Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Luis Castillo, Emerson Hancock Look to STAY HOT as Seattle Mariners Embark on First Road Trip

Episode Date: April 3, 2026

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The first road trip of 2026 takes the Mariners to Anaheim for three. Well, Emerson Hancock and Luis Castillo stay hot. We'll discuss out of more coming up here on the Lockdown Marrars podcast. 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 Friday, April 3rd, 2026.

My name is Tudding as Alice, and I'm joined as always by my host, Colby Patneau. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandwold. During the tournament, FanDuel is offering $300 back and bonus bets every day for 10 days. Head to FanDuel.com to get started. And on today's show, we're going to get you set for the Marin's upcoming series with the Angels. We'll talk about what we're interested to see over the next three games, specifically in the rotation, plus what to expect from J.P. Crawford and his return. And then we'll wrap things up with one of Colby's favorite topics.

And I'm not being sarcastic about that. The Mayor's Team Hall of Fame, particularly a couple of names we want to talk about in that regard. But let's start here with the mayor's upcoming series with the Angels, both of these clubs, heading into the series with a record of three and four. But a pretty solid start for some of the biggest names and the Angels lineup, Nolan, Shaniel and Zach Netto both carrying a 162 WRC Plus. Mike Trout's gotten off to a really nice start, 261, 485, 522. Had a big series down in Houston.

That's a 193 WRC plus through the first week for Trout. Oswald Paraza also with a 140. WRC Plus for the Angels. Wouldn't necessarily consider him a big name in the Angels lineup, but he's swinging it pretty well here to start the year. And so it'll be up to Brian Wu, Emerson Hancock, and Luis Castillo to slow those guys down. Now, you know, I feel pretty good about what we're going to get out of Brian Wu.

So don't really want to talk about him today. I think we all kind of know what Wu's going to do roughly. But I want to talk about Emerson Hancock and Louise Castillo, because those two guys, you know, kind of stole the spotlight the first turn through the rotation for the mariners obviously hancock what he did on sunday night baseball against the guardians uh was talked about a lot so going into the second start i know you've said that you're really interested to see how he kind of builds on that start so what specifically are you looking for from hancock uh tomorrow

as he faces this angels lineup in anaheim yeah i think the uh primary focus needs to be on the uh the the fastball, where a lot of people focused on the new sweeper in his last start, which, you know, rightfully so. It's through some really good ones. And the sweepers are the pitches that end up on, you know, pitching ninja and all that. And they're clippable and blah, blah, blah. But the fastball was really the pitch that made Hancock's outing last time against Cleveland, and particularly the forcing fastball, which still provided plenty of carry and effectiveness,

even once the velocity started to drop after the second or third inning. So, you know, traditionally Hancock has been more sinker slider, two seamer slider heavy in the past, trying to get ground balls, trying to get quickouts. But in his last start, he was at the top of the zone with the four seamer trying to get whiffs, trying to get pop-ups. And it complements the sweeper nicely when it's at the top of the zone. So I don't know if the new pitch mix with the fast balls was, you know, specific because it was the scouting report. against the guardians or if it's just because he's at Team Mobile Park. And as we know, that low arm slot fastball at the top of the zone is particularly difficult to pitch or to hit even relative to other places because of the hitter's eye or the batterer's eye at Team Mobile.

There's something about the low approach angle and the fastball that makes it tough to barrel up. So I don't know if that was just we're playing the Guardians and they don't hit four seamers well or we're at Teamable Park. let's take advantage of that or if that's just who Hancock's going to try and be. But I think we'll get a pretty good idea of that, you know, in his start this weekend on Sunday. Typically speaking, or sorry, Saturday, typically speaking the ballpark in Anahe, which is a disaster and a dump, by the way. Not really a hitter's park per se. It's more neutral. But at night early in the year, it can play much more like a pitcher's park.

So we'll see how it goes for him. but I want to see the fastball. That's what I'm interested to see. Is it more four seam than two seam again? Is it at the top of the zone? Is that the change along with the sweeper that Hancock has made, or was that a matchup specific thing in his last outing? Yeah, that's going to be really interesting to see,

like, how does the fastball play up? And obviously, I'm going to be keeping track of the VLO over the course of that start and just seeing if it dips kind of in similar ways to how it did versus Cleveland. You know, it was 94 to 96. in the first inning, and then it went down to like 93 to 95 in the second inning, and then it took a pretty significant dive from the third inning onward, and then eventually we even saw a couple of 91s,

more so on the sinker rather than the four seamer, but still it was mostly, you know, 93 to or 92 to 93, and then occasionally he would pull 94 out for a couple of strikeout pitches, which was kind of interesting that he was able to get deep into his bag when he needed it most. So I wonder if that's maybe just a thing here now for Hancock. Maybe the Velo dips, but when he really needs it, he can still tap into it occasionally on a few selected pitches. So we'll see.

Luis Castillo to me is the biggest storyline going into the series. Obviously, the road woes of Luis, particularly in the early season, we all know about that. Also, Angel Stadium has not been particularly kind to him in his Mariners tenure. 283, 323, 592. that's what the Angels are slashing against him in his career at Angel Stadium. 497 ERA. He's given up nine homers, 16 earned runs in total, 20 runs on 34 hits. Hasn't walked many guys during that time, though.

You know, 35 strikeouts, five walks. That's pretty good over his 29 endings of work. So well over, you know, averaging well over a strikeout per inning. And obviously we haven't seen the below this high and this consistent to start a season. in a while from Luis. So I'm really interested to see how that plays against this Angels lineup. Yeah, the Velo is

the big thing here. And, you know, he's starting that Sunday game. And during the day, Angel Stadium is a much more hitter-friendly ballpark. And Luis will have the Sunday afternoon game, which comes with the added bonus of, like,

weird stuff happens in the Sunday afternoon games, you know, against the Angels. But, yeah, I think the key for Luis in his start is going to be the slider. When you talk about this lineup, you know, Mike Trout, Ohoppy, and Netto are the three guys that you have to be most worried about. All three righties. And Luis, obviously, with the big slider, could be a big strikeout pitch. So we'll see how he handles those three.

You know, obviously, you know, Shanwell is the lefty and Luis still has to handle the lefties and all those hitters. But yeah, I think it's those three are going to tell the story. And so I think for Luis, the big key will be the slider. And can he throw that slider? And again, the key is that it has to look like a strike and then vanish from the strike zone. I know that's rudimentary and obvious. But Luis, sometimes he'll start the slider off the outside corner and it's just an easy pitch to lay off. And then he gets falls behind.

And then he's got to start piping fastballs. And as good as the fastball is for Luis, if you know it's coming like any pitch, you can hit it. So, yeah, obviously he needs to, you know, be on the corners with his fastball and all that. But I think the slider is the pitch that gives him the best chance to maybe not repeat exactly what he did last year, but save himself from some of the woes that have plagued him at Angel Stadium. So, yeah, I think for Hancock, it's the four-seamer. And then I think for Castillo in this particular matchup, I think it's actually the slider. That's going to be the key pitch for him.

And obviously, command and controlled. control or command more so than control because Luis doesn't walk guys but when he's not feeling great he'll miss glove side three or four times and then he'll pipe a fastball down the middle and that's when he gets into trouble. All right. J.P. Crawford has been reinstated from the injured list. We'll talk about our expectations for him coming back to the Smeras lineup in just a moment. But first a reminder of this episode of the lockdown Marr's podcast is brought to you by Fandul. The tournament is here. One of the best times of the year. Brackets, buzzer beaters, upsets. It's nonstop action from tip to final cut down. And right now,

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Only a couple more days to vote for that. And then we will crown the best moment in Mariners team history. How is that going right now on the Google Forum set of things? I'll pull up the Twitter poll now. Yeah. So we're at about 275 responses on our Google form. And we have a pretty close matchup. The double is up 51.5 to 48.

and a half against Cal Raleigh's drought ending home run. So, you know, still anybody's ballgame here. At the rate, the responses are coming in. I would say it's relatively likely the double is going to win this one. But it does appear like it's going to be closer to 50-50 than perhaps anticipated. But yeah, there's still time with only 276 votes, you know, cast a 20. 20 votes swing in either direction probably decides this thing. So, but also keep in mind, you guys can vote twice.

