Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Seattle Mariners May Have PAUSED J.P. Crawford's Move to Third Base

Episode Date: May 29, 2026

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Well, it doesn't look like J.P. Crawford will be moving to third base anytime soon. 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 Friday, May 29, 2026. My name is Tadangazales, and I'm joined, as always, by my co-coast, Colby Patnode.

On today's show, we're going to kick off our preparation for the MLB draft by taking a look at a couple of recent mock drafts. We'll also comb through the first CBA proposal from Major League Baseball a little bit more than we did yesterday. Now that more details have come to light on that front. But we start with J.P. Crawford here, Colby. Of course, JP, a few days ago, volunteering to move over to third base in order for Colt Emerson to play at his natural position of shortstop. It was speculated that JP would actually make his third base debut at some point during the A series in Sacramento. Of course, though, that did not happen. and now Adam Jude of the Seattle Times is reporting that Crawford has worked out occasionally at third during game drills over the past week and a half, but he is not considered game ready to play over there, which means Emerson is expected to stick at third for now.

So that doesn't sound like JP is going to be playing third base anytime soon. Now I say that and maybe he winds up at third base tomorrow against the Diamondbacks. We don't really know exactly what, you know, him not being considered game ready means. Like, could he be game ready this weekend? Will he not be game ready until like two weeks from now? Who knows? So what do you make of this? And when do you think realistically we could see them at least try this out?

Yeah, I think it just go back to what we talked about when we first saw the news. And we both kind of agree at it probably going to be a couple weeks before. they feel comfortable with this. And then we started to hear the reports from, you know, Divish and from Shannon Dreher that, you know, they were kind of expecting JP to play some third during the A series. And obviously that didn't happen. So, yeah, I just go back to our original testament of at least a couple weeks

because, you know, JP is, well, it would benefit the team of JP could play a decent third base. He's a veteran. he's really important to that clubhouse. He's really important to the organization as a whole. So I don't think they're going to put him over there. They think he's going to embarrass himself at a new position. Like he's trying to help the team out.

So they're going to try and help him out by giving him, by having to be as prepared as possible to tackle a new position change. So I think it's probably going to be a couple weeks, would be my guess still, like it was when this first happened. So I think mid-June, maybe. maybe on the road trip. We kind of, you know, get away from, you know, get away from the triceps stuff, the bruising on the triceps, and you can kind of find his groove offensively.

Then they might be a little more open to try and putting this on his plate and moving him to third base. But, you know, it is a different angle that you're throwing from. There are different plays that you have to make a third base that you don't have to make as a shortstop, or at least not as often. So it is not an easy transition. It's easier than going from second base like Brennan Donovan did. But it's still not a super easy transition. And again, you know, JP saws feel comfortable with it.

You have to kind of know how to position JP. So you kind of have to learn what his range is like at third and how he's going to maneuver that. So yeah, I do think, and plus, you know, the marriage right now, I've been dealing with some other stuff, you know, in their clubhouse. Sure. Yeah. So I do wonder if it's just like, hey, you know, let's weather the storm. And then we can kind of attack this when we think it is, you know, appropriate when we think J.P's actually ready to go.

Could J.P. probably do it now and, like, be, you know, 80% of, you know, 80% of as good as he would be at third base if you gave him another three weeks, maybe. But what's the reason? You know, what's the rationale behind it? You got to be careful here just like you had to be careful with Luis and Bryce and you already fumbled that bag. So you've got to be careful with JP. And obviously since JP's publicly stated that he's open to it and he's told the team he's open to it and he's willing to do it. It'll be less contentious this time around, but you still do kind of have to handle it a little delicately and make sure he's comfortable playing third base for the first time at the big league level. It's not a position that you want somebody timid playing.

That's a lot of velocity coming at you and it's coming at you from not too far away. And again, it's the reaction time. the throw, it's the angles, it's all the little plays. You don't normally have to, it's the cutoffs and all of that, like in games and dictating that. Again, it's not like it's a brand new game he's learning from shortstop to third, but it is a different game. It is a different position.

And so it does take a little while to learn the intricacies. And right now, there's just not much of a reason to rush it. Also, you know, letting Colt get comfortable at the plate before you move him back to shortstop and just kind of keeping him in one spot, also not a bad idea. So I do think we will still see this. I just think we're looking at another week or two at least before they consider it. But the report says that he's occasionally, you know, worked out at third or whatever. Like, okay, when that starts to ramp up, when he's doing it every day, I think that's when we can start to say like, they're making this move here pretty soon.

But like you said, maybe on Monday, he's playing third base and we're like, oh, well, okay. that crash course in three days. I guess he's ready. So we'll see how it works out. But yeah, I still think it's going to be another, you know, two weeks, give or take before we see him over at third base.

And I think that's fair. I think that's a fair request from JP. And, you know, like you were talking about just a second ago, I have wondered if maybe this might be at least a little bit to do with the triceps thing that he's been dealing with. Again,

they're deploying him at shortstop, which in theory should be a tougher position to play when you're working through a triceps injury just because of the throws and the angles and all that stuff that come with it. You're comfortable there. Yeah. Well, yeah, that's the thing, right?

Like I do wonder if they don't want him to make as significant of a transition as this would be for him as someone that's really only played shortstop at the major league level while he's nursing something. It's kind of like what we talked about with Colt, you know, last month when he was dealing with his wrist. thing. It's like, all right, do you really want to put him in this position while he's also like dealing with this little injury? You know, that's obviously like a different situation. Don't get me

wrong. But I'm just saying like, it's like, do you really want to put this thing on his plate while he's also got like this other thing going on? Do you want to set him up to fail is really the question. And right now it would assume that they feel like if they put JP at third base, they'd be setting them up to fail. And they want this to work. And they want, you know, JP obviously wants to to work too. So they're going to be just a little extra cautious with it. And again, I think it's probably the right move in the long run to make sure JP feels very

confident at third base before you just throw them out there and be like, yeah, figure it out or don't. Because JP again, still a very important player to this franchise and to this ball club right now, the 2026 Mariners. So you do want him feeling as confident as possible before

you stick him at a new position. And so if it means another week or two of him, you know, getting a little bit more regular work at third base taking a few more ground balls at third base and just do it it's going to be worth it in the long run all right coming up we are going to comb through the cba proposal the first cb a proposal from the major league baseball owners and just a moment but first a reminder this episode of the lockdown era's podcast is brought to you by game time there's nothing like watching a mariner's game even better when you get to watch it live the excitement the fans the only problem getting tickets can

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Now, during yesterday's episode, the first proposal from Major League Baseball for a salary cap as well as a salary floor was reported. And we were able to react to that a little bit, though all we had to go off of were just the raw numbers that were reported, the $245 million for a salary cap, and $171 million for a salary floor. And our general reaction to specifically that salary floor number was, it's actually not a bad starting point if we are going to talk about implementing a salary cap in this league.

However, now that more details have come to light about Major League Baseball's first proposal here in these CBA negotiations, yeah, those numbers are not necessarily. how should I put this? Real? Let me explain. So every year, each team pays roughly $23 million in player benefits.

And Major League Baseball's proposal here, that $23-ish million would apply, would be counted towards a team's salary cap, salary floor, etc. Which means that in reality, that salary cap number would be more like 222,

million and the real salary floor number would be about $148 million. If we're strictly just talking about money being spent on player contracts, which is a far cry from what the Players Association is proposing right now. Now, the Players Association is kind of in a way proposing a very similar thing. they want to implement a penalty system for teams that don't spend $150 million or more. They also want to raise the competitive balance tax threshold to $300 million. So in a way, that's kind of a cap and floor situation just within the current structure

that Major League Baseball has in place. The owners, however, want to completely fundamentally change how the game operates. So while both sides are essentially speaking a similar language, and both sides seem to be an agreement that they want to implement some sort of salary floor system of some kind, the way they're going about it is in completely opposite directions. And this first proposal from Major League Baseball, as expected, by the way, just seems like a non-starter. Yeah.

It's also worth noting. I've seen a couple different people report, although none of the Jeff Passon types. So whatever. But it is worth noting that there is some speculation or there is some reporting, whatever you want to call it out there, that the minor league player benefits would also count against the major league salary cap. And so that would be another $20 million. So the floor could actually be as low as, what, 130? And the ceiling could be as low as 200-ish, like right around there.

So keep that in mind. It could be even worse than what it is right now. But, yeah, the Major League Baseball, the Players Association is very clearly, they are trying to attack a competitive imbalance, which the league says is what their biggest thing is right now. right we have to make the league more competitive we have to have more parity even though we've had more unique championship teams than any of the other major sports in the last 25 years whoa no we have to have more parity even though you know the best team two of the best teams in the league are the the braves and the rays who are on the opposite end of the spectrum in spending also very good

the dodgers way up there and spending very bad the Mets way up there in spending so huh money doesn't exactly correlate to one winning. But again, leaving all that aside, the players want to work within the system that exists that says, hey, you have to spend more money or you have to give the money you don't spend to the players anyways. You're going to tax you and you're going to just give that money to the players and the league will distribute that money to the players in tax revenue, but we're not going to cap the amount of money we can potentially make in an open market, in a capitalist system. Owners want a socialist system where they get to decide,

who gets paid. They get to decide how much. It's corporate socialism for them, right? The players want more of this open market, free market. You go to where whoever wants to pay for your services. The owners want to limit the salaries of players overall. And therefore spread out the talent to give more mid-market teams a chance to sign

these players. It's very simple. It's very simple. The players want to kind of essentially raise the floor. And the owners want to just stomp down the ceiling so that there's a small gap between what players can make. Therefore, artificially reducing player salary to a level that they're willing to pay. So yeah, the players want to continue to be true free agents and to sign with the, highest spender or the, you know, the team that's willing to give them the best contract.

And the owners essentially want them to give up that power with nothing really in return. that's where we're at right now. So yeah, like you said, the players want to kind of operate within the system that already exist. The owners want to completely change the system so that they can make a little bit more money. So the one thing that it does seem like they're kind of an agreement on is the distribution of local TV revenue. The league proposed a 50-50 split. I don't remember exactly what the players proposed on that front, but both essentially are in agreement that they want the local TV revenue to be distributed more equally.

They want the TV revenue to be pooled and then parceled out to each of the 30 teams. So like the Yankees, right, with all their revenue that they generate on TV, that money would all go into a pool along with like the raise and whatever money they generate. And then it would be distributed. The owners have proposed a 50-50 split between them and the league or them and the team. So basically the revenue, the league would get half of it. The players would get half of it after it's been pooled. So, yeah, there does seem to be an acknowledgement on both sides that the RSN model obviously doesn't work anymore.

And so they have to figure out a way to more fairly distribute the TV money. So that does seem like a point that they'll get a pretty quick, you know, they'll come to a pretty quick conclusion on, which is good. Because in these big negotiations like this, usually it's the baby steps. The more you can get done, the more of the little things you can get done and stack on top of each other, the more willing, typically negotiating parties are to make concessions on both sides for the big issue, which of course in this round is the salary cap. All right. So we're going to kind of kick off our draft preparation. It's actually coming up here pretty quick. We're a little over a month away from the 2026 MLB draft.

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So again, we're a little over a month away from the 2026 MLB draft. It's starting to creep up here. And we want to start kicking off our draft coverage a little bit, even though this is going to be nowhere near as exciting of a draft as last year was for the Mariners. Obviously with the number three pick and then having a competitive balance round A selection as well. This year it's going to be very straightforward, kind of a nondescript draft for the Mariners. They're picking 24th in the first round. But again, we want to kick off our draft coverage here.

And we're going to do so by looking at a couple of. of recent mock drafts and see who they have the Mariners taking there at pick 24. And luckily enough for us, Kylie McDaniel of ESPN this morning posted his latest mock draft. So we're going to react to that first here. He has the Mariners taking Derek Curiel, the center fielder out of LSU at Pick 24. Also mentions a couple of other names as possibilities here. Mason Edwards, USC lefty, Tegan Coons, the righty out of the city out. of Tennessee. He even mentions that a few scouts have compared, have made some comparisons to

George Kirby with Tegan Coons. So that's kind of interesting. So Colby, what do you think of Derek Curiel and who else do you have your eye on at Pick 24 for the Merritt? If anyone. Yeah, it's really tough to say. Obviously, this far out, we don't have a ton of information about who teams are focusing on. I will say just overall in general, this seems to be a, a draft where I would say there's a good likelihood. The Mariners draft a college player, specifically a college arm. That's just kind of where the strength, at least to me, looks like, is going to be in this draft. There's not a ton of, you know, high impact, potential high impact prep middle of the field players,

especially not at 24. That doesn't mean they won't find some. But for now I'm kind of looking at this. It looks more like a college draft type of year, which, you know, the Mariners don't really follow a pattern either. So they remember it was like, oh, they're going to draft a college arm because they do every year.

And then it's like, well, here's a high school catcher. And then here's a high school shortstop. Then here's two high school center field like. So yeah, they've gone prep heavy. They've gone arm heavy.

They've gone college heavy. Just about the only thing they haven't drafted in the first round is a high school ready, writing in a pitcher. But yeah, there's some guys again, just kind of vaguely starting. And obviously I'm not an expert.

or anything like this. Curiel, is that how we're pronouncing it? Interesting, pure centerfielder. He doesn't have the armed play right, but he's a plus defensive centerfielder. Hits the ball well. He's a plus hit tool. Power is going to be questionable.

We'll see if he can get to average if he can. He probably would go in the top 10 if teams felt really comfortable with that. Maybe he will. So that's certainly a name to watch here. Coombs, I haven't seen much about. I haven't watched him. Logan Redmond is a really interesting arm from UCLA that I like a good amount.

Big time fastball value. Also, cutter change up throws a ton of strikes. So very marinary. He's got three plus pitches already. He throws a lot of strikes. Good size, 6-2, 63, about 185. So that's an interesting name. Mason Edwards, the lefty.

He's young. I mean, he's young for a college player. He's 20, although I think he turns 21 on draft day. like dead on on draft day if I'm not mistaken but he's a lefty big curb ball which you know I like big lefty curveball good change up fastball can have to see if they can get some more value out of that thing so yeah and then there's obviously a handful of other players here I don't know exactly who's going to fall I don't know you know bonuses are obviously a big part of this but there's some fun names like Beau Lorrance or Lawrence it's kind of it's LOWW

R-A-N-C-E. Yeah, so I think it's Lawrence, but the R is not in the right spot. He's a prep third baseman with some loud tools, so that could be, if they go the prep route, they could go there. How about Landon Tomey? That name's sound familiar? Yes, yes. Also in this draft, by the way, not for the first round, but Barry Bond's nephew is in this draft.

He's 65-230 below average power. I mean, he really puts the ball in the gaps. He runs. Like, yeah, it's kind of a weird, like, really, a Barry Vaughn. Okay. But yeah, there is Joseph Contreras, you guys might remember. I've actually seen him link to the Mariners once or twice in very early research here. He's the guy who sought off Aaron Judge in the WBC.

He would be a prep righty, though. And again, that's not a Democratic. that's typically taken in the first round in the Mariners. It's kind of the one demographic they haven't taken yet. But yeah, there are some really good college pitchers who should be on the board around this time. That's kind of where I feel like they're going to go. Kate Townsend is another really interesting one. Ben Blair, they're a little bit undersized.

They're on the shorter side. And by that, I mean, they're like 6'1, like a buck 80. So typically, you know, you'd like the prototypical. frame right like 6-4-215 but blare and towns have both throw a ton of strikes they're athletic they've got really good pitchability so i can see them going uh one name i'll throw out there that maybe not round one but i actually have watched a little bit of him and i'm really intrigued he's a senior so maybe an underslot uh guy in round two uh but his name i believe it's pronounced ruger Rio Bus and he is a senior from Texas and he is a favorite of one of our favorites, Max Weiner.

So yes, the Max Wienerine of this prospect is, that's weird to say. The connection to Max Wiener and this prospect, again, also kind of is hard to ignore, but it is pitchability stuff up to 96, 97 with the fastball, good athlete. really has, you know, kind of exploded this year. And he is a senior who might actually go inside the top, like, 50, and it not be just because he's a senior, just because you can save some money on him. So, yeah, I think so far very early on in my research, I haven't landed on like a guy yet.

I don't even know how to pronounce most of these guys' names yet. But we are starting regionals this weekend, and a bunch of these guys are going to be playing. So I'll look forward to watching the highlights in some of the games as I can. but just general feel from what I've learned so far, pretty good year to draft a college pitcher down in the 20 range. I think there's a lot of variety there, particularly right-handed college pitching. I think there's a lot of strike throwers.

There's a lot of pretty good stuff down there. And I think there's kind of a big collection of guys. There's four or five guys who I think will be down there that could, you know, or at least to me seem very marinary. But obviously in the next few weeks, be nice to have Aramon and a few others to really dig into this class a little bit. Get you guys some expert opinions instead of me who reach reports and watches videos on YouTube about these guys and tries to glean what I can about them. But yeah, I mean, there's remember when Justin LeBron was like the guaranteed number one overall pick? Or at least like a top three guy.

Yeah. Yeah, now there's some speculation you might go in the teens. I think Kylie had him going to Houston at 17. Yeah, he, yeah, he, Kylie had him at 17 to Houston but said that would be like his floor. Yeah. So who knows, six weeks, it's a lot of time. And, and, you know, last year, like when the first, I don't know,

in the first like month of the season, Tyler Brimner was like the second best prospect in the draft. And then all of a sudden it was like, Brimner might not go until like the 20s and then like three days before the draft is like, oh no, he'll probably end up going top 10. And then it turns out he probably wasn't getting past three. Yeah. So like the we're still.

I was I was told like there was no way that Kate Anderson was going to fall to three. Right. It sounded like the Mariners were going to take Brimner at three. And then obviously Kate fell into their laps and thank goodness. Yeah. We're still, the point is that we're still in a space where draft courts can fluctuate a lot. And unlike other sports, the bonus pool structure does add an element to this where guys can fall or guys can rise simply because of how much money they're willing to take over or under slot. Again, we'll go over that more as we get closer and closer to the draft.

But just in general, I'm feeling college pitcher this year, but you never know if Justin LeBron falls to 24. I mean, take them. Yeah. Or like, you know, Curiel's a guy that's been more so mocked in like the top 20-ish range. So like technically if the Marriss took him at 24, like Collie McDaniel hasn't mocked, that would be him falling to them from what I understand. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. A hundred Dietz could follow them or Dietz could go top seven, you know. So Deets was mocked to the Mariners in MLB.com's latest mock draft from Jonathan

Mayo about a week ago. So, you know, and again, on a week-to-week basis, you've got to kind of take it with a grain of salt because things quickly change leading up to the draft. Usually about a week before, we start to hear like they're in on this guy. Yeah. And then another name that's kind of interesting here

is the brother of one of the mayor's top picks last year, Nikki Becker's brother, Eric, from Virginia, the shortstop. So I know he's kind of gotten like top 20 buzz, but last couple of mocks that I've seen have him in like the 25 to 35 range. There's pretty good chance he's on the board when the Mariners take. So we'd keep an eye on that, you know, the family connection there and all that. So yeah, so keep an eye on him.

And then, yeah, just a ton of guys to keep an eye on in the college pitching circuit. Again, Hunter Deeds, Teigen Coons, again with the George Kirby comparisons that Kelly McClain Daniel mentioