Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - MARINERS POSTCAST: Seattle Mariners CAN'T HIT AGAIN in loss to Texas Rangers

Starting point is 00:00:00 Logan Gilbert was good. Big Dumper is finally on the board, and it doesn't matter because the rest of this offense sucked out loud. We unfortunately will talk about it. This is the Mariners Postcast. Your instant game reaction for the Seattle Mariners. Part of the Locked-on podcast network, your team every day. Welcome to the Mariners Postcast. My name is Chris Crawford. Anders Hurst is taking care of business at home.

Starting point is 00:00:37 He has to watch the bad hockey team. I get to watch the bad right now baseball team. The Mariners lose two to one in the first of three games against the Texas Rangers. This is the locked on postcast. We go live after every single Seattle Mariner game to talk about the good. I'm sure they'll be good at some point. The bad. Oh, there's plenty of bad and the ugly.

Starting point is 00:01:00 Boy, oh boy. this is a frustrating loss and they had their chances, but not really, because they didn't create enough of them, I guess. But it's another one run loss. It's another anemic offensive performance, despite one of the best at bats that I have ever seen from a Seattle Mariner. We really appreciate everyone who's joining us live on YouTube. Please hit like and subscribe.

Starting point is 00:01:30 That really helps us. And we appreciate everyone who is listening to this in podcast form. We always start with the start. And let's just be honest, the first two starts from Logan Gilbert were not his best, nowhere close to it, in fact, in particular that second start of the year. I thought there was more good than bad in the first start. But the second start was pretty shanky outside of the first inning. And we'll talk about how the second run scores in a second.

Starting point is 00:01:58 I thought Logan Gilbert was really good today. He commanded his secondary pitches much better than he did in the previous few starts. He didn't have elite swing and miss stuff, but he commanded it really well. I thought his stuff was really good today. And his command was much better even. That's what I actually meant to say was that his command was really good. The stuff wasn't the best, but I loved how he harnessed it. It's nice to see him get six innings.

Starting point is 00:02:22 It's been a while since we've seen Logan Gilbert go six innings. We still haven't seen him go seven since that first start of 2025. but I thought he was really good today. And you know what? The bullpen was really good today, too, in particular, Jose Ferre. And if I was going to give an unsung hero for this game, it would probably be Jose Ferre.

Starting point is 00:02:45 Ooh, that changeup looked good. And you see why the Mariners were so enamored with this guy, why they were willing to move a top 100 prospect for him, because he should be able to miss more bats than he has. He hasn't. and he hasn't exactly been a strikeout artist prior to today, but he gets a couple of strikeouts. Cooper Criswell does his job as well.

Starting point is 00:03:06 I still think the decision to bring Crizzwell in to one-run games in the late innings is, boy, you want to talk about playing with fire. I think it's a mistake in process, excuse me, but the results have been okay for Crieswell. And Creswell offers some versatility because of the ability to go multiple innings. There's very little you can say about that. this pitching staff. That is negative. Excuse me. There's a lot you can say about this defense, and in particular, Randy, a Roserina. I'm not saying that ball has to be caught. It sure as heck would

Starting point is 00:03:45 be nice to have a left fielder who can catch that ball. And for those who missed it, a line drive over a Rose Arena's head shortly after a Rose Arena also makes a diving catch attempt that just comes nowhere close and it rolls by him. He's a bad defensive player. this is a bad defensive team and randy rosarina looks awful and a few of you are bringing up in the comments by the way a few people brought up that i didn't interact with comments last time just for those listening on spotify or however you're getting the podcast and those watching because i have so much stuff to do solo i really apologize if i don't interact um it's it's a bit of a work in progress for me i have never done i did some last year but for the most part i there's buttons i have to hit

Starting point is 00:04:32 There's stuff I have to look at for timing. It's just a little more difficult. I love you all, and I really appreciate you guys coming out, but I'm not ignoring you. This is not pre-recorded, obviously. But yeah, sorry about that. Radio Rosarina should be the DH. Randy or Rosarina should absolutely be the designated hitter.

