 people voted on this poll. 46% said the Mariners say no to the steel and the brewers say yes. 31% say both teams say yes. 15% said mariners say yes. Brewers say no. And 8% said mariners say no. Brewers say no. So Colby, you agree with the 46%?

the majority that said the mariner say no to this deal, but the brewers would do it? Yeah, it's a bit of a tough deal. There's a lot of parts here. There's a lot of factors that go into this. Again, just real fast to reiterate, we're assuming the brewers are selling, we're assuming the mariners are buying,

we're assuming the money is something that they're willing to do, unless it's outrageous. So don't send us your Fernando Tatis Jr. Trades, like obviously no. But so again, with all those assumptions aside, This deal, like really, Reese Hoskins is the name because he's the bat and he plays first base and all that. He's not the piece you're trading. Like, yes, he would help.

In theory, he would help. That's not really the guy here. The guy that you're getting, the guy that you're valuing most in this trade to me is Trevor McGill, who's got a couple years of club control after this year. He's been really pretty good the last year, last two years now. big time fastball Velo gets a lot of swing and miss also has some struggles walking guys

so he's an interesting profile the mayor's desperately need some swing and miss in the bullpen Hoskins is a rental he's an expensive one at that monetarily I believe Jage had money going also in the deal that he explained his rationale

you know in a thread but this isn't the Jage show so it's right Jage we control things here that's right who'd you take this trade from anyways um yeah anyway so oskins is interesting he would help obviously uh he would help i mean in theory over a two months span any hitter can struggle and the trade to be worthless blah blah blah so yeah all all trades are a risk all trades are a gamble

uh in a vacuum i don't have a big problem with it i i would like somebody a little bit better than mcgill like if i'm going to go out and like i would prefer like a pete fairbank but you see available. I don't know. So yeah, like Tai Pete, Michael Royo and Brandon Garcia, that's a pretty aggressive offer

without offering any like elite prospects. Like Arroyo is a good prospect. Brandon Garcia reliever. I mean, that's who he is. A pretty decent relief prospect, but nothing super special there. And then Tai Pete is just all projection,

all tools right now. So I don't think it's that far off. I do wonder maybe if I'm trading a little bit too much for the relievers club control versus his production in this trade. Again, McGill's been good. Hasn't thrown a ton of innings the last two years.

He struggles with walks quite a bit. So I do wonder maybe. I mean, it's really just this year that he struggled with the walks. So maybe you can get him back on track. Yeah, yeah. But what I'm saying,

though, is like maybe you can get him back on track in that regard. I wonder if like obviously Miguel is a valuable reliever and he's going to cost something because he's got some club control like that's just what relievers cost

at the deadline. I wonder if Hoskins is actually that much of a plus in this deal. Would he help? Sure. I mean like in theory, but he's just kind of a league average bat and at first base is league average enough.

If it's the best you could do, yeah, maybe it might be. But again, it's a rental. You know, the expected batting average is terrible. he strikes out a lot right now.

He's swinging and missing a lot, but he's not chasing. So if you're not chasing, but you're swinging and missing a lot, that's a bit of a red flag for me, like with Randy a Rosarena right now. Yeah, he's also not slugging a ton right now. Like he's slugging 421, which is fine, but not great, especially not for a first baseman. Yeah. Overall, I would look elsewhere before I would,

do this deal like aggressively. But I don't think that it's out of the realm of possibility. I think maybe a Royo is too strong of a headliner for, you know, a first baseman who's mediocre at the plate and a reliever who has some command issues right now, some control issues right now. And I don't want to pay for, I don't want to pay more for McGill because he's got two and a half years of club control than I would for a rental reliever. with similar stuff just because he's only got two months of cloak control.

So I think you've got to be careful here. But yeah, it's interesting. I think it's, I think the Mariners are overpaying just a little bit here. Not a ton that I would be super upset if they pulled off a deal like this. This is also one of those deals where it's like, it kind of depends, you know,

are they a game out of the third wild card or are they game out of the division? You know, like, what are we talking here? Because that will dictate how aggressive you're going to be on trades like this as well. Yeah, my first reaction to this is Arroyo is probably the

appropriate headliner for this particular deal. I think a lot of this comes down to how the Brewers view Tai Pete, which anytime Tai Pete isn't a deal, that's what a lot of it comes down to is how that team views Pete. So, I don't know. I think the deal itself

is fine. I think this is a 50. If I'm giving up Arroyo, I'd much rather get a Josh Naler type. I might honestly, might even prefer more of a Ryan O'Hern, because he's actually performing right now.

But yeah, the McGill thing is certainly he would help. And you definitely need bullpen. So you kind of kill two birds with one stone here. Yeah, 4550, somewhere in that range. Ham Swaggerty, 69, has a deal with the Kansas City Royals, Luke Rayleigh, Harry Ford, Brandon Garcia, and Jared Sundstrom

to Kansas City for Lucas Erseg and Michael Garcia, who's finally broken out. So you're going to have to pay something nice for him. And Ams for Agriety 69, kind of going for that here with both Rayleigh and Ford involved here. Sunstrom, Garcia,

just kind of whatever in the steel. The real prize here again is, Israeli and Ford. I don't think this gets it done for what Garcia's done this year. No, like look, I understand the thought behind it because the the Royals outfield

is dreadful. Like it's terrible. They need outfield help. Desperately. They need outfield help. So really, if they trade Garcia, they're going to need Enfield help. Because like Jonathan Diaz, or Jonathan Diaz, Jonathan India has been bad. Well, I don't know why I had Jonathan Diaz on the brain there.

He threw seven quality innings last night. Yeah, I think. So Rayleigh, I think, would make sense for the Royals in a vacuum. The problem here is that Ersig is also having a really good year. And so that is going to add more to this. And Harry Ford is not going to have much interest to the Royals because three of their top four prospects right now are catchers. Yeah. Like the Royals have more high-end catching prospect.

than any team in baseball. So Ford really isn't going to move the needle for them at all. So in this case, it's basically Rayleigh and Garcia and Sunstrom for, you know, arguably what, top three third baseman in the American League right now. That's how bad that position is and how good Garcia's been on top of it. Yeah. And then like a high leverage late inning reliever with I think quite a bit of club control. Like, not going to get it done.

I don't think. No, no, Garcia alone. we're talking about an Uber athletic 25 year old who's still under club control through the 2029 season who's finally figuring it out at the blight who's always posted really high exit Velos and always just kind of shown that like

yeah he's got some pop in him it just he's got to get the launch angle right doesn't strike out at all can steal bags a fair amount yep steals a ton of bags could play shortstopper second in a pinch if you need them to like he's super valuable like I think Luke Rayleigh for Urseg is interesting in a vacuum. The Mariners need bullpen help.

The Royals desperately need outfield help. But if they make this trade, then the Mariners need outfield help. So they're kind of robbing Peter to pay Paul. So I just don't think there's enough here. And Michael Garcia, you almost need him to cost prospects. Because like, I mean, you can't, there's no major league you're going to trade for Michael Garcia right now. Because the Royals are going to be like, cool.

George Kirby. Brian Wu. Yeah. Bryce Miller maybe and a prospect because Miller's dinged up right now. Like I don't see it. Yeah, you are buying Garcia at his absolute highest. Yep. I think if any prospect gets it done, it's Cold Emerson.

Yeah. And even then you probably still have to give up Rayleigh and probably a little something else too. Yeah. So. So, yeah, this one, this one is DOA. Yeah. Again, I know where you were going with it. But when you actually look at it, when you broaden it out to like, why would the royals do this? They wouldn't.

So it's it's like a 30, 35. Yeah, I'm going to go 30 on this one. Yeah. All right. We will look at more of your trades in just a moment. But first a reminder to this episode of the Lockdown Marys podcast is brought to you by wonderful pistachios. Looking for a snack that's both delicious and nutritious. crack into a good source of protein with wonderful pistachios.

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Let's get back into your trades. We've got one of Daisy and the Dingo's signature three-team trades here. It's a deal with the Marlins and the Royals. Vinnie Pasquitino goes to the Mariners. Hazu Sanchez and Calvin Foshae goes to the Royals. And Michael O'Royo and Luis Swee spell go to the Marlins. It's a Daisy and the dingo, like, you know. Yeah, it's pretty much is.

You're not quite sure of all the teams need to be there. You're not quite sure, like, if, like, why is this team involved? But this one makes a decent sense. We just talked about the Royals and how badly they need outfield help. Hesu Sanchez is fine. Like he's a nice hitter.

He's nothing special, but he's fine. And I haven't actually kept up on how Fosier is throwing this year, but he was really good last year. He doesn't allow homers. Yeah. I mean, and the Royals,

again, they need outfield help and then getting an addition to the bullpen. Pretty helpful. Trading Vinny, Pasquintino for an outfielder with a couple years of club control and in a reliever, a pretty good reliever with I think three or four years of club control. Maybe. Maybe.

I mean, but I think because they do have Cagliom who's up and they're going to want to play him a lot and he should really only play first base. So is this enough to get them to move Pasquantino who also has a lot of club control left? I kind of don't think so. it feels like the Mariners would almost have to add something else going to the Royals. But if I were the Mariners and I could get Pasquantino for Michael Arroyo and no disrespect to Louis Suissell, but filler, I would do that in a heartbeat. So I just, I don't think, though, that the royals are going to move off from Pasquantino for kind of on average. Pasquitino and Sanchez have the same WRC Plus and the same out for this year.

Interesting. So, yeah. Like maybe this is enough to get it done. I think that the Royals would ask for a little bit more. But with Caglio in there, you know, and with their desperate need to find some corner outfielders, and they get a pretty good relief. Like, I think this might be close.

Like, I think of the Mariners can maybe even tip the scales a little bit and be like, hey, I mean, we're already giving up a Royo and Swissville, but what have we also gave you the Royals, right? What have we gave you? Taipete, like, do you want to, do you want, like, a lottery ticket like that? Or would Tai Pete actually be more interesting to the Marlins and could the Marlins send something else to the Royals? Like, I think this is a good framework. I don't know if the details are all there, but I think it's a pretty good framework for an interesting deal.

