Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Generically Titled Spring Training Update of Two Spring Training Games, Three Roster Moves, and an Injured Player

Episode Date: February 26, 2020

D.C. talks about Monday & Tuesday's Spring Training games, a few roster moves, and some injury news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Here's your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you very much, J.M. and thank you out there in podcast land for tuning in Locked-on Mariner's on this Ash Wednesday. A day that means three things. First, I'm going to be super cranky today because I have to fast. B, half of all the Catholics out there will be abstaining from booze until Easter. And C, the various Ivar's restaurants around Western Washington, will be much busier on Friday nights for a while.

And yes, there is one I-V-Rs here in the Spokane area. Anyways, whether or not you observe Lent, you can download, rate and subscribe to Lockdown Mariners, on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or whichever podcasting app you care to use. Also remember that you can simply ask your smart device to play Lockdown Mariner's podcast or the other programs here on the Locked-on Podcast Network

or T-L-O-P-N-Lopin. This particular show is on, on Twitter also remember you can follow it at L-O-U-U-N-Sourners and follow me on Twitter as well at D.C. underscore Lundberg, L-U-N-D, B-E-R-G, if you're scoring at home. There are two spring training games to speak about in the first half of the program today and some injury news to get to in B-Block. First of all, Monday. It was not a good day for the pitchers. On either side, the Mariners lost a shootout, 16 to 12 against the Chicago Cubs, a team of young, experienced reporters from the Chicago Chronicle.

Marco Gonzalez started the game for the M's and couldn't escape the first inning. In just two-thirds of an inning of work, he gave up three hits, five runs, all of them earned, two walks and a home run. That would be pretty alarming if it wasn't his first outing of the spring, and Gonzales seems to agree with that sentiment. Quoth the single-digited left-hander, you go out the first one and you just want to feel good and throw some strikes. My timing was a little off and I was frustrated a little by my execution.

But for the first time out, I wanted to feel good and have the ball feel good coming out of my hand. The results are what they are for this time of year. I'm happy to get the first one out of the way, get some kinks out, get used to the game again, and just move forward. End quote. He was not alone. Of the eight pitchers the Mariners sent to the mound, only two of them escaped without surrendering a run. Those were Gerson-Bautista and Sam Della Plain. Cubs pitchers barely fared any better.

Both teams notched 15 hits. The Cubs hit three home runs and the Mariners hit one. Dylan Moore connecting for the round-tripper. Austin Nola went two for two as the starting catcher. Jose Marmalajos went two for two after relieving Patrick Wisdom at first base. Carlos Gonzalez checked in with the base hit in his first start, and Tim Lopes went three for three. Lopes and more are competing for the utility role,

and Marmolejos is a 27-year-old minor league first baseman and corner outfielder, invited to camp who has hit pretty well in the minors in the past, coming over from the Washington Nationals chain. As a side note, he may have my favorite name in Mariners' camp this season. Marmalejos, I love saying that name. Anyways, as bad as Monday was for the pitchers, Tuesday was that good. The Mariners' first road game of the Sprayers, saw them playing the Milwaukee Brewers,

a group of people who gather every spring in Phoenix to swap notes about the best methods of steeping and icing tea. Get it? Brewers? No. Anyways, Kendall Graveman started the game for the Mariners and was very effective in his two innings of work. He allowed only one hit and one walk. Following him was Justice Sheffield, who also pitched two innings.

He struck out three without allowing a base runner. A very positive start to Cactus League play for both pitchers. Milwaukee only managed three hits all game against Graveman, Sheffield, Cody Anderson, Joey Gerber, Wyatt Mills, Zach Groats, and Dietrich Enz, another great name. Not much offense for the Mariners either. Daniel Vogelback checked in with two hits. Evan White went two for three as the DH. Both Mariners run scored of the seventh inning before the team recorded an out.

Jose Siri scored the first run on a single from Jared Kelnick. Yes, Kelnick, not coming. Lennick, according to the Mariners broadcasters, so that's what I'll go with until I'm corrected. Kelnick then scored on a single from minor league catcher Brian O'Keefe. Justin Dunn will take the mound today against the Cincinnati Reds in Goodyear, the city in Arizona, not the blimp. Sunny Gray will tow the rubber for the red legs. Just about time for a break, which means it is time for the Mariners trivia question.

On Monday, I asked who hit game-winning home runs on back-to-back nights in 1981 to second of which was Bat Night. And the answer was Tom Peshorek. Well, guess what, gang? The exact same thing happened in 1986 against the Minnesota Twins. Who hit those home runs? I will tell you the answer after the break. But we will not take that break until I remind you that if you have a question for me or a comment on the show to please send me an email at locked on mariners at gmail.com. Tell me what you're giving up for lent. I'll read them on the show. I already have some really good questions for this Friday's mailbag, including a comment and a question about the show we did Friday,

about Japanese name pronunciation, and also a proposed trade. Hmm. Wonder what that could be about. Well, no, I don't wonder. I know what it's about, but I will tell you what that's about on Friday. I'm just chewing up time at this point. Locked on Mariners will continue at some point in the near future.

I don't know. Welcome back to Locked on Mariners. Once again, your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you once again, J.M. Yes, this is the second half of locked-on Mariners, probably going to be a fairly abbreviated second half of locked-on mariners, unfortunately. I apologize for that. The trivia question is kind of a second part to the trivia question we asked Monday. Game winning home runs in back-to-back days. Tom Pishorek did it in 1981, who did it in 1986. It is none other than Mr. Mariner, Alvin Davis.

Going to begin B Block with a couple of roster notes. Outfielder Colin Calgiel and left-hander Mani Bonuelos have been signed to minor league deals with invitations to spring training. This happened way back on February 11th, which I completely missed because I was at the curling national championships. Calgiel is a veteran outfielder. He'll turn 34 years old in May. He has spent parts of six seasons in the major leagues with the Diamondbacks, the Athletics, the Mets, the Angels, and the Cleveland Indians. last season and the Washington National's change playing at AAA Fresno where in 84 games he hit

228. He has a lifetime major league batting average of 234 in 689 at bats. Defensively looks more like a corner outfieler can play center field in a pinch it looks like and he'll provide okay defense. Bonuelos also has

major league experience although not as much as Calgill he appeared in seven games for the 2015 Atlanta Braves, six of those were starts. And last year for the Chicago White Sox, he appeared in 16 games, eight of those were starts. In his combined 23 big league outings, he's got a 631 ERA, a 1.7.53 whip, 10.5 hits per nine innings, 5.3 walks per nine innings, and a 1.40 strikeout to walk ratio. Not very promising numbers.

He also spent some time in the White Sox minor leagues last season. one game at AAA Charlotte, two games at Advanced A Winston-Salem, and two games in rookie league ball in the Arizona League. He had some shoulder problems last year, which limited how much he could play. He did make the club out of spring training, and pitched pretty well in April. Last year, the White Sox used him both as a starter and a reliever. However, he had much more success coming out of the bullpen. I also missed Cody Anderson being signed to a minor's deal with an invite to spring training. that happened on February 17th.

Anderson has pitched parts of three seasons in the major leagues, all of them with the Cleveland Indians. He began his big league career in 2015 with 15 starts with a 305 ERA, a 1.106 whip, very promising numbers. He struggled the next season, however, 19 games, nine of them starts, a 668 ERA and a whip of 1.615. Then elbow problems got the better of them. He missed the entire 2017 and 2009.

19 seasons, and last year at age 28 only appeared at five games at the big league level, a 9.35 ERA, and a 2.308 whip. And the Indians were then ready to give up on him. He is 29 years old. We'll see how he does. Hopefully the injury problems are behind him, and hopefully he can contribute. One player who for sure will not be contributing this season is outfielder Don Thompson-Williams, who was part of the package of prospects the Mariners got in return for James Pax.

He will miss the entire season after having surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon. He's 24 years old last year he played for the AA Arkansas Travelers, hit 234 with 12 homers and 41 RBI. One more injury note to get to before we wrap up the show. Taiwan Walker, who was scheduled to make his first Cactus League start on Thursday, has been pushed back. He will instead pitch a simulated game or possibly a B game since there is a split squad game that day. That'll just about do it for today's program, but not before I remind you that if you have been listening to this show or the other wonderful programs on the Locked On Podcast Network,

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