Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - MARINERS POSTCAST: Seattle Mariners ROUGH UP New York Mets in First Game of Series

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

Anders and Chris break down the first of three games against the New York Mets for your Seattle Mariners. Luis Castillo was awful, but the offense was able to overcome the pitching struggles and erupt for 11 runs. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Trade CoffeeRight now, Trade is exclusively offering our customer 50% off your one-month trial at drinktrade.com/LOCKEDONMLB. OpenPhoneStreamline and scale your customer communications with OpenPhone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at www.openphone.com/lockedonmlb Wonderful PistachiosGet snackin' and get crackin' with the snack that packs a protein punch. Visit WonderfulPistachios.com to learn more! Supply HouseJoin the TradeMaster program today at SupplyHouse.com/TM and start ordering plumbing, HVAC, and electrical supplies with just a few clicks. Plus, use promo code S-H-5 for 5% off your first order. That’s SupplyHouse.com! Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONMLB at monarchmoney.com/lockedonmlb for 50% off your first year. GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. FanDuelRight now, new customers can get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This is the Mariners Postcast. Your instant game reaction for the Seattle Mariners. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Man, who was playing with the Mariners in MLB the show today? Because it sure as hell wasn't my buddy Jack Frank. Because he swings way too early. He strikes out way too much. And he ain't scoring 11 runs on the New York Mets.

But the Mariners just did that. 11 to 9 in a very high scoring affair, back and forth affair. There wasn't much pitching in today's game from either side, to be completely honest. Really, it was just three pitchers in total, I would say. You got a good outing from Spire. You got a good outing from Brash, and you got a good outing from Munoz. I think that's about it. Oh, we might disagree on that.

There were a couple guys who pitched before that that we might be forgetting about Anders, There's a certain Caleb Ferguson in a certain. DeVard Vizardo were both very good. We'll talk about that because it was a huge part of that game. Yeah, no, yeah, it is. You have to kind of hold up the end of the bargain that Castillo was unable to do today. But before we start with the start, Christopher Crawford, what are your initial thoughts from the game? Oh, this is just such a big win.

I mean, this would have been a disastrous loss just because of everything. You know what I mean? And, you know, you talk about momentum. And by the way, if I'm distracted, I'm watching the Seahawk game because I have to work. That's just something that Anders and I both have to be keeping an eye on right now. But this was just such a great win. And so many people contributed in this win. Like even Luis Castillo, we can talk about there were some moments there that were pretty big for Luis Castillo as well.

Everyone except for your starting shortstop contributed to the game today. And a rough game from him, he can't be your unsung hero because he was just bad. But everybody contributed. And Anders, we talked about this, or I talked about this on the George Kirby start, right? Like, there's so many ways this team can win that game. No, both of us talked about it.

There's so many ways these teams can win games right now. And, you know, some of that's kind of an obvious point is obvious. Well, yeah, you won. Obviously, you can win a game like that. But you see the team win a one-nothing game, and a couple days later, see a team win an 11-9 select vest, right? Yeah.

It's big. It's great to know that even on a day where you get your first bad start from someone who isn't Logan Evans in quite some time. A long time. You still get the W. This is a great start to a big three-game series. Yeah. I mean, the offense just did its job today.

And it's really kind of, I almost want to say a relief because that three-game set in Baltimore, yes, there was some weird stuff that went on. And yeah, you do end up scoring a little bit. It's not like you did one zero one or anything like that. But for the majority of that series, the offense looked anemic. And it was just such a stark contrast from the 10-game homestand that we just experienced. So it was something where I was really looking like, all right, which are we right now? Is that just a blip in the radar?

Or are we going to kind of break out of it? And they broke out of it and then some today. So I don't know. Like, do you want to start at the start? You want to start? Yeah, no, let's start with the start just because I think we have to. Luis Castillo, you know, the results just aren't good, right? They're not good.

He gives up the three homers. He gives up nine hits. He gives up the six runs. I will say to Luis Castillo's credit, number one, this is his first clunker in a long time, right? There was that start against the Rangers where he looked like you wanted to muck duck, Dan Wilson, right? Yes. That was that one, but he's been so good as of late.

Before today, his last seven starts, he had a 2.36 ERA and a 41 to 5 strikeout to walk ratio. Really good. Really good. So I don't want to go too crazy here. It's also worth pointing out that Luis Castillo's just not as good a pitcher on the road as he is at home, right? Like, you have to give up runs somewhere, but it's substantially more on the road. There's also the point that the New York Mets were just kind of due to score some dang runs. Yeah.

