Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Mariners Finish Off 11-6 Stretch With Elite Pitching + We Answer Your Questions

Episode Date: July 7, 2025

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With three shutout wins over the pirates, the Mariners wrapped up their 17 games and 17-day stretch with an 11-6 record. We'll discuss that, then answer your Mariners questions coming up here on the Lockdown Merrists podcast. Colby, edit. 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, July 7, 2025. This is Tadeng Azales, and Colby, Peck. Not note for the Lockdown Merr's podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. This episode is brought to you by Monarch Money. Take control of your finances with Monarch Money.

Use the promo code Locked-on MLB. That's L-O-C-K-E-D-O-N-MLB at MonarchMoney.com for 50% off your first year. And 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. We're going to open up the mailbook. bag and answer your mariner's questions like we do here every monday but first we got a big time series when to talk about folks uh the mariner is completely shut out the pirates over the course

of this weekend six nothing when on the fourth of july on friday one nothing when on saturday one nothing win on sunday merr's pitching staff cross the board was sensational can't say enough good things about louis castillo start on saturday especially uh the bullpen was incredible incredible. Brian Wu was fantastic on Friday. George Kirby went toe to toe with Paul Skeens yesterday. Just a lot of good stuff on the pitching side of things. Not as positive about the offense, but whatever. Marys get, you know, big series win.

They wrap up the 17 games and 17 days stretch, which was so important. We talked so much about it leading up to it. They wrap things up on that stretch, 11 and 6. It's a big, big time. So, yeah, thoughts on the series and just thoughts on. what the Marrars were able to do over the course of the last 17 games, Colby. Mostly, you know, we talked about the 17 games and 17 days. It's by far the longest stretch the mirrors have gone without an off day.

And also, you know, we talked about that in relation to what's coming up next in that you will finish the first half with six games on the road against the Yankees and the Tigers. And, you know, you might be catching the Yankees at the exact right time because things have not gone well for them over their last 17 games. But still, those are two of the best, most talented teams in the American League. And then you come out of the break and you have to play the Astros for three who are just, you know, the hottest team in baseball for like the last six weeks. So it doesn't get any easier. But you really did need to set yourself up well with the 17-game stretch to kind of be able to absorb maybe either a disappointing nine-game stretch or maybe just survive it and still be in good position.

And they went 11 and 6. They left a couple wins on the table, sure. But go 11 and 6 over any 17-game stretch. You do that enough times. You're winning 100 ball games. So that's a very good, plenty good enough stretch for them. And it is, you don't say it's impressive, but it is important that they were able to do that. And look, did they take advantage of some really mediocre teams?

Sure. like Minnesota, Kansas City, they're looking like sellers right now. Texas is hanging on for dear life in this stretch. But you did beat Chicago, you know, so you did play well for, you know, five, six games in a row. Yeah.

And by the way, how many mediocre and bad teams of the mayor struggled against as well. I mean, just look at any series they've played against the Los Angeles Angels over the last. Yeah, they got swept by the Orioles, who suck for sure. Right.

So, yeah, they really did kind of just kind of edge out a bunch of like fringe, mediocre playoff teams. But you know what? That's what the schedule is. Again, when you play a team, sometimes matters more than, you know, the actual team's talent themselves.

So who knows, did they get a little bit lucky during that 17 game stretch where they just happened to be playing teams that were struggling at the time? Sure, whatever. The Mariners weren't playing. good ball before that either, though, and they went 11 and 6. So nothing really to take away from them on the negative side of things.

It was a good run. And they'll probably need another run like that here. After the All-Star break, they'll have another kind of extended stretch where they don't have an off day. So 11 and 6 is great. I think probably it's pretty interesting. You know, at the beginning of the stretch, right, it was the offense, just carrying. And then you get to the end.