Starting point is 00:04:53 Unfortunately, there's a few guys who should be designated hitters right now, and it costs you the game in a way. I won't say it completely costs you the game today because you scored one flipping run and I believe only had one hit or excuse me two hits one hit after gosh we'll talk about in a sec i really think you got to upgrade left field defense i don't think they will but i think it's something that you absolutely have to look at all right we'll talk about randy or rosarine is at bats we'll talk about this offense stinking and we'll talk about a positive and that is that big dumper homer which was just a spectacular at bat. But first, let's give some love to the advertisers. It's tax time, but for a lot of us, the old way of doing taxes is a lot trying to book an appointment that's not the most convenient,

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Starting point is 00:08:20 like this, their season's going to come to a screeching halt too. And I'm not predicting that it will. But all we can do is judge the results, right? This is the, this is the react to the games. Ty and Colby get to take care of the long picture stuff and tell you why everything's going to be fine. I'm going to tell you why this offense stinks. It's pretty simple. It's because right now it stinks. Like, not struggling, not picking things up. stinks. They are a horrific offensive baseball team today. And we can start with the positive big dumper. But he's not. He's not on a 30 homer pace because Joe Adele was being a jerk and robbed him of one. but I thought Big Dumber took some really good at bats. Nope, that's not the show, Josh.

Starting point is 00:09:38 I apologize. The stream froze. It's back. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It should be back anyway now. That was really nice to see.

Starting point is 00:09:49 It was great to see even the fly out to center field. He was phenomenal. I mean, that was a phenomenal at bat. Got a pitch to hit. He drove it. Just didn't get quite enough. Right now, Mr. Crawford does have Wi-Fi that's performing like Cal on the 2006 first 10 games. But this was really encouraging. He draws the walk. He hits the homer.

Starting point is 00:10:11 And he drove a baseball after a nice at bat too. I was really encouraged with what Cal did. The ninth inning, not so much. Julio was awful today. Josh Naylor was awful today. Holy crap, man. I, it just. I have Stockholm syndrome. I have PTSD from watching this offense struggle so much for most of my adult life. And there's just been too many of these games in my lifetime. There used to be hair here. I used to have hair.

Starting point is 00:10:49 It was actually pretty good. And then I watched the Seattle Mariners. And now I look like Friar Tuck. Oh, my gosh. It's just been awful to watch. and it's been the process and the results. There's been some terrible at bats. There have been some good ones.

Starting point is 00:11:14 I think we just talked about Cal, I think has looked much more comfortable at the plate over the last few, even if the results have been shaky. And today, the results I can't really complain about. Homer to walk is a good baseball game. Rough, rough, rough, rough. A lot of people talking about Rob Reff Snyder. Here's what I'll say.

Starting point is 00:11:35 Number one, it's April 6th. Number two, I thought his bat today was good. He works a three ball count. He gets a pitch to hit and he doesn't hit it. And I get in particular the PTSD with the Solanos and stuff like that. I think we have to be more patient here, guys. I do think you have to be more patient with Raff Snyder. No, he can't hit right-handed pitching.

Starting point is 00:12:00 No, he's not a good defensive player. There's too much of a sample size to be throwing this guy and the DFA pile based on what's happened so far. But he's looked awful for the most part. But tonight was a good at bat. The result was just bad. And I've seen some process okay from, Ref Snyder had a two-walk game the other day.

Starting point is 00:12:22 We're prisoners of a moment and, you know, hosting a daily show like this. It's really easy to be a prisoner of the moment. But I'm more encouraged based on what I've seen from Ref Snyder over his career than anything that's happened this year. And the sample's too small. the sample's too small. My unsung villain, by the way, is pretty easily Dan Wilson

Starting point is 00:12:44 with what happened with the Victor Robles J.P. Crawford thing. You played chicken and you lost. And again, for those who missed it, who are just looking at this for a straight recap, Dan plays chicken with a left-hander on the mound. He pinch hits Victor Robles. Robles takes his time to get to the plate. The umpire calls a strike for a

Starting point is 00:13:09 time issue. And with a strike, Texas says, okay, now that Robles is up, we are going to our right-hander, and J.P. Crawford has to hit with a strike count. And you lose what, if that would have gone into extra

Starting point is 00:13:27 your backup outfielder. And I just feel like Dan Wilson isn't making the progress that I want to see. I know the endgame stuff. I know the endgame stuff isn't good enough. I don't know how good he is in the clubhouse. I'm guessing it's great.

Starting point is 00:13:46 I'm guessing it's fantastic. But I can only judge what I see and what I see as a manager that's in over his head. Yeah, as many of you were pointing out, it was almost like Dan Wilson was taking a nap today. And here's what I'll final say before we leave. Are these results predictive of the upcoming season? I don't think so. That doesn't mean you don't have every right.

Starting point is 00:14:48 to be irritated, to be really frustrating. And hey, this stream's back. Please hit like. Please hit subscribe. Pretend I said something great while this stream was frozen. We will be back tomorrow. It will be just me again. Hopefully the internet works.

Starting point is 00:15:04 I love you. But boy, this baseball team is just bad right now.

Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - MARINERS POSTCAST: Seattle Mariners CAN'T HIT AGAIN in loss to Texas Rangers

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