You can vote on this. And you can vote on the Twitter poll, which is pinned to our, which is pinned to our profile on Twitter. And that one, that vote, that poll will also be added to this one. That last check, the Google Forum poll had more votes. So it carries a little more weight in things. But I also believe that the, uh, the Twitter poll was actually narrowing the gap. a little bit on that side as well. Slightly,

slightly. So I think we only got 13 more votes since the last time we talked about this over on the Twitter poll. And yeah, I believe the double had a slightly bigger lead than it has now. I think it was like 55 point something percent. Now it's just 55 flat to 45. So it's 88 votes for the double to 72 votes for Cal's drought enter to be specific.

Right. So, So yeah, I would say that I think the doubles probably at about 52% of the total vote. So 5248, certainly Cal can stage the comeback here. But again, I think it's going to be about 20 votes, 25 votes short of the double right now. So still doable. We got this weekend. But the voting has slowed down quite a bit ever since we didn't let you guys cheat.

So it hasn't stopped some of you from skirting the rules a little bit. I see those email addresses, but kudos for still finding a way to cheat. So not cheat, not cheat. Bend the rules, stretch the rules a little bit to vote the way you want to. But yeah, still very much up for grabs. So we'll push that out a couple more times this weekend. But I'd say the double, like if I was putting odds on it by Fandul, I would give the double like a six.

percent chance of winning at this point. All right. So J.P. Crawford is back, Colby. And this Mariners lineup in general should have a good opportunity here specifically that 2, 3, 4 to get back on track because they're going to avoid the two best arms and the Angels rotation, Yusei Kikuchi and Jose

Soriano. Both of those guys are not pitching in this series. It's going to be Redetmers. It's going to be Jack Kolhanowitz. And then it's going to be Ryan Johnson in that order for the Angels in this series. But I wanted to specifically talk about JP because obviously we've spent the last two days talking about the

23, 4 and all that. JP only got one rehab appearance with the rain ears because what was it Wednesday's game got rained out and then he got reinstated yesterday and I assume joined the team in Anaheim yesterday.

So that's five played appearances in Tacoma on top of just 18 played appearances during spring training. Now obviously he got some extended spring training work before he met up with the team in Seattle before going out on his rehab assignment. But yeah, that's not a lot of work leading up to the regular season. So what are your expectations?

Like what are some fair expectations for JP who I assume is going to be in the lineup tonight and playing shortstop hitting either eighth or ninth? Yeah, I think it would be pretty, fair and reasonable to expect him to struggle for a bit here. You know, we talked a lot about, hey, Cal didn't get a ton of at-bats this spring because of the WBC and all that. And that might explain some of his struggles. Also, Julio's at the WBC that took him out of his routine and Naylor and all that. Like, we know that the guys who have gone to the WBC have struggled a bit, minus Canzone,

who, although, you know, mostly had opening day and since then has been okay, but not, not extraordinary by any stretch. But yeah, it's, I think the similar logic applies to JP where it's like, look, the dude didn't get his normal work in spring training. And he only got one rehab game. Again, I'm sure he got eight to 10 at bats a day in extended spring training against live pitching and all that. But so like, it's just not the same, you know.

So I think it would be fair to say that he's going to struggle a bit. I think it might take a couple weeks to get him going. But we'll see how it goes for him. You know, JP, not necessarily known as a slow starter, traditionally anyways. So we'll see how it goes for him. But I do think there's just something about seeing live major league pitching that you just can't replicate, no matter how many at-batch you take down in Arizona or, you know, how many games in AAA you play one. So I'm expecting him to struggle a little bit here.

Defensively, I think we know who JP is at this point. offensively. I think he'll still work counts. I think he'll still find ways to contribute offensively, probably via walk. But I think if you're hoping JP is going to hit the ground running and, you know, hit 280 and drive the baseball with regularity here, I think you're setting yourself up to be disappointed. So I think you need to give JP some grace period here to get resettled after missing pretty much all of spring training. Yeah. And I mean, even though, you know, We pretty much know what we're going to get defensively. I am curious to see what the arm looks like just after dealing with the shoulder and all that.

You know, it is his throwing shoulder after all. So, and we're, we haven't really gotten clarity on if like the shot that he got actually, like, took care of it fully, you know, or if this is going to be something that he has to manage over the course of the year. So we'll see on that front. I'm also interested to see if maybe they kind of ease him into the swing of things. Like I do think he's going to play tonight, but could he get the day off tomorrow and Leo Rivas plays? Like maybe. Or maybe Sunday.

Yeah. Day game after a night game, maybe treat him a little bit like a catcher to start. Yeah, we'll see how it goes. I think the JP thing is interesting for another reason. And that's what is Leo Rivas's role? Because Leo did some nice things for you. You know, he took a bunch of quality at bats. He played a good shortstop.

It seems like the Mariners have learned to trust Leo Rivas after pretty much ignoring him for most of the last year until they literally didn't have any other options. And then he actually came up and performed for them quite well. But, you know, is Leo going to be just a pure bench player? Is he going to slide over in platoon with Cole Young? Because Young hit lefties in the Yankees series very well, some good lefties. and he hit the ball hard off of them. So do you want to limit his batts against lefties as a 22-year-old and have Leo Rivas, who's better from the right side than he is from the left side?

Do you want to have him take some of that pressure off, or are you going to platoon him with JP? Because JP hits lefties. Fine. He doesn't need a platoon partner. Or is he just a pure bench roll and he only plays when somebody needs a day off? I'm interested to see how that goes because we talked about, you know, how the Mariners really need a right-handed hitting infielder.

on their bench and now that gets to be Rivas, but now the question is, is he what Ryan Bliss was, which is just, you know, a pure bench player or is he going to carve out a role where he actually plays two or three times a week? Yeah. So I just, I'm not a huge fan of the idea of taking playing time away from Cole Young right now, especially while he's swinging it as well as he is. And, you know, the Maris can use as many hitters that are pot right now as they can get, you know, while the 2-3-4 is trying to find its footing.

So, yeah, I don't know. It's difficult because obviously, yeah, you know, Leo gives you a competitive, a bat, competitive plate appearance more often than not, but also so does JP, you know, and again, Colves swinging it really well. So, yeah, I don't really know how that works out. Again, I, you know, I am curious to see if maybe they just kind of ease JP into things. And maybe he only plays three to four times a week here for the first. first couple of weeks while he's, you know, kind of just getting back into the swing of things or if he's,

you know, just immediately reinsert it into his role. There's no reason to add him if you're not going to play him every day is kind of the thing because you have 20 days of rehab assignment that he could have used and he's a lot. So I just, I don't see the point of, you know, it is interesting, though, that they're like, that they were so quick on on the trigger here with. with JP. Yeah, I'm not, I don't really get it. I mean, they could have, honestly, if they didn't want him to stay behind in Tacoma and just catch a flight today to be with the team, they could have just taken him to California and then send him up to Inland Empire,

who had their opening day game last night and he could have started for them and gotten his at bat. So a little weird, you know, feels a little rushed, but we just, we don't know. Like, you and I just can't possibly. They have a strong opinion on whether or not they push JP too fast or not because we don't know. We didn't see the work you got in Arizona. We don't see where he thinks he's at physically and all that and where he thinks his swings at. Again, we have no idea about the shoulder. Like if that's just like if that's just not a thing anymore or if that's something that he's

going to have to manage. Like we have no idea. So just a lot of question marks right now with JP. Though I do agree with you that I think we should all collectively as a fan base as people talk about the Mariners, you know, give him a little bit of a grace period here to start the season. Because, yeah, you know, just with that lack of, with the lack of reps, like, it's just, it's going to be hard for him to get into the swing of things right away. Yep. Just timing, man.

Timing is kind of the last thing that shows up with your swing and all that. And we'll see where his is at. But just based on everybody else who played in the WBC and where they, their timing's been at in the first week. I don't love his odds. And again, I just, I'm equating the two because I think it's pretty similar to the lack of work that you get when you play in the WBC versus JP who had, I think like 20 at bats in the Cactus League total, 20 played appearances, if that. 18. 18, yeah.

So we'll see how it goes for him. I'm happy to have him back. He certainly provides leadership and a calming presence and a good at bat for the most part. but I think the hits might be tough to come by early on. Or maybe he goes three for four tonight and we don't know what we're talking about. Who knows? Yeah, that'd be cool. Yeah, that'd be great.