And by the end of it, it's a complete 180, and all of a sudden you have dominant pitching again, like just kind of out of nowhere. Like, it's so you saw a full game, but you saw what the offense can do. You saw what the pitching can do. So incidents that the offense was kind of carrying things on the road and then the pitching carried things at home. Right. And you'll take that, you know, that that is what this team is kind of built to do. They are built to pitch really well, particularly at Team Mobile. Park and they did that. So it's great to see. And again, yeah, it would have been nice if they could

have found a way to win one or two of more of those winnable games. Yeah, it absolutely would have. And we'd probably be having an even different conversation than we are right now. But 11 and 6 is nothing to scoff at regardless of the quality of the opponent. And the fact that the Mariners played 17 games in 17 days and they had hiccups where the pitching starting pitching didn't go deep enough and they kind of had to maneuver the bullpen and they kind of had to shuffle guys around for them to manage that and still find a way to not only win, you know, almost twice as much as they lost, but to really end that stretch with some momentum.

It would have been really easy for them to pack it in yesterday. You know, with Paul Skeens on the mound, they've already won the series. They're really good, a really good stretch and day off and all that. And, you know, kind of look like JP was willing to take them up on that, but whatever. Everybody else. I was going to say maybe the offensive performance yesterday would have a lot. looked a little bit better if JP, you know, sled, but whatever.

Not a good day for JP yesterday. No. No. No. But yeah, you know, the 11 and 6 is 11.6. Like, any way you want to slice it regardless of the opponent, the opponents, regardless of how the games looked, they won 11 out of 17. And that's a really good number.

And it's exactly what they needed to do, because these next nine games are going to be very tough. Really, I think they play Milwaukee after they play Houston, right? So in theory, the next 12 games are going to be really tough. But at least you'll be out of the All-Star break. At least you'll have off days. And you just kind of see what you can get. And hey, you know what?

They catch the Yankees at the right time. They're not going to have to face freed. So, you know, we'll see what happens. But yeah, it is a good two-week stretch by the Mariners. No question about it. Yeah. The next homestand is three against the Astros, was three against the burrs.

And you go on the road and play the Angels and the A is. And we'll see if the Marys can finally win a series down in Anaheim. The other thing that helped the Mariners over the course of the stretch, everyone behind them kind of just stagnated at best. Red Sox, two and a half back of the Marys. They're the only non-wild card team right now or, you know, team that isn't in a wild card spot right now. That is over 500 right now at 46.

and 45. The Rangers are four back. The angels are four and a half back. The twins are five back. And then the guardians have lost 10 in a row. And they are now seven games back at 40 and 48. They're sellers. Here's here's how bad the American League is. I think it's summed up pretty nicely here. Think of how annoying it has been to watch the Mariners all year. The Mariners are closer to hosting a playoff series than they are to missing the playoffs. Yep, they are one game back of the Yankees right now

for the first wild-curt spot, which means that they would host the five-seat. Yeah, like the Blue Jays a couple of years ago when the Marys went to Toronto. Yep. By the way, if the season ended today,

the Marys would be going back to Toronto for a World Card rematch. As Blue Jay fans quaking their boots, Yeah, the thought of Cal Raleigh coming into their building in a playoff series. Yeah. So any other thoughts on the series? We got to at least talk about that Andre Sponio setting and what he did on Andrew McCutcheon. I mean, Jesus.

Snatching souls. Fastball, swing a mess. Slider, swing a mess. Guess what? Slider again, swing a mess. Wasn't even. Good morning. Good afternoon.

Good night. Disgusting. disgusting stuff from Andreas Munoz against Andrew McCutcheon. Yeah, like future Hall of Famer. He ended that man's career, which is call it was. And then like, how about the kick change to get Horowitz right before that?

Which Stackcast, by the way, still hasn't specified as they think that's a slider. What on earth are you watching to think that is a slider? That was the kick change. And it was filthy. Yeah, Munoz. it's been really good

he didn't pitch a lot and then there were a couple of outings where you're like you know this is a little dicey and then this weekend though he just good night it's over like it was he was snatching souls and yeah he was very good and rightfully so he's headed up to

well headed down to Atlanta and he'll see if he pitch he made the game last year but he didn't pitch right so we'll see if he gets into this game I kind of hope he doesn't, just to be honest. But yeah, yeah. It feels likely, though, that at least one of Wu or Munoz is going to pitch down in Atlanta. I don't think Wu was lined up to pitch on Sunday, so he should be eligible to pitch in that All-Star game.

