Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Seattle Mariners Continue FRUSTRATING Trend at This Year's Trade Deadline

Episode Date: August 5, 2026

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The deadline has come and gone, and it had a very similar theme to a lot of other Mariners deadlines as of late. 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 Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. My name is Tadding Azales, and I'm joined as always by my co-co's Colby Patnode for the first ever Locked-on Mariners episode, exclusively recorded from the state of Washington. And with that. This episode is brought to you by Fandul. Join all the action at Fandul.com to play daily dairs and make your free pick on who's hitting a homer this MLB season on today's show. I'll tell you a little bit about my first experience back at T-Mobile Park in 19 years

last night. We also need to get caught up on what's happened since the last time we talked to you. So we're going to talk about the bigillion roster moves. The Mariners made before yesterday's game. But we're going to start with some final thoughts on the Mariners deadline. which went about the same as a lot of Mariners' deadlines since the end of the drought and the end of the rebuild, where the moves that they did make, great, totally on board with them. They accomplished a lot of the things that they set out to accomplish at the deadline. However, they didn't put the cherry on top. They didn't do that one last thing that you felt they needed to do.

Like last year, we're like, yeah, they went out. They got the two best bats available at the deadline. Nash Naylor and A.U. Henae O'Swarez, but they also wanted to get Yohan Duran, and they weren't able to push that thing across the finish line. And maybe had they gotten Duran, last year would have ended a little bit differently. Maybe they win the ALCS. Who knows? Maybe they even win the World Series with Yon Duran in tow.

It's one of the biggest what ifs with this club in general in its history, I think, at this point. Now, this year, you know, they get out from Luis Castillo. They're able to make that move. That's something that we know they wanted to accomplish. They do get a reliever back in Sir Anthony and Dominguez. They do get a right-handed hitter in Taylor Ward. But they reportedly wanted to add one to two more relievers on Monday, and they wound up coming away from the deadline with zero.

And there were a lot of relievers that were moved on Monday, Colby. And it's not just the Luke Weavers and the Jeff Hoffman's of the world. It's the Lake Bockers, right? And the Mariners didn't get a single one of those guys. And I'm kind of stunned that they weren't able to get something done for one of those guys. Yeah. It's a running theme, you know, at every acquisition period. It seems like every time, either in the offseason or at the trade deadline,

we have the same conversation where it's like, oh, the moves that they made, yeah, I like them. I think they're smart, savvy moves, and I think the team is better. And they did a nice job kind of maneuvering and threading the needle in a couple of places and not giving away the prospects that you're afraid to give away, managing to keep all those guys. And you're like, yeah, this is a really smart deadline. And then at the end of that conversation, we always say, but it just feels a little light. And it happens every deadline period. It happens every off season.

The moves that are made are cool. We like them. And we think they do a pretty good job overall, but they just come up short every single time. And, you know, it's fellow content creator Casey Bellin, I think praised it really well after the deadline had passed. The Mariners are a team that refuses to pay for the last eight outs. They just won't pay that extra to get them across the finish line.

And now this season is a little bit different. than like last year even because yeah teams bad like it really isn't a very good team it's a talented team but we're 112 games or whatever into the season and and they've been the same team all year they're wildly inconsistent they're mediocre and the only reason they even have a shot is because they play in the worst division in the worst league in a long long time uh so that's why they have a shot so on the one hand it's like yeah well why would i want to invest you know in the luke weaver types for this team. They don't deserve that. They haven't earned that. But also it's like, but you went out and you got Taylor Ward.

Exactly. That's my thing, right? It's like you established yourself as a buyer when you went out and got Taylor Ward. When you went out and got a rental bat, one of the better rental bets that moved at the deadline. And it's not like you gave up, you know, a ton, you know, to get him. Like, like I said on Monday's show, you know, as much as I like Brock Moore, like this was like nothing. Like, I don't. don't feel any sort of sting with that return. But still, it's like when you when you make a move like that, like, okay, we're going for it.