But we'll see how it goes. But yeah, happy to have him back. And again, it's a good year to appreciate JP Crawford because it's his last year in Seattle. And he's one of the best short stops in franchise's history, whether you like it or not. So maybe don't try and push him out the door so quick. But yeah, happy to have him back. yeah absolutely and uh the marries lineup at full strength now i mean you know you guys not performing relative to expectations but yeah everyone everyone's healthy the projected starting 13 are all on

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It's called Control the Zone. And on there we talk, Mariner, Seahawks, all they good stuff. For more information, go to patreon.com, forward slash control the zone. Link in the description. of this episode. So when Luis Castillo threw his first pitch

against the New York Yankees on Monday, Colby, he officially began his fifth season, not fifth full season, but his fifth season with the Seattle Mariners, which makes him eligible to be inducted into the Mariners

Team Hall of Fame. So Luis Castillo, is he a Mariners Hall of Famer? First ballot, whatever that means. They don't really have a ballot, For sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's a no-brainer. You know, he entering his fifth season, I believe he, now it's, the mayor has kind of had that funny thing where, like, the team career ERA leader is like, they had the same ERA at some point last year, like Felix, Jamie, Randy. They all had the same career ERA. And Luis was on that list at like 3-4-4. I'm not 100% sure where that stands now, but he will have amongst the lowest ERAs and team, history. He's going to have five years with the squad. He's pitched countless playoff games.

He's been the rock. He's been, you know, the innings eater. He's been everything you could have wanted and more since you traded for him. And yeah, I mean, I think it's a no-brainer. Like, he is arguably the second best right-handed starter in franchise history. And the guy he's behind is Felix Hernandez. Like, I'm trying to think of another righty who is in his class, Iwakuma, but kind of lack the staying power. although Iwakuma would be a fine addition to the team Hall of Fame. I'm fine with that. Freddie Garcia,

another guy who probably deserve some consideration for the team Hall of Fame. So, yeah. And then there's a couple of Luis's teammates. Sure, but I mean, based on everybody who's on the team right now,

Luis is the most deserving. Now that might change next year. But like right now, he's the best one, best Mariner career so far of the other guys too. So, yeah, I think Luis is a no-brainer.

He is, you know, kind of, he was the final piece to put them over the top. And in 2022, he's had several big time playoff starts for you and pitch very well in those outings. And, yeah, he is just, he's, again, he's the second best right-handed pitcher in franchise history or one of the top five at least. And he, I believe right now is, if I'm not mistaken, he is the leader in the lowest T, lowest ERA in team history? Close.

For starters. So, so Felix leads at 342. Randy Johnson is at 343. Okay. Tide with Felix, though, for the lead is not Luis Castillo. One of Castillo's teammates, George Kirby.

Well, George and Felix are tied at 342. Louis is... If George gets to the fifth year or not, I don't think you know. Actually, you would, oh, look at that. Iwakuma actually is in the lead 337 ERA. How about that?

So yeah, Felix and George are tied at second. And then Luis, not that far behind at 346. Yeah. So depending on how this year goes, Louise could be in the lead there. Yeah, I mean, Luis is obviously incredibly deserving. You know, at the center of one of the most important trades in Mariners history, starts the first playoff game in 21 years for the Mariners. Shubs in that game, by the way, has, you know,

some really big time playoff moments in general for the Mariners. Just, you know, he's the stabilizer in this rotation for one of the more important stretches of Mariners baseball. You can make a lot of different arguments for Luis. He's there. The K-9's there. Whatever stat you want to use is certainly Hall of Fameworthy, team Hall of Fameworthy. So, yeah, it's a no-brainer.

It's a lay-up. So how about Dave Sumps? He was just in town. you know, got me thinking about it. You texted me. You were like, hey, if we, if we, that's what got you thinking about it. Yes, yes.

You also, it wasn't, it wasn't the text I sent as like, hey, it was also the text. It was all the, it was also the text. Yes,

you, you, you said like, hey, you were like, hey, you were like, hey,

you don't know what goes through through my brain. I know you don't think about Dave Sims. I do think about Dave Sims, actually. Uh-huh. Whatever. You know.

