Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - MARINERS POSTCAST:Matt Brash gets FIRST SAVE as the Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins

Episode Date: June 25, 2025

Christopher Crawford breaks down the second game of a series between the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins. Matt Brash was able to come up with his first save of the season after Andres Munoz works the eighth. Luis Castillo was shaky, but the offense did just enough with Julio Rodriguez coming up big in the ninth to secure the win.  SUPPORT 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. That was another fun one. It wasn't quite as fun as yesterday. Well, it depends. Are you someone who likes it's a small world or are you someone who likes to be on those adventurous rides? If you like being on those adventurous rides, this is a game for you.

is Chris Crawford. Solo again. Anders is enjoying his time off, I hope. Mariner's win six to five. They take the first two of the series against the Minnesota Twins, a four game series. We're going to break it all down as we do every single game. The Locked-on Mariners Postcast, I think I forgot to mention what we were last time. Again, I'm new to this. I'm new to the solo do low for this format anyway. But my name is Chris Crawford. Normally it's me and Anders. today it's just me. That's what it'll be for the next week or so. Well, not even a week, just the next four or so games.

This was fun. And we're going to talk about a not great start from Luis Castillo. One really good inning from the Mariners and then kind of shaky offense, but a massive moment from a volatile Seattle Mariner. And then we'll go into our unsung hero. But let's start with Luis Castillo. First of all, before we even get into that, we really appreciate your comments.

we'd appreciate if you hit like and subscribe. I will do my best to show as many comments as possible, but because I am still kind of getting used to this newish format, if I don't put your thing in, it's not because I hate you. It's not because you cut me in line at AMPM. It's just I'm still getting used to this formatting. But let's talk about Luis Castillo. And if you take a look at the overall line, you see a guy who threw five innings, allowed seven hits, five run runs, two walks, three strikeouts. And a lot of times a line for a pitcher will be like, well, that's not really indicative of how he pitched. I think that's pretty indicative of how Luis Castillo pitched today. He got away with some stuff in the first inning, a terrific, terrific play from Donovan

Solano in the first inning to get him out of that. Then the second inning's great. Third inning on was not the best, not the best. But I will give him credit. He kind of, I don't want to say the word battled, because battled is, it's right. Battled is right. Whenever you hear a manager say a pitcher battled, what they're really saying is they struggled. It applies here. It applies here. He just wasn't at his best.

The command wasn't great. I'll give some credit to the twins offense, and this is a twins offense that is talented, you know, it wasn't the best start that we've seen from Luis Castillo. Now, do I have any long-term concerns? No. And as a bunch of you pointed out, Luis Castillo has been really solid this year, really solid. As my good friend, Smacky the Frog says right here, Castillo was a bit rough, but he's been solid all year. Got to give him some grace for sure. And, you know, we're a daily recap show. So we're going to react to what we see. And what we saw today from Luis Castillo wasn't good enough. That doesn't mean I have any long-term concerns with Louise Castillo whatsoever.

He's not perfect. Pobuddy's Nerfict. You know, that's one of my. favorite phrases for a reason. He didn't pitch out his best. That doesn't mean that Luis Castillo doesn't get the job done the overwhelming majority of the time. He just didn't have his best command. He was just missing two, just a little bit off. And you know, that double by Walner was a nice piece of hitting. He does get the huge out. I think that anything could have been even bigger, if not for our good friend Ty France doing something that Ty France has done a lot. Hitting it to double plays. But he gets that double play. Imagine what happens. happens if that guy gets on. If France gets on and that that double, we're talking about a massive

inning. So that was a big play. And kudos to him for that. Yes, he gives up the two run double afterwards. The rest of the pitching, oh, I could go on and on about how fantastic this bullpen was today. Gabe Spire, fantastic job. Does give up the hit, but does an outstanding job of working around it. Carlos Vargas, an inning in a third. Yeah, he gives up the walk and he doesn't strike anybody out. That stuff looked so good. I thought Goldsmith brought it up perfectly. The ball was just jumping out of his arm today. And it was so difficult for them to pick up. Like, that's just a really solid job by a really solid reliever. It's a really interesting thing. And I know I say really too much, by the way, it's something I'm working on. It was an excellent job by Carlos Vargas.

is, but let's talk about Andres Munoz and Matt Brash, because first of all, kudos to Daniel Wilson, as my good buddy Paras Social Andy brings up. Kudos to him for bringing in, bringing in Andres Munoz in the eighth inning, rather than waiting for the night. That was the game. You had to go get your best reliever there. and there was no, as Brent points out right here, no rest from either one of them.

And that was great to see. You know, you always get a little worried when you have a reliever, not pitch for a while. Didn't affect them whatsoever. Didn't affect them whatsoever. But it was absolutely the right call to use Munoz in that situation. Don't save him for a situation that may not exist. Go get him and face that part of the lineup.

And he was fan-touching. Now, Brasch doesn't have to face as tougher of a lineup. He doesn't have to face as quality of hitters that Munoz does. That doesn't mean that wasn't a huge situation. You pitch in a one-grown game in the ninth inning, you've got to be at your best, and he looked fantastic. I have no doubt in my mind that Matt Brash can be a closer in the MLB level. There's no doubt in my mind.