You know? And then you don't pay that off at all. And I feel like that kind of like retroactively cheapens the ward acquisition. Even though I really like that deal. Like I just, it's just like why. So you did that, but then you were unwilling to do anything else on top of that to, to push this thing forward even further. Right. It just, it feels like the Mariners are not willing to get uncomfortable to improve their major league roster. And that's the whole thing. Like trades are, you're not supposed to only make the trades that you know you're not going to regret. Like that's a terrible way to run a baseball team because you're never going to ascend to that level that you need to ascend to that level that you need to ascend to. And again, you got to pay for the last eight outs. If you pay Las Montez last year, if you tack him on to your Duran.

handoff or whatever, right? Or whoever it is or it doesn't matter, right? If you pay that little bit extra and you get Duran, you're probably playing in the World Series and you might have won it. Like this year, it just kind of felt like a half measure again. Like you move out of you move out from under Castillo. Okay, fine. Like we wanted to do that.

You did well. You got a reliever who not, not the best debut. What. Well, yes. My section, my section was a big part of the booing towards Sir Anthony and Domingos, by the way. Yeah, not great, not great. But honestly, probably can't get any worse.

So get the one out of the way in the game. You weren't going to win anyways. But yeah, woof. But they got a reliever who, in theory, will help them. I know it's a hard thing to say after last night. But in theory will help him. You got a legitimate prospect as well. And you got half the money.

You got out about half the money. Like, that's a great deal. That is a great deal for baseball. It's a great deal. even, you know, where the Mariners are at, buyer sellers, they kind of walk the line there. It's like, it's a very similar conversation that we had about the Paul Cwall trade. And then they went out and they did the thing we wanted them to do in the 23 deadline. And they went out and they added a piece that wasn't too expensive and kind of lengthens the lineup.

It makes them a little bit better. We're like, okay, good. They learned the lesson of 2023. Not quite. Not quite because then they shut it down. It's not all the way there. Yeah. Again, it's like a little half measure.

And it's like, oh, well, we're going to roll. rely on our guys to get better. And it's like, 112 games in or whatever. Again, I don't know the exact number. Like, you, the guys are who they are. Like, this is who Julio is this year. This is who Cal is this year. You have to build the team around what you have, not what you wish you had. And it just feels like a cop out to sit here and be like, oh, well, you know, the market, blah, blah, blah. Oh, we just didn't line up. It's like, you have to force the issue sometimes.

And again, and part of me in the back of my head's like, do I really want them to force the issue for this team no but you kind of already did it a little bit so it's just kind of a weird deadline yeah so that's the that's the thing right is like if they didn't want to buy aggressively i think they're totally justified to do that given what the state of the team is but again because you went out and you got taylor ward and you know paid some assets again nothing of great significance or consequence but like because you went out and you paid assets for a couple of months of a hitter. Like, where, where's, you're, you're a buyer.

Like, right? Like, you're a buyer. You should be, like, going out and like, you know, doing more on top of that. Like, you have other needs that you need to address. Right. It felt just indecisive. Like, they still up until hours before the deadline,

they weren't sure which direction they wanted to go. And it's like, you can't operate like that, Jerry. And Justin, obviously, he's part of this too. So, like, again, it's, I just, I keep going back. to the phrase that Casey came up with it. It's a really good one. This team will not pay for the last eight outs. This front office will not pay for the last eight outs. You have to either be all in or you have to be out. And again, just, I know I've said a few times now, but like that part of me is fighting with the part of me. That's like this team's a bunch of losers who can't play baseball. So why would you want them to add to this roster? But if that's true, then you also should have been selling. Like, why would you sell if you're not, it just felt like we did a little bit of buying. We did a little bit of. bit of selling at the end of the day we're probably about as good we're probably slightly better than we were and it's like okay but that's not enough and and on top of it by the way we have jerry saying like kate anderson's not going to be a reliever for us until maybe september like they haven't called

up michael or royo yet so the in-house guys they have that they could make them a little bit better they're not willing to use them yet and so it's just kind of like it just doesn't feel like there's really much of a plan here it feels like it's just kind of random moves instead of like a an effort to build like this is what we want to accomplish it's like oh well we like that deal so we'll do that deal and then like yeah i guess nothing else happens nothing else happens it just it just feels random almost more so than like a yeah a coordinated attack well and it's not just going out and getting taylor ward it's also being like we're not trading randy you know we're not going to we're not going to trade any of the relievers none of that like we're not going to do like this

mix of buying and selling and we're not going to try and like rebalance the roster that much. Now they've done that a little bit with some of the other roster moves that we'll be talking about here in a few, but like in terms of just the deadline plan, like the things that they you know said that they wanted to do and then you know, weren't willing to do just like two plus two doesn't equal four here for me. All right. We'll wrap up our thoughts on the deadline and then get into the plethora of moves the Mariners made before yesterday's game in just a moment. But first a reminder of this episode of the Locked-on Marriss podcast is brought to you by Fandul. Locked-on Mariners is brought to you by Fanduel.

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That's Fanduil.com to play daily dingers and make your free pick on who's hitting a homer. Play ball and swing for the fences on Fandul, an official partner of MLB. And you're listening to the Locktime Mariner's podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Thank you so much for making us your first listen. And also thank you for making Lockdown the number one sports podcast network. So, you know, the common complaint that I've seen about the deadline for Mariners fans, for Mariners content creators over the last, you know, 24 or so hours.

It's been, why didn't they go out and get Luke Weaver? Why didn't they go out and get Jeff Hoffman? Now, obviously, both of those guys making a little bit of money. I think they're actually making like the same amount of money, right? Both of them are making around like $12.5 million a year. Yeah. Now Weaver, obviously, the Mets paid down some of that contract, which adds even more fuel to that fire.

But I do wonder for a club that hasn't spent a lot of money on its bullpen, really since like the Joaquin Benoit and like, Juan Naccio era of the Mariners, like before the rebuild. I do wonder if like, because they have Munoz making some money, because now they brought in Sir Anthony Dominguez, who's going to make $10 million next year, if they just did not want to add another reliever making real money to this group, which on the surface, to me, not a good excuse, but from the front office's perspective, specifically, if you know that you're not going to get a ton of added payroll for next year and you got to be,

you know, smart with the finances that you have available to you. Yeah, probably isn't the smartest thing to just dump a bunch of those resources into the bullpen and instead, you know, try and allocate those to more everyday roles or more just important roles on the roster. So from the front office's perspective, if they didn't want to do that, I kind of understand that. What I don't necessarily understand, though, is why. they didn't pivot towards like, you know, and actually land,

because they probably did pivot and try to land these guys. But like, why weren't you able to land a Lake Bocker or someone like that who's making little to, to no money and it's just going to cost you prospects? Because again, like, all right, you don't want to buy aggressively for this specific team? Fine. But when you make a move like the Taylor Ward move that signifies like, hey, we think we can win this division. we think we can still make some noise in October.

So when you peel back the layers of the philosophy behind this deadline, it just like, it doesn't make sense. Like there's just a lot of, um, just a lot of like conflicting parts to this. It just feels almost random and chaotic more so than like this is the plan because if they were buyers, they didn't buy enough. if they were sellers, they didn't really sell like anything, you know, and so they didn't sell enough. And it just kind of felt like they wanted to straddle that fence. And again, you know, I understand the placement of the team right now. And the fact, the only reason they were buyers to any degree is because the American League West stinks.

And the American League stinks too. Like any other year, you would be clear sellers. But that's the reality of the situation. Right now, you're buyers. and he came in with all this expectation. And then you went out and you got a Taylor Ward. Like, okay, that is a buying move, regardless of how you feel about Taylor Ward, it's a buying move. And so you need to follow that up with the appropriate moves.

And Ward is an appropriate acquisition for this team. He's a low-cost rental player who has some warts, but ultimately should help you. And a player that, A, you've wanted for a while, as we have speculated for quite a bit and turned out that was true. And, you know, it's also a player that maybe just maybe you might be interested in keeping around beyond this year. We'll see. We don't know for sure about that. But it's just kind of one of those things where it's like you bought, you know, but you didn't really. Like you didn't really stick your foot in the water.