So, Yeah, he was just in town And, you know, like, obviously we can't put Dave in before Rick. But like, as a certain point, after Rick has been inducted, I think maybe we should have a conversation about Dave Sims as a mayor's team hall of favor. I'm now is farming engagement. I know the comments are going to love that. But look, for every Hey Lloyd moment, there's also, you know, a what a night moment.

from Dave Sims. Dude had an 80 grade fastball. It was not pretty a lot of the times, but Dave is at the center of some of the most important moments in Mariners history and recent Mariners history with some pretty good calls. Like he actually was able to meet the moment a lot in those moments. The drought ender, the Mitch Hander, what a night call.

I mean, the what a night call had, such an influence on broadcasting in general. I mean, part of that is just because the mayor's, you know, social media team decided to put a camera in the booth. And that led to, you know, broadcaster cam or whatever it's called now.

You see pretty much in every sport and especially all across Major League Baseball now. But that call went viral. You know, the drought ender, I mean, they have those words. from Dave, you know, inscribed into, you know, the walls of T-Mobile Park. I think he's a very important figure in Maris history.

Whether you guys in the comments like it or not, like, I think Dave Simms is a very important figure in Marys history. So I think there's a real conversation to be at about Dave Sims, not now, but down the line about him getting into the Maris Team Hall of Fame. You know, we're team, we're team Dave on this podcast. We always have been. I'm fine with, again, I am a big team, like a Hall of Fame. When it comes to Hall of Fame, I'm a big hall guy, which means like if you're an important member of the history of the Mariners and it's like, hey, should this guy be in?

Sure, why not? Like, why not? And Sims does have some, you know, elite calls. He called the drought ender. You know, he called the What a Night game. He called how many no hitters. He called Felix's perfect game. You're on mute.

so nobody can hear you. The Felix perfect game call is what I was saying. Yeah. You know, it was done by the king. Like, it's such an iconic call, you know,

so again, for every Hey, Lloyd moment, there's, you know, there's that, right? Yeah.

I mean, again, just some, some of the most iconic calls in Mariners'Cesty, like it or not, have come from Dave Sims. And while he's not Dave Nehouse,

and while he's not Rick Riz, he's certainly here for a lot longer than I think people think, too. He was here for what, 15 years? Like it was 14 years. So, yeah, and as we know, Aaron Goldsmith will be in one day. And probably Gary Hill, you know, if he sticks around. I just, I don't see a problem with putting Dave Sims in.

He, again, just the author of some of the most iconic calls. And, you know, he had to watch a lot of terrible Mariners baseball. And he managed to make some of that fun because he was just kind of goofy and out there. And, you know, it's not just the iconic call. calls. It's the case closed by the DA and closing time by the bartender, right? It's like all the silly little nicknames and all that that he gave and the sign-out calls. Electric Eddie, do you never Yeah, I didn't really hit that well. Not all of them. Boomstick baby. Like, I mean, like, there are some just like truly iconic calls from, from Simsy. So, yeah, I'm down for that.

Again, the Maris Hall of Fame should have a lot more people in it than it does. Whereas Mark Langston, where's Nelson Cruz, where's Mike Cameron, where's Rick Riz, Freddie Garcia, Iwakuma, like there are a lot of guys who should be in. So some of those guys didn't make it to five years, whatever. Who cares? Who cares?

Anyways, the mayor's Hall of Fame is way too small, is the point. And Luis Castillo will definitely be in. Sims should be in. And then there'll be fun conversations about Mitch Hanager and J.P. Crawford and Marco Gonzalez. And eventually, obviously, Cal and Julio will get in.

and then there's, you know, we'll see if Logan can stick around. This is Logan's fifth year, though. So technically he is eligible now as well. So he'll probably get in someday, although we'll see how it ends. Kirby, maybe, Wu, maybe, Munoz probably gets in at this point now. Like, yeah, I mean, there's an off-day discussion how many mariners, current mariners are going to be in the team Hall of Fame. And we'll have that conversation at a different time. But, yeah, Dave, I'm down.

That's fine. Louis Snowbrainer. And, yeah, it's time to put some respect on Dave Sims' name. All right. Well, that's going to do for our show. Thank you so much for joining us here on the Locktime Marrars podcast. Part of the Locktime Podcast Network, your team every day. And once again, if you never miss an episode, it's time to make it official.

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