But yeah, I mean, like personally, I hope none of the Mariners participate. I don't even really like that Cowell's a starter, to be honest. It's a meaningless game. And it's like, hey, yeah, you want to go catch five innings on your day off? after you just did the derby but hey maybe because Julio was was named

an all star maybe he'll participate in the derby maybe they still have five spots to fill yeah yeah that's crazy that we don't know everyone else yet and there's three spots American League spots too yeah lose uh four and four

uh I don't think it matters I don't think it matters now yeah yeah I shouldn't. Wu is starting on Thursday. That's his last start before the All-Star break. So he's probably going to pitch in the All-Star game.

Yeah, he'll probably want him to get work anyways. Yeah. Luis Castillo, though, again, just want to give him a shout-out. That was just incredible work on Saturday. Seven scoreless, eight strikeouts, just two hits by the Pirates. That was vintage Luis Castillo. And it really just could not have come at a better time. A lot of 97s.

Yeah Yeah, and that's kind of what I mean by like Ventures Luis Castillo Like nice to see him kind of in that high 90s range So yeah Just really good stuff all around for the for the mayor's pitching staff Really fun day offensively on Friday Not so much on Saturday and Sunday But really cool to see obviously Cal get his 34th and 35th home runs

So yeah and you were there to see it Always am Yeah, you and Cal Raleigh home runs and burst Cal Raleigh hits historically significant home runs. I'm probably in the stands. Maybe you should follow them around like the Maris family followed Aaron Judge around. I mean, like, let's start up a fun to get Colby to all the ballparks for the rest of the year. All right.

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Be sure to tune in to the Marriss Postcast with Anderson Hurst and Christopher Crawford, available on both the Lockdown Marys YouTube and podcast feeds. Before we get into your questions here on Mailbag Monday, I'm going to give you a quick update on our Feeding America fundraiser. As always, we got about a week to go here. We're doing it up until the All-Star break. We only got two donations since the last time we did a show. show anonymous came through with a two hundred and fifty dollar donation though so that's pretty cool

and uh chance came through with a fifty dollar donation so three hundred dollars in total so we still took a pretty big chunk uh out of uh hunger in america as uh we are now at nine thousand six hundred and eleven dollars raced which is really cool colby is not impressed yeah you guys are all too busy arguing over jo adele versus hulio rodriguez to Pitch in $10 to help feed starving kids in your own backyard. Yeah, no. Good on you guys. Took that three-day weekend off, I guess.

But, yeah, obviously, it's spiel time. We only have about a week left, guys. 10K seems like a very realistic goal now. So let's get donating. Feeding America, great organization that works to Feed America. We're in the summer now. Bills are getting more and more expensive. and 50 million people do not know where their next meal is going to come from when they're going to have it.

That includes one out of every five children in the country. So this is a very big cause. It is much bigger than any kind of argument you had over your Fourth of July barbecue. This is everything. And if you don't know where your next meal is coming from, nothing else really matters. So let's work together with Feeding America. They're a great organization. They can turn every dollar race into at least 10 meals.

meals, which makes it an incredible value, a real bang for your buck. And it is a great organization that takes care of the number one problem that a lot of people have. Again, if you don't know when you're going to eat next, nothing else really matters. So feeding America is incredibly important. Like Ty said, we're at $9,600 and some change. So that's 96,000 meals raised at least. That is fantastic.

And that doesn't even count what Ty and I are doing at the end here. for every new subscriber we get during the duration of this fundraiser, Ty and I are donating 10 cents. That's one meal to feeding America. So I think we're right around 300 now new subscribers. So that is 300 meals just from clicking the subscribe button. So if you're not subscribed to us yet, please do that. You'll donate a meal and also consider donating using the link in the description down below.

Also, show your bosses, show your family, show your family, show your, coworkers. Let's see how high we can take this thing. 10,000 is a very realistic goal now, but hey, why stop there? Why not try and jump it as high as we can? And, you know, we only have a week left last time around this, this time of our fundraiser. We got a couple of huge donations from a couple businesses. So that's always a possibility as well. But we're closing in here, only a week to go. And there's still a lot of people left to feed. So 94,000 meals is great. Yeah, 100,000 sounds a lot better. And there's no reason it has to stop at 100,000.

So please consider donating. If you haven't already, even if you have, maybe consider, you know, topping it off a little bit. Or again, share with your coworkers, your bosses. Some businesses will, will match your donation. Like, it doesn't hurt to check and share it on your social media is whatever. Let's see how high we could take this thing. It's been a lot of fun tracking it. And it's a bummer that it's almost over.

But we've made a lot of good progress, especially over the last week or two. And we can still finish strong. and give a lot of meals to a lot of people who desperately, desperately need them. Yeah. Thank you guys so much for your generosity, and let's keep this thing going. All right. Josh is going to kick us off here on Mailbag Monday. He wants to know how many wins would it take on this final road trip before the break

for you to feel confident in the team going into the second half. How am I supposed to feel confident about this team? When on a night-to-night basis, I have no idea what I'm going to watch. like there's no consistency and yeah um i'm not getting fooled by the three games that we just watch no i'm not getting fooled um yeah the nice thing is again the rest of the american league pretty much stay stagnated except for the the guardians who just fell completely off a cliff and they're done now uh everybody else basically went 500 over the last 10 games uh and you did a little bit better than that so you do have a little bit of a buffer here going into these six games

but yeah for me to feel like super competent in this team they need to add new players before that happens so yeah it's like I'm just not giving the benefit of the doubt I think they're in really good position I think they're probably going to be I think they're probably the best of the mediocre bunch that that's currently fighting for that last wild card spot and yeah like if they go if they win both of these series I'll be more confident but I'm not going to be like, oh, this team is definitely going to the playoffs. This team's definitely a World Series contender. It's just, it's, it's not going to happen before the all-star break.

So, you know, they go three and three. I think that's really good. They go, anything better than that is incredible. Two and four is manageable. Like, that's fine. Yeah. That's, that's surviving. That's what that is.

One in five, oh, and six. Honestly, I can't say either would surprise me. And I would be more shocked if they went, oh, I'd be more shocked if they went five and one than if they went 0 and six. So I'm done placing expectations on this team. I just don't know. I don't have a good feel for them. And we're 90 some odd games in. And I still don't have a good feel for what's going to happen.

And that's a little concerning. So I don't know there's a correct answer to your question. But three and three or better would be really good. Yep. I'm right there with you. Really what I'm just focused on here is you got. 24 days until the Terry deadline. Can you survive?

And it's probably about 20-ish days until they make their real significant move or their first significant move of the deadline at least. Because they haven't typically waited. They made the Randy deal before the deadline. They usually very quiet before the deadline. Yeah, they're usually very quiet on deadline. Like the last 36 hours of the deadline, that's when the Mariners limp across the finish line would like, oh, look, we got J.T. Sharkawaw. and you're like, oh, well. Yeah, it's basically just, you know, can you survive?

Can you stay in a wild card spot up until that point? And by the way, that doesn't end with just this road trip. Because again, like we talked about earlier, like you're playing the Astros and the Brewers coming out of the break. So you got to do well over the course of those series. Or you just got to be able to survive those series, rather. So, yeah, it's going to be a tough 12-game stretch here, including, you know, what's on the other side of the All-Star break.

so we'll see. But yeah, if you can just go, you know, go two and four, three and three on this road trip. I feel fine. You know, I'm not going into the all-star break having to hold, like, bad vibes, basically, for a few days until you're able to go play again. Alex wants to know, you believe in Canzone and what he's doing so far since the call-up, the walk rate can use some work, but a 16% K rate will do. Not enough to pretend like I don't need significant help in the outfield or DH or probably both. Yeah. So for now, sure, because you kind of have to.

But, you know, am I all of a sudden be like, you know what? I don't need. I really can play first base and Canzone's going to lock down. I don't need a right fielder. Absolutely not. I'm not thinking that. So that's probably the best answer I can give you.

Like, yeah, he's been good. And yeah, I think there are some tangible changes. The K rate is way down, which was always, kind of part of his profile. He was never supposed to be a strikeout guy and he just was. But that's down. Yeah, he needs to walk a little bit more. Being very aggressive at the plate.

The power we've always known is there. So that's not a surprise whatsoever. So like, look, do I think that he could be a part of your 26 man even after the deadline and all the shuffling? Sure. There's probably a role that you can carve out for him.