You just kind of dipped your toe in and it wanted to be wanting credit for attempting to buy because you bought, you know, one piece when you needed three or four. And so, yeah, it is an inner struggle for me that like this team. team once again went into an acquisition period, made smart, savvy moves that I really like. And I'm sitting there going to all right, put the cherry on top. Pay for the last eight outs to quote Casey again. Pay for those outs. Make the charge. Either you believe in this thing or you don't.

And they just kind of did what they always do. And they just kind of like, eh, that's enough. That's not. We don't want to push it. We don't want to, you know, exert our, we don't extend ourselves just in case this goes wrong. And that's part of being a jam, especially when you're in a championship win. window. If you believe you're in a championship window, you're willing to take these risks. So it's just, it's a very frustrating deadline. And again, it gets more and more frustrating every year because every year it's the same exact problem. Yeah. They need to make that little bit of extra move. They need to make that one more move to push them over the top or to, you know, really wow people or to really change the fortunes. And they just, they leave it on the table every single time. That's a problem. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I actually do have one last piece on the deadline before we move on. Because I've seen a lot of people refer to the Castillo deal as a salary dump. And I think that's a bit reductive of what it ultimately is. Like there's obviously, you know, a major salary component to it. But like they needed to clear that spot. We've talked about this because they have Anderson and something. Like they still need to clear at least one more spot in the rotation, you know, this winter probably. and they were reportedly trying to do that with Hancock and Kirby.

Now, obviously they weren't just going to trade one of those guys just for the sake of trading them. Like they want to get proper value back for them, but they needed to clear that roster spot. And they needed to reallocate some of Castillo's resources to a different part of the roster. And they did that with Dominguez now. Again, obviously, woof last time. But still, like, you know, the process of that, it was very understandable. And they also got a, I really like

Boston Smith, by the way. Like I really do. Like I think he's a legitimate prospect. So. It's a really, really, really good deal. Yeah. Like, no, a salary dump is the Gino trade to Arizona. Yeah.

A few years ago. That's a salary dump. This wasn't a salary dump. Like, that is very, very reductive of what that trade ultimately was. So, yeah, I've seen that a little too much. And I just wanted to address that. Anyway, before last night's game, Marr has made a billion moves,

including moving on from not just Robb Ruff Center, which we kind of expected once they made the Taylor Ward trade. But they also moved on from Mitch Garber. Johnny Parade is now up with the club. He's now officially the backup catcher. It was a little surprised that they moved on from Garber. And then obviously they added Taylor Ward to the roster. They added Sir Anthony Dominguez.

and they activated Brennan Donovan from the injured list. So just a ton of roster moves last night. But yeah, a little surprise that they did the Garber thing. Because, like, yeah, Garber hasn't been good this year. But like there are quite a few guys in that clubhouse. I like throwing to him. We know that. He's been fine behind the plate this year.

And, you know, he's been okay offensively, especially against lefties. He's been pretty solid against lefties this year. So, yeah, I was a little surprised they made that move. of. Yeah, it's, you know, Rob and Mitch, I know their mariner careers didn't go the way that many of us were hoping. Yeah. But, you know, by all accounts, too, just fantastic people.

Yeah. Who, you know, for in, in Mitch's case, wanted to try and, you know, change his legacy a bit here in Seattle. And ultimately, he'll be remembered as a, you know, a disappointing player. but he certainly had some big moments, you know, and so, you know, the walk off against Atlanta, the sacrifice fly against scoble. Scoobel.

Yeah. Big, big run. And the triple in the ALCS, the funny weird little triple there. He certainly had some moments. He certainly had some moments. And obviously, you know, again, was weirdly enough, his defensive value was actually what kind of salvaged any kind of a contract there for the mariner's not that it really did but Mitch is a great dude and you know

he opened up about like the the nastiness of fans when he was struggling and and all that BS, which if that's you, you're a loser. Seek help, you need therapy. But yeah, it sucks, you know, that that's kind of the way it ends for him. But also, Pareta has performed when he was up. He performed down in AAA when he sent him back down. He's younger and he's just, I don't know, he's not as good as a catcher, but he throws better, he moves better just because, you know, he's younger and he doesn't have the back issues and all that. So I think there's a decent chance we've seen the last of Mitch Garber in any major league