Like, this is an offense. that has talented baseball players. I would take that top four on a lot of baseball teams, right? Like Alonzo, we'll say. Alonzo. Yeah, Alonzo's there. Lendor, Soto, Brandon Nimmo, those are four guys that you want, you know, on your roster. I also think you've got to give Castillo a little credit for battling through that second

inning and getting out of that jam because this could have turned in. It's a poor start. There's nothing you can say other than that. it could have been really poor, really, really poor. So kudos to him for getting through that, getting the third inning. Then in the fourth, man, he just leaves a couple of pitches in the middle of the plate to hitters that you can't do it to. You just cannot do it to. But Luis Castillo will be better.

I expect Luis Castillo to bounce back just fine. But tonight certainly wasn't good enough. Yeah, I wonder how much of this start has the scope of the recent Mets. And you're looking at their offense and how much they've seen. struggled to score runs in the past, like, what, three weeks or so? Give a time. And, but if, if this was the Mets of the early part of the year when they were, you know, pitching really well, scoring a bunch of runs, you'd be like, yeah, he just ran into

a buzz saw today, sort of situation. So, and I agree with you. I think I had a weird feeling that, and actually, I kind of got the same feeling when we played Baltimore the first time and they swept us, where they started off so poorly, But I was like, this team is so much better than what their record is showing right now. And they're going to get right eventually. And they ended up getting right by that game. And I think this is a similar situation here with the Mets.

They're going to figure it out. And they sort of did on the offensive side of the ball today. Their pitching just looked terrible. So, I mean, you know, there are a lot of teams going through struggles right now. That's why they call it the dog days of August, right? But I just think in terms of the scope of Luis Castillo, start. Yes, he is much better at home. This is just a really good lineup. So I don't put a ton of stock into it. The Vila was down a little bit as well. He was 94, a couple 93s in there on the

fastball. I was like, oh, it's not what I'm used to seeing. And if he's going to be successful, you have to be that 95, 96, 97. Or have that secondary stuff. And he just didn't have it today. And it's also, as many of you have pointed out, and thank you guys again for coming out. we really do appreciate it. And hit like and subscribe. Please do. Helps us a ton. Francisco Lindor just has Luis Castillo's number, right?

Like I don't know what the exact numbers are, but I know enough from how many people have talked about it that the guy just has a trademark on Luis Castillo, right? Like this is a situation where he's a really good player too. He's a really good player. It doesn't excuse making bad pitches, you know, but Francisco Lindoror, he fouled off a tough one on that home run that gave him the lead and then gets the home run on the next pitch, right? And then Juan Soto, that guy's so good too. That guy is so good too. We didn't talk about this. Why don't we skip right to the bullpen? Because I'll do it. Let's do pitching. Let's do all

pitching. Pitching. Pitching and then we'll talk about the hitting in the second. Because the bullpen today minus one dude was fantastic today. Bizarre was fantastic. Ferguson was excellent. Gabe Spire was phenomenal. Gabe Spire was absolutely. great. Matt Brash does the job, and Andres Munoz, that's as good as I've seen him in a while. And he's been good. Don't get me wrong. He has a 1.3-1 ERA and 29 saves. But that was like, that strikeout in particular to Soto. Oh, my gosh. And to have the confidence to throw that pitch right? Like to have the confidence to throw that pitch. And also, like, the slider that Matt Brash throws to Francisco Linder, the location isn't great. But because there's so much depth to that pitch,

you aren't able to hit that bitch like pitch like i'd said a bad word it was an accident it's gonna happen again i promise you that's why i avoid certain words sometimes now that pitch was at the letters but and you saw francisco lindor's reaction to it it looked like he just lost the loved one right like because he thought he'd in a clobber thing nope nope nope that is what you get when you have the depth that this guy had real quickly jackson co-arm and we were talking about this in our group chat, right? Yeah. You have to have one bad pitcher pitch in a game like this, right?

Or one non-high leverage guy, right? I probably would have just left Spire in the game. I probably would have just left Spire in. He'd only thrown 11 pitches. He's facing a lefty and a guy who is, I think, two lefties in a row, right? I believe it was McNeil and Mollens what we're up next for those guys. You might be right.