Am I going to not be interested in I you know Michael Harris I don't know pick an outfielder right said am I not going to be interested in like I might not be interested in Hesu sanchise anymore but am I going to be interested in like a two three win outfielder who's going to give me some defense and going to hit a little bit yeah I'm still interested in the Ramon laureanos of the world and all those sure I mean I'm even interested in not as a platoon partner like go get in every day right fielder sure I'm not letting you Canzone stop me from doing that. So I guess the answer to the question is yes and though. Kind of in between there. But yeah, I'm not letting him prevent me from going out and getting whoever this year's Randy a Rosarina is. Next question here from Ryan. Draft around the corner.

Who are some players over the years that you were hoping we draft and how did they end up compared to who we took? A couple big ones for me were Gilbert versus Libertoror slash singer. You guys had me hype for you, Savage, last year. Yeah, reflecting back on last year's draft, I still wish they took you Savage, but whatever. Yeah, we'll see. The Savage guy wanted last year. I was also singer over Gilbert that year, so that one worked out well. You know, typically the Mariners take the decent number of my guys.

They took Harry Ford, you know. You went to Max Meyer in 2020. I did. They didn't get the chance to take them, though. No. Yeah. And that's the other thing, too, is a lot of the time the guys that I, like, I'm not going so deep that I'm like, I really wanted them to take Hunter Cranton. Like, I don't know who that was.

Yeah. Like I. So it's really just first round. I do remember in 2017, I was really interested in, I think his name was Jaron Kindle. Oh, yeah. And the Mariners took Evan White and somehow they made the right pick because Jaron Kendall couldn't get past AA. Yeah. So they still.

selected correctly there. But yeah, the big ones at Sand Out, I was, I remember Singer. Initially, I was Coar with that pick, but as we got closer to the draft, I wanted Singer. And when they took Gilbert over Singer, I was disappointed and, well, good for them.

And then I wanted you Savage last year, and they took Sanger. And then, yeah, I think it was, I think Sharon Kendall was his name from Vanderbilt. I wanted him where they took Evan White. but other than that mostly gone how I expected or guys that I've liked

like the Harry Ford year was big I liked their royal pick I was really wanted them to take Isaiah Campbell in the second year they took him so they ended up taking him in the cop round B pick and they got Williamson sandwich in between so that worked out great but yeah

I think the three are 2017 20, what would that be 2018 team. Gilbert was drafted. And then last year, those are the three where I was kind of like, I would have taken this guy.

And two of them, the Mariners picked correctly. The Savage versus Sanja. Early returns are they didn't pick correctly there, but who knows, those guys are still barely starting their professional careers. In 2020, I really wanted Nick Gonzalez.

But that was before the possibility of Hancock falling to six. Oh, we were all. decided Hancock to be the pick. Yeah, you know, we know how that went. But Hancock, obviously, at the time was like, wow, they might have a future potential ace here and all that. So I was totally fine with them taking Hancock over Gonzalez in that situation. But yeah, Gonzalez is kind of starting to come into the zone a little bit here at the major league level.

So I kind of feel like I kind of feel like Gonzalez is going to wind up being the better major leagueer of the two. So, yeah. but yeah at the time I was totally fine with them taking Hancock over Gonzalez so Dylan wants to know I've been listening to a lot of pre-draft coverage and it's very rare to hear

anyone even mention Ethan Holiday and talking about the Mariners at number three so why is that is it just as simple as he won't make it to us also thoughts on Jack Bauer at 35 for those of you that don't know that's a real prospect

I think he means at 24 Yeah, yeah, of course. But yeah, why haven't we heard about Ethan Holiday? Your guess is as good as mine, really, because we've heard them entertain some of the pro players like we talked about with Joe Doyle. Like they are definitely interested in Jojo Parker and Daniel Pears, Steel Hall. Yeah. But we haven't heard Ethan Holiday that much.

I don't know if it's maybe just a slot thing. Maybe they just don't like him. I don't know what it is. Maybe he doesn't fit their models or maybe they like him a ton. And they've been doing this entire thing trying to downplay interest. So because they're worried the nationals or the like teams do that type of stuff. Like it seems like one of those. Oh, that's silly.

That doesn't happen. Like no, it does. Teams will purposely distance themselves from prospects they like to try not to tip their hand. So that's also possible. But yeah, we just haven't heard him connected really ever. to the Mariners. It doesn't sound like he's going to go. It also is entirely possible that people in the league,

they know something that we don't. Like, he's already got his number from the Rockies, and he's only going to sign with the Rockies. Because the Rockies are the most popular spot for him. So it's entirely possible he's got some kind of full slot deal at four, and, you know, nobody in the top three is going to give him slot. And so he's actually going to make more money being done. drafted by four or maybe he just likes the idea of going to Colorado.