uniform. Yeah. And I can't imagine he clears and is okay going down to AAA or anything like that. But, you know, catching's really hard to find. And maybe there's a team that wants to take a shot on him. There was a lot of teams looking for catcher help at that. the deadline. So maybe that's a place. Maybe New York, I don't know. But yeah, it's, it really is kind of, you know, a sad day because like Garber, as bad as it was, I liked him. Like, he's a good dude,

worked hard. It wasn't an effort issue with him. And by all accounts, loved in the clubhouse and all that. And Rob, again, it just, it never worked. It was never going to work. I could totally see him signing back on like Boston and just destroying left-hand of pitching because that's the way the work sometimes, but it was never going to, it wasn't going to work here. And the Mariners, you know, probably held on to him for too long, hoping that it would work. But again, just an awesome dude, very hard worker. Just unfortunately, just did not go his way here in Seattle. And sometimes that's what happens.

So we'll see what happens next with those two guys' career. But I certainly wish them best, the best. I don't have any, like, vitriol towards them. It's just disappointing players who never really found their footing here in Seattle. And sometimes that happens. But, you know, Mitch, Mitch did certainly at the very least. He had some moments. Hey, you know what?

So did Rob Reff Snyder. He had a couple of moments. So, you know, it's a bummer, but that's the business of baseball. And parade is just a little bit better than Garber now. And I think it's fair to say, Taylor Ward's better than Ref Snyder. And honestly, I think I think Arroyo is going to be up before too long, too. And I think that at that point, there's just no spot whatsoever for Rob. by the way

you know you were talking about Garber clearance he got outright released he didn't get DFA so did so did Rob they were yeah yeah yeah so Garber's a free agent now you know and again like Garber

this year offensively 175 302-2-2-194 that's obviously terrible but like you know give him his relationship with some of the pitchers on the roster you know he was fine defensively you know he was actually a positive F4 player this year only

point two but still like it wasn't a negative and you know again he had some success against lefties this year 101 WRC plus against lefties slash 222 344 315 obviously just no slug there which like that's Ben Garber's calling

Kurt but like as far as backup catchers go you could do worse than Mitch Garber so again a little surprised by that but obviously like Parada is supposed to be the backup catcher of the future here so getting that yeah so you know getting that an emotion now rather than waiting on that like that's that's fine just again was a little surprised that they actually pulled the trigger on that yeah garber also a big part of the game planning and and works very well with cow and you know pitch calling and working on the craft and all that so yeah garber kind of like you're losing a coach you know and a trusted one at that and maybe that's part of this you know is that hey Rob and Mitch

Clubhouse is too stale like there's just not much here you're not producing on top of it and so you're well liked but we're not producing so you're out of here which is basically what they did with Maggianas is hey you're really well liked and then people are going to be sad to see you go in the clubhouse but

you're not producing so I mean not that Bobby could produce the players we're producing for him but yeah it's maybe it is part of the you know the shake up of like trying to shake these guys lose but again, 112 whatever games in. These guys are who they are and it's not very good.

All right. Well, last night, the Mariners got schlacked by the Detroit Tigers. And unfortunately, that was my first experience watching Mariners baseball in the city of Seattle in 19 years. You'll talk about that experience in just a moment. But first, a reminder, this episode of the Locktime Marries podcast is brought to you by Amazon. This back to school season, spend less on your kids with Amazon. We all know how crazy the best. back-to-school shopping experience can be.

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Link in the description of this episode. So until last night, it had been 19 years. since I last step foot in T-Mobile Park. And it has still been 19 years since I've seen the Mariners score run at T-Mobile Park. Woof. And they only scored one in the last game you went to at T-Mobile Park? Yeah, it was a Raul-Oabanya's solo home run against the twins, yeah.

Woof. Yeah, you know, I've had better luck in Toronto, much better luck than I had last. night. And yet I could not care less about what the team did on the field. I had a fantastic time last night. I mean, obviously, yeah, I'm, you know, a little bummed that they didn't at least score one run with me in the tenants last night. But, you know, I would have preferred to win that game. But yeah, I obviously last night was much bigger for me than, uh, than what was happening on the field. And, uh, God, team old park is such, it's so good. It's so good. It's, it's so,

so good. It's so elite. Like the atmosphere, the smells, like, oh, just perfect ballpark. Absolutely perfect ballpark. We were sitting down the first base line last night, section 117 and got great seats, you know, even with the,

the haze and the smoke and stuff. Like, it was just beautiful atmosphere. Just the way the sun, like, sits there, like, just, hmm, uh, after like being at, you know, going to games exclusively at Rogers Center for like the last decade. Like that is such a culture shock. It's a proper ballpark, Ty.