There shouldn't be any doubt in anyone's mind whether or not Matt Brash can be. one of the best relievers in baseball. And you saw it today even without a ton of strikeouts. Like he's not just a guy who needs to fan hitters to get, and he does get a strikeout today. By the way, still an ERA of 0.00. Good for you, Matt Brash. Those of you have followed me for a while,

have known that I've been a big Matt Brash fan for a long, long time. It's very fun to see him live up to the hype. It's very fun indeed. And, you know, that's a good word for it. What a luxury to be able to use your closer in that situation, knowing that you have a guy behind him like that, that can get the job done. It's huge. It's absolutely huge.

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foreshadowing of something that happens there. Yeah, sack flies aren't great, but productive outs and especially balls that are hit in the air, and I think that's a big thing that we're going to talk about in a second. I think that that's really solid to seem. I think it's important to see Julio getting the ball in the air as much as he does. We talked about it yesterday with him pulling the ball. Now, he didn't pull the ball today, and he struck out a couple of times, one on kind of a shaky call, in my personal opinion. But it's nice to see hard contact. It's nice to see some hard, you know what?

This is a great way to put it. productive loud outs. But they didn't just have productive loud outs. In that third inning, big dumper shows that he's so much more than just a Homer guy right now. It's not just a rip and hope type player. Singles to right to score Cole Young. Then Luke Rayleigh gets hit by the pitch that scores J.P. Crawford. And then Donovan Solano, man, Donovan Solano with that two-run single, and I thought this game was over. I thought five-nothing with the way Castillo bounced back in second inning, we're done. We can just go home and we can just have a great day. It'd be fun. We can just kind of pay attention to what happens. Now, it doesn't end up being that way

because the offense for the next, the offense for the next five innings didn't look very good. Didn't look very good. Yeah, he's washed for sure. For those listening, I don't care, Calvin, Homer today. He might be washed. Maybe we can trade him. We could probably get a couple bags of balls, something along those lines. The offense did not look good, but then let's talk about that ninth inning, because that ninth inning, and I want to make sure I get the exact sequence of everything that happens here, and this will be my unsung hero. It's not going to be Julio, but we'll talk about the Julio moment, of course.

So in the top of the ninth inning, Kenzone lines out to third. It was good, hard contact, but then Jorge Palanco gets hit by a pitch, and Wilson makes the absolute right call to pinch run Dylan. more for Jorge Polanco. Then Cole Young, there's my unsung zero, unsung hero, excuse me. Yep. Absolutely massive moment for him to get that single and get the runner to third. And Jorge Polanco ain't getting the third on that play. No way. Jorge Polanco does a lot of things well. Run ain't one of them. Running is not his strength. And yeah, rips that baseball. Rips that baseball up the middle. Then J.P. Crawford gets hit.

hit. And I have to be honest with you, and Tick brought it up. I was disappointed when he got hit, not because I don't believe in Julio Rodriguez, but because that run scores if that ball doesn't hit JP. It would go right behind him. Dylan Moore gets into home plate easily. We don't have to worry. But no, it hits him. Base is loaded for Julio Rodriguez in the top of the ninth inning. And if you're a Julio skeptic, there's a nice way to put it. If you're a Julio skeptic, you are, you're nervous. You're nervous, right? And he's facing one of the very best closers in baseball.

Yon Duran gives everybody a run. And he falls behind O2 and he swings at two pitches that I don't believe were strikes. You guys can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe those pitches were outside of the strike zone. And I'm thinking, oh, no. Well, I'm thinking, oh, no. And then I'm thinking, oh, my gosh, thank goodness. We have Cal Raleigh coming to the plate afterwards, right? But nope, as good of an out for a Seattle Mariner player as I've seen this year.

And sure, it wasn't a great pitch. But the fact that he got that ball in the air and more than deep enough, it was going to score Dylan more easily, the fact he got that ball in the air, not all clutch moments are just hits and dingers. That's a huge moment, a huge moment. And as Sinebon brings up today, he's the bookends. He has the first RBI and the last RBI. It just got the job done.

You don't have to go two for four with a homer and a double when four RBIs every game. You don't have to do that. And as a few of you brought up, the twins played well today. The Minnesota twins were probably the better team in this. came outside of that third inning, right? But that third inning happened, and that's why big innings matter. Shout out to Donvin Solano for another massive moment. But kudos to Julio for getting the job done there and giving Matt Brash that lead and him

taking care of it. This is a great win. These last three wins are up there. They're up there. And it's awesome to see that they didn't need to rely on starting. pitching and they didn't need to rely on scoring 11 runs either. You've got to win these types of games, right? You've got to win these games where not everything's at its best. Not everything was terrible. The bullpen was fantastic tonight. Castillo battles, but it wasn't like a plus efforts,

and it certainly wasn't an a plus effort from the offense on the road playing a team that's due for wins, you get this kind of win. And these are the type of things that playoff teams do. This is what playoff teams do. I love this one. I'd also love, again, if you would hit like. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do. Make sure you're checking out Ty and Colby every single weekday. They do such a fantastic job.

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i have had an absolute blast over this first month i'll leave you with a shorter one um but yeah this was a great win and you guys enjoy the rest of your day