Or maybe the Mariners just don't really like the profile. Maybe there's something in the swing they don't like. Maybe there's something in the exit bellows or something they don't like, something projectable that they don't like. Holiday's not a slam dunk, no-brainer, you know, great prospect. So the fact that the mayors aren't interested in him, it's not, it's not weird or it's not like they're doing something wrong by not being interested in him. they're not. It's just, yeah, it's a little unusual because basically everybody else who could

be a top by pick we've heard connect to the Mariners at some point, except for really holiday. So it is weird. I think he'll be there at three. Now, the Nationals just, do we have a question about this later? No. No, this is our last draft question. Okay. The Nationals just fired their GM, uh, who is heavily involved in their scout, like he is a scout and a pretty good one. And like that's how he came up and he was heavily involved in this so he definitely had influence over that number one pick uh and they just fired him so could things be up in the air with that pick now sure it's possible this close to the draft probably not but you know the interlead at that at that point it kind of feels like you just go as safe as possible which would be

kate anderson right yeah yeah yeah but i don't know like we'll see if that changes anything I think most people were settling in on Anderson being the number one. And this last night kind of maybe threw a wrench in there. Maybe it didn't. It's too hard to say a week before the draft to say what this is going to do one way or another. But yeah, maybe Holiday isn't on the board. But I think he probably will be. And I think the mayors will probably pass him up.

It feels like Holiday is going to be a rocky. That's just based on everything I've read. It feels like that's where he's going to go. Bauer at 35. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, interesting, dude. Leftyth, those 100.

Yeah. After talking to Joe, though, it kind of feels like they're going to focus on those prep short stops at 35. Feels like they want to get with their first two picks, one of the upside prep. The strength of this class is the prep shortstop group. So the Mariners, it's highly unlikely they're not going to walk away with at least one of those guys.

Maybe they take two of them, one at three and one at 35. that's definitely possible as well. So we'll see. But yeah, Bauer is definitely a guy. That wouldn't make sense at 35. And you could pay a little bit over slot to get him there and all that.

So yeah, he's definitely one of those guys that makes sense at that spot, sure. Jack wants to know. J.P. Randy, even Canzon are all heating up. Julio is batting just over 200 in his last 15 games, and under 150 in his last seven games. There's a time to move Julio to the five spot and put Randy above Cal. I would move him.

to six actually in some order I would have JP Cal Randy Luke and Canzone against right hand of pitching and then Julio probably six and then the seven through nine pretty much goes you know how how it's

Williamson Young yeah Polo yeah maybe Polo 6 and then Julio 7 or Polo 7 after it doesn't really matter to me yeah Julio needs to go

down the lineup though right now. Yeah, with the way that he's sitting right now, he just cannot be guaranteed the second most at bats on this team at the moment. It shouldn't be guaranteed more that bats than Cal. I mean, on what was it, Friday or Saturday, he took the league lead and men left on base.

Like, that just can't be your number two hitter right now. Sure. It's funny. I actually thought he had his best game in a while against Skeens, even though he struck out a couple times. Because skins threw him the one pitch that he's actually able to get to right which is that fastball on the outer third of the plate.

Well, I mean, I don't even talk about the double. I thought the Fats and the strikeouts were actually pretty good too. And then Skeen just dot him them up. And you're like, well, yeah, that pit was, you know, eight inches outside. And then it just ran right over the corner.

What are you going to do? But anyways, yeah, it's time to move Julio down. Yeah. I would hit Cal second and Randy third. But, you know, so long as Randy's in the top three and Cal is in the top three. It doesn't matter all that much.

But I want to get Cal's, as many of bats as I possibly can, and that means he should be hitting first or second. But yeah, Julio needs to move down. Five, six, I don't think it matters that much, but yeah, it's time to make that switch. That's going to do it for our show. Thank you so much for joining us here on the Lockdown Marers podcast. For Colby Pat Nod, I'm Tadangazales. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter at L0 underscore Marrers.

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