Yeah. It's a real ballpark. Roger Center is not. Roger Center is a glorified parking garage, even after the renovations, which do make the experience better, especially when the roof is open. But yeah,

it does not compare in the slightest to what I experienced last night. Now, I was running off of, like three hours of sleep. So when I stepped foot in the ballpark, it didn't look real. And also like the haze from the, from the smoke and stuff made it look even more like surreal.

But yeah, I just had the best time. Got a ferry boat, of course, had to get the ferry boat. Got the fried salmon and chips. And there, that was great for Mivers.

Take that into the hotel pool because it floats. And just for the record, tie what hotel? are you staying at and room number? None of your business hotel. Okay. Yeah. Did meet up with a couple of listeners

who actually came down to where we were sitting. So I wanted to shout out Preston and Kerry and Midge who came by and said hello. Be you back at the ballpark tonight. Not going to the game Thursday. And then Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Colby's going to be with me. So we're going to be at the ballpark.

Colby and I are going to finally meet. Yeah, Colby and I are going to finally meet after working together for eight years. Yeah, eight years. Working together working for me, you know. Sure. So, yeah, we'll be there at the ballpark all three of those days. Obviously, you know, I announced this on a YouTube short, but if you didn't see it, we weren't able to lock down an in-person event, like a venue for an in-person event.

So we're going to have to do. For a lack of effort. Yeah, trust me. But we're going to do more of like an impromptu thing. Like all three days, we'll probably put it out there like, hey, we're here. We'll put that out on. We're in a pen. Tomorrow we're at Victory Hall or whatever.

Yeah. Yeah. Just, you know, if you want to come say what's up. And then if you see us just around the ballpark, feel free to say hi. We'll have stickers on us, by the way. Ahoi Sailor stickers. We have, what, 100 of those. And they come in three different colorways.

So there's a steelheads one. There's a city connect one. and then there's just like the regular northwest green and navy. Well, I hope we give away all 100 because if I come back to town with like 60 of them, that's overshot or mark there, which has actually been a bet the tie and I have had for a couple years now. So I guess that plays out. Not the way we wanted to. Yeah, we can't like really put that one to the toss.

We wanted like a one in person thing. And it's like, hey, yeah. So yeah, I mean, we kind of have to be mobile with it. But yeah, anyways, yep. This weekend, all three games. Not going to tell you where we're sitting. Figure it out. Nope.

How bad do you want it? Yeah, but you can try and we'll be. We'll be around the ballpark. Yeah, we'll be around the ballpark. All three days. Yeah. I would say for Friday and Saturday, look more in the 300s. I'll say that.

I don't remember where we have the tickets for all those days, but sure. I don't want to lose. Definitely. I think we're in the 300 for Friday and Saturday. I think we're lower bowl on Sunday. Okay. Well, anyways.

But yeah. So yeah. Hopefully the Mariners will be coming off of a series win, which based on how they played last night, I don't have high hopes for. Because if they lose this series against the Tigers, well, season's probably over by Monday because they're not beating the race.

Not the way that the Mariners are playing right now. So, Wolf. Yeah. I'll just say this. Red High High. Hydro forever. Always.

Hell yeah. Go Red Hydro. And very disappointed that Humpy didn't win with me at no tenants. They might have to pull that card out pretty soon because it's, it's, I think they, yeah, I think they need to. I think they need to. Yeah. Old Humpy got distracted immediately, by the way, just right out of the gate, immediately distracted. Yeah.

Yeah. Nobody likes you silver. All right. Well, that is going to do it for us. I'll be at the ballpark tonight. I'll see some of you there. feel free to say hello. But thank you so much for joining us here on the Lockdown Mariner's podcast.

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