So I feel like the mayors need to add at least one more piece. I don't know who it would go to, but it does feel a little light on their end. Like Royale's not a bad prospect, but sweet spell literally filler. I feel like he needs something kind of more in between. Maybe the, maybe the, maybe the Marlins like Locklear. I don't know what their first base situation is right now. But this is an interesting.

This is an interesting one. Yeah. Yeah. So again, Sanchez and Pasquitino have basically been the same player in terms of the value that they brought to the table in 2025. Pasquitino is under club control for another year, though. Sanchez plays a more valuable position, especially to the Royals. but yeah I think

something else needs to be added here to Kansas City's side of things I don't think that the addition of Calvin Fosha is enough to make up for that additional year of club control that Pasquitino has maybe but I don't think it has to be that significant so yeah like you said I think the framework overall is really good

as my chair lowers itself here and yeah, I think this is a great conversation starter at the very least between the three teams. And I'm going to give it a, man, kind of want to give it a 60. I mean, it does also get a bonus as a three team trade that actually makes some sense. Like, those are rare. Yeah, it's hard to do. So, yeah, I think I'm going to give it a 60. I feel like 60 should be reserved almost for like I could actually.

see this happening. And I don't think I can see this out. Like I don't think the Mariners are going to get Pasquintino for Michael O'Royo, essentially straight up. But I don't know if it's going to cost like, oh, they have to also give up Ryan Sloan to get something like a, you know, top five, top six prospect like that to push it over the top. So yeah, I think with the difficulty, degree of difficulty,

that Daisy and the dingo undertook here, I think, yeah, 55, 60 seems fair. It's a really interesting deal. I'd be interested actually to get like royals fans, like royals, not fans, but like royal baseball people. Yeah, sure. I like to get, and I guess Marlins too, but, you know, Marlon's going to tell you what they're going to get.

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With the Cardinals Cole Emerson for Brennan Donovan Yeah I picked this one Like I picked the fan fiction Friday trades guys Yeah I picks the mailbag questions Which is why fan fiction Friday is so much better The Mailbag Monday, am I right?

I picked this one because I was literally like, no Well Maybe like no well it's maybe like I don't want to give up Colt Emerson

you might have to though at some point and Brennan Donovan is a really good player and you get them for two more years after this yes like it might legitimately this might be the accurate cost of Donovan I agree so the real question becomes

would I pay it Donovan can play left you can play second you can play third you know pretty much check a box of you know where you want to go he gets on base

like he's very CTZ I believe he's won a gold glove right like he's a good defender pretty good defender or I always I always got him and admin mixed up for the longest time so I'm probably thinking of Tommy Edmund it's like when I couldn't remember

Andros Jimenez and I met Rosario yeah Brennan Donovan did win a gold glove in 2020. So yeah, it's really interesting. I would be really uncomfortable giving up Colt Emerson, even though he's like two years away for Brennan Donovan. If the team is roughly where it is right now, no shot, not interested.

That is way too much to give for like a 15% chance to make the playoffs. The team's in first place. by July 31 and I feel really good about their odds of making the playoffs, I'd be really tempted. So I think, this one is so difficult. I think by that fact alone, Ross. I think by that fact alone, it's at least a 50. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. It's again, why would why would why would you do this to us, Ross? Ultimately, I'm going to say no. I wouldn't do this so I were Seattle. Would I be mad if the Mariners did it? It's just Donovan doesn't really have that many flaws. Yeah, but he doesn't really have that many plus tools either. Yeah.

Like he's kind of just a good, solid, steady three win player. Yeah, by WRC plus, he's 34% above league average. He doesn't really strike out. He's only striking out 14% of the time. I mean, even in his career, he's 22% above league average. Yeah. You're paying a bit of a premium. this year.

The only like redish flag here is that he doesn't have for a ton of over the wallpower. And he's a guy that might be your probably acquiring to play third base and he hasn't played third base this year. He has played third base in the past but he hasn't played

third base this year. So you also have to keep that in mind. Um, I think it's too rich. I think it's too rich. Just a little too rich. Because again, like he's really good but he's not great he's not a star

you know and you're paying one of the best 15 prospects in the game for this guy a guy who by the way in Emerson has answered any questions whatsoever about whether or not

he can play shortstop he's actually playing a plus shortstop in Everett this year like the conversation that he might have to move to second or third base they're dead he's a plus shortstop shortstop.

Yeah. Defensively. And obviously the hit is really starting to come on over the last two weeks or so. He's a really good prospect, but he's a prospect. He were their prospect, right? Yeah. And Brennan Donovan is a good major leagher right now. Yes.

Like a really good major leaguer right now. And you also would have him for two more years after this. In theory, you would have him for three pennant races. like by the time Donovan leaves Colt Emerson might just be getting his first taste of the big leagues So yeah it's a really really tough one Yeah you've kind of you've kind of stumped me here So for that reason I'll give you

I think I'm going to give you another 60 Okay Yeah I got to think on this one Yeah Yeah it's tough it's tough I like it though That's gonna do it for a show

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