Let me double check a lot. No, I'm sorry. It was McNeil Viantos who just sucks. That's one of the worst. bats I've seen all year. And then Mullen, just let Spire Cook. Let Spire Cook. If you're down that one guy, so be it. Now, the good thing is Jackson Coahar, who is not a good pitcher, he's just not. He's the eighth guy on a staff for a reason, right? The good thing is because you use him and because nobody else threw, I think, more than 15 pitches in the bullpen today.

Nope. In fact, nobody threw more than 11. Everybody should be available tomorrow. Every single reliever should be available tomorrow. So yeah, I probably wouldn't have made the decision Dan Wilson did, but I'll give Dan Wilson credit too that I love how he used the bullpen after Castillo comes out. You go to Bizarro to see if you can get back in that game. You go to Ferguson to face those lefties. They both do their job and then some. And then your high leverage guys do a great job. And again, five run lead, you try to sneak in worst pitcher to eats outs. It was fine. I would disagree. I would disagree because I thought how big this game was. I thought you had to win this baseball game. And you saw how the ball was flying. That's the other thing today too, man.

This ball was jumping. It was just the humidity like for both teams for both teams. Absolutely. I can't count the number of extra base hits. I know how many doubles the Mariners hit because they set their record tonight when we'll talk about that in the second half of the show. Yep. But I just think that I'm glad that he did. Somebody brings up a good point right here. Sometimes he leaves them in longer than he should. Okay, just glad Dan didn't let co-ar work through it. Great call. Great call. Quick pull. Realize this mistake. Get them out of there. Exactly. So the credit there too. I'm just saying that like here's the other thing that I would say, and this is just me, maybe. I want Gabe Spire to start getting comfortable working multiple innings. I want Gives Spire to be able to go multiple

endings when we get to the postseason, right? Because he's phenomenal right now. He's someone I trust an awful lot. I have, I think there's a big three now. It's great. great that you have a big two for sure. I think there's a big three now with Gabe Spire, the way that he's been pitching the baseball. So I kind of want to see him go those multiple innings to get comfortable when we have to do this. I'm certainly letting him go multiple in September. Yeah, I think that's a good point because it's not something you can just pick up, right? You got to start to kind of build yourself up to get to those longer outings too. Absolutely. And you have to have a shorter bullpen when, you know, the big moments come in the

postseason. So yeah, I think I'm with you. Um, he did. He did. I don't remember if there were a ton of bad pitches, but he was in. Remember when he came in for Gilbert? And then that's when everything kind of blew up in the second Baltimore game. So there hasn't been like perfect as of as of late with fire. But I think I generally agree with you. Yeah. He's been really, really good. So yeah, I just to me, and I want to kind of pick your brain about this because you've mentioned this phrase a couple times. Real quick, quick. just because I'll forget it if not. That was on Wednesday, by the way,

that was the first run that Gabe Spire had allowed since July 13th. It's pretty good. Yeah, it's over a month. Yeah, I'd say it's pretty good. But you've mentioned this phrase that Dan Wilson manages to the back of the baseball card. Yeah. Is this an example of that?

Because, okay, we have an over a three run lead. And when you say that, you're saying the stat of a save, unquote or a hold happens when you are within three runs, correct? So that's one of those situations where it's, I don't think he's trying to just get his guy's stats, but he's almost just like, oh, it's not a safe situation. Therefore, I'm not going to put Munoz in. Or it's not a hold situation.

I'm not going to put my high leverage guys in. Is that what you're talking about? A little bit. Yeah. And it's just, I think, a case of where he plays it a little bit too much by a book, right? Like if you had a manager book, right? like that would be how he did it but you know what credit to him because it worked out outside of that right like everybody tonight in the bullpen i believe pitched except for casey leg amina and everybody

did their job except for jackson coar right and you know it could have been worse if mark i still don't know what mark v anos is swinging at on that strike out because that pitch was like never a strike it was never a strike he was nowhere near it that's a fan dual investigation at bat to be sure but like that It worked out. It worked out great. And credit, by the way, to on the Munoz play, Dylan Moore made a really nice play at first base during that as well, right? Like, he handled that perfectly and makes the perfect shift or perfect little shovel pass to Andres Munoz. The defense was pretty dang good tonight. Yeah, I think you're right. I didn't notice like any miraculous plays, but everyone just, like, did their job.

You know what I mean? One running catch from Julio, that was pretty awesome. Yeah, they didn't have to dive on. No, no. And that's the thing, too, is that Julio's so fast that he doesn't have to dive on it. Right. My dog, by the way, is barking. I think this is the first time she's seen rain in about seven years.

We're just going to. Well, while your dog is having some fun barking at the rain, we'll give some love to our sponsors. We'll talk about the offense. We've buried the lead a little bit. This offense has been great. It was great. today. We'll talk about that on the other side of the break.

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Did they have a game, baby? Did they win? Yes, they did. Seven. Okay. Barons are officially, once again, a half game behind Houston and the AL West. A big win today, but it's all about the offense. We talked a little bit about the pitching, but the offense is the reason why you win this game.

I almost want to do an exercise of going down the entire lineup and just kind of reading the lines tonight. Okay. Randy, lead off spot. Excellent lead off day from Randy Rosarena just gets on base. He gets two hits. He's two for six. So, you know, it ends up, you know, not looking amazing. But the first two, when you needed him to kind of continue to reply after New York kind

of got going against Castillo early on in the game, he was on base and scored two runs as well. Randy Rosaloraneda two for six with two singles. I have nothing to add. That's perfectly said. Okay. Cal, three for five with two. RVIs, a walk, and of course, one of those was just a moon shot to the second deck. Oh, it's 47.

This is the best I've seen Cal Raleigh look in a while. And that is not an insult to how Cal Raleigh has been playing. It hasn't been perfect, but it hasn't been that bad, folks. Like, comparatively, sure, but like it works. No, this worked and then some. And what was great to see was the doubles, right? those line drive doubles. He was huge today.

And he also called a terrific game, I thought, today. And he also, this is the first time I really noticed the framing from Cal Raleigh. And that's partially because Cal Raleigh is so good at it sometimes that you just kind of forget. But, oh, the framing was so good today. In particular on that strikeout by Brash, that was just a terrific piece of catching. But like, that was MVP Cal Rale. that if you get that version of Cal Rale you're going to do some special things.

Yeah, he just once again seems locked in at the plate. I don't think he was ever that far off, to be honest. It was a little timing off and he was getting a little under pitches that he should be crushing. He's back to the mode where he's crushing baseballs that he needs to be crushing. And even ones that he shouldn't at this point. I think the double down the line,

he goes the other way with it. God, that was so pretty. It's pretty. Like just so dang good from him. And it's not just the home runs, man. Yeah, he just misses 47, too. Yeah, he does. Just misses.

It's just, I was looking to see how many parks that get out in, and I believe it was 12 out of 30 that it would have been a homer in. So it's not like it was shellacked or he got unlucky. But, man, that was a really strong game. Julio, and the three hole goes two for six, two RBIs. Does strike out three times. But still gets two hits. Was it two doubles or was it a double of a single?

Two doubles. Two doubles. And I thought, I thought his double, especially in the first inning, was massive because it gives you that early 1-0 lead after Cal just got under one in the first inning too, right? Like, so you're thinking, okay, they're picking up the baseball pretty well. And then Julio lines that double. It was kind of disappointing they couldn't get him home. There were three at bats in between the doubles that weren't so great. I will give Ryan Helsley, I'm not going to get too mad at a guy who strikes somebody out on one-on-one up.

Like that's a perfect pitch, right? Like there's not a ton you can complain about there. Sometimes you do just got to tip your cap. But I love that he came back and was able to line that double. And then even with the bases loaded, boy, I was thinking, I have to be honest, I had some dark thoughts after that line drive goes right in the Soto's glove. Yeah. Like, oh, this was a chance to put this game away.

It's fun. He still hits it really hard. That's one of those where like, you know what? You do what you're supposed to do. He absolutely shellacked the thing. It just happened to go right at the guy. And we've seen a lot of Adam balls. When Julio's not getting hits, he's either striking out right now or it's going right to somebody.

That's what I want to see. That's what I don't want to see weak choppers. I don't want to see grounders back up the middle. I don't want to see weak flyouts to the right fielder. I want to see the ball either get Mollywopped or I want to see some strikeouts. I think Julio tries to change himself not decay and throws him off. Then he goes through the season, F it and goes off. I mean, I think there was some of that this year.

That wasn't the case last year. He just didn't, he was just striking out so much. right but i do think there was something about strikeouts being in his head at some point this year right doesn't matter yeah we've got this version now and i'm very i will take and i think i saw this i'll take two doubles and three ks any day the week hell yeah strikeouts are just outs guys you know a lot of thing we go too up much with the strikeout we just i agree i agree uh gino like probably my unsung hero because i think i'll say unsung moment uh because he's the one who ties the game up in the seventh inning with his double to score Cal Rale.

He on the day goes one for four, scores a run, has an RBI. It does strike out twice as well. But good to see him at least somewhat bring himself back in the fold a little bit because the first couple of bats looked really bad, to be honest from him. But him getting that double was a huge moment in this game. Huge moment in this game. And the only reason he's not my unsung hero is going to be. because the guy behind him is.

Yeah. Because, well, I totally agree with everything you say there. I'll just move on to Dom Canzone. Yep, do it. That hit was massive, massive, massive. Because I believe there's only one out, but still, you got a lefty coming in. And while Canzone has been better against lefties, no question about it. There have been some at bats to make you go, oh, he doesn't pick the baseball up against

these guys at all. But that liner up the middle. Great job by Suarez getting a great jump on that play as well. So to score that run. But that moment was huge, right? That started this offensive onslaught. Now, you had some offense, obviously, before that too, right? And after it.

That's when things get really good. That's when things get really, really good. So that's why he's my unsung moment. But the guy batting next, heck, the two guys who bat next also were in the competition. Yeah, yeah. We'll keep going. Garver, two for three. He's great.

With two walks, a home run. that his only hit was the home run. So, you know, that's kind of a Mitch Garver game. Two walks, a home run. Yeah. If you get on three out of five times, you're having yourself a pretty darn good game. And that Homer was big too, right? Because Mariners get the one.

And then Lindor hits the lead off Homer and it's one one. Well, you bounce right back and get a run, right? You bounce right back. And Garf sauce with that Homer, I thought was great. And he took some really good at bats tonight, too. It was nice to see. And I'd say I'll just move on to Solano. Man, just missed that Homer.

I know. I missed it. I know. But that was one of the better games from Donnie Barrels that we've seen in a while. The lineup was so good today. It was. I'm going to mention the pinch run, Dylan Moore, after the Donnie Barrel's double, because he, number one, scores a run on the next double.

Yeah. From Cole Young, which we'll get to. and then he hits a double of his own. Good for him. Do you know when the last time he had a hit was? July 13th. July 4th. July 4th was the last time that this dude had a hit.

Did I see that correctly that he asked for the baseball too? I was just going to ask if that's true. Because if he did, that's wonderful. I think he did. And that's having a good sense of humor too, right? Yeah. That's phenomenal. That is really, really cool to see.

And you saw how excited the dugout was. Oh, my gosh. The players love this dude, right? Like, he is scrap personified, right? Unfortunately, we have to take away the word, the letter S from that, too, because that's how he's played, right? Like, that's just, that's just the honest, right? Well, thank you, sir.

It's better than squaring. I, um, I'm happy for him, man. And I'm happy for Seattle fans because Dylan Moore is popular. Like, my social media feed was, filled with hell yeah Dylan Moore hell yeah Dylan Moore and I was also filled did that really just happen to yeah that's exactly but mine there's definitely some of that but like that's great it's great to see and it's a reminder that baseball is such a game of individual moments and then that individual moment even in a game that wasn't really close at the time right it was 10 to 6 nope and boy

Frankie Montas what a who he's bad he's real bad real real bad but uh I I'm happy I'm happy for Dimo. Let's move to the one guy who doesn't get on base, doesn't really contribute tonight, and it's J.P. Crawford. He goes 0 for 5 with 2Ks. It was a tough game for JP. It was just not a game where,

you know, he had a decent little series against Baltimore. I believe he had four hits in those three games, so I don't want to go two nuts, but like nothing that J.P. Crawford has done really since even moving into the eight spot. By the way, in August, he's hitting 275, 341, 450 that's solid that's I'll take that for my eight hole hitter every day

oh my goodness gracious absolutely but I don't think he's done anything to suggest that he needs to be moved up right now like I think it I'm still pretty confident in him being that eight spot right now yeah yeah and honestly like I think it works like just keep doing that that's fine with me and then Cole Young who actually might be my on-sung

hero today oh because he's three for four with a walk. Two doubles, I want to say? I think so. I think he gets two doubles. So, God, he looks good. He, I think his trajectory was like,

he really struggled at first for the first, like, two weeks that he was up. Kind of slowly worked his way up, incrementally kept getting better and better and better, then hit a rough patch again for another like two weeks where he kind of was like, uh-oh. But lately, and then it's an even sharper incline since that has happened. He has been a really, really good baseball player, especially getting on base at a super high clip.

Yeah, like coming into today, he was hitting 227 in August with a 227 slugging percentage. And, you know, that's not good. No. You have 433 on base percentage, though, over that time frame. And sure a lot of that is based on the 4 watt game, right? Like, that's going to help those numbers quite a bit. but he had it, right? And, you know, I was so happy to see Cole Young bounce back from, he was pretty

miserable in Baltimore, right? Those were two really bad baseball games that he played. But it didn't carry over. It didn't carry over whatsoever. And I saw him drive the baseball. By the way, unsung moment is him driving in the run to make it a six, five game, right? Because there's two outs in that situation. You're down by two runs.

There's just something about. being by two compared to one, that's a little bit more, maybe it's just us, right? But it's a little bit more difficult to, I think I'm watching someone run a kickback. No, they got them. Okay. It's just a little more difficult to feel confident, right?

But like, when you get that one run, I was kind of like, oh, they're going to score a lot more runs in this baseball game, right? So that would be a huge moment. So are you talking about when it gets to 10-6 and after 8-6? No, didn't he drive in the run to make it 6-5, or was that somebody else? six five was Dominic Canzon.

No, that was 7.6. That was 7.6. Yeah. I don't know if it was ever 6.5. Maybe I'm wrong. Oh, no, no, no, you are right. No, you are right. Yeah, you are right.

Sorry, I was looking at the wrong inning. That's okay. That's all right. He does have two doubles then. No, no, that one was a single. That one was a single. And that doubled down the line, too, to push that lead to four runs was massive as well. Yeah.

Terrific game from Cole Young. This was a, really good game. And yeah, J.P. Crawford had a bad one. And so a lot of you are writing to say that, hey, it's just one game. It's just one game. How many of you don't get still that we are recapping one game at a time? I love all of you. But how do you not get that this is? We tell you what happened on August 15th, 2025. Come on. Come on. Come on. Okay. Yeah, it's fine. And yes, we put it in perspective. of 100% yeah of like the bigger overall season if someone's struggling for a long period of time like we say that and we didn't even say that about jp it's like yeah he was like the only one that didn't contribute tonight exactly yeah i still love my son i still have hope and i love my son at being the eighth best hitter or maybe even the ninth best yeah on the seattle mariners right yeah that's pretty fun it's pretty fun who's also looked like better defensively lately i will say no comment from chris cropper that's fine okay okay

Okay. We will continue, hopefully continue our, I don't say Winstreet, we just start a new one. But we'll continue your Mariners coverage tomorrow with a, I believe, another 405 first pitch, I want to say. Let me double check that to make sure it is correct. We go one o'clock game tomorrow. I'm pretty sure. Yeah, yeah. I don't love it. That's kind of weird.

I don't love it. I think it's an early game because they're traveling to Williamsport on Sunday. Yeah, you're probably right. Right. Brian Wu versus Nolan McLean making his MLV debut. So real quick, since I am the guy who pretends that he knows about prospects and have tricked a bunch of companies into paying for him, Nolan McLean has really good stuff.

Nolan McLean's command is not so great. He will issue his share of free passes. If you have a similar approach, I think, to what you had against Mania tonight, I think you should be able to have some success. But we have seen the Mariners struggle at first looks at pitchers, right? It is something that has been kind of a carryover for the last few years. McLean's interesting, but I think Brian Wu should be able to outpitching. All right.

We'll talk to you guys tomorrow, 105 first pitch. So we'll be with you guys probably around, you know, 3.30-ish, 345. and we'll get you guys rolling. Get out of here. Hopefully the Mariners can go win the series tomorrow, and then if you're playing for a sweep in Williamsport, then we're good to go. So, yeah, I do.

I do like the Sonic Sweat. That's it. Hey, Simple Seattle's cool, but they don't sponsor this show, so I'll shut up. Great. Sounds good. If you're interested in Seahawks coverage, we will have a Seahawks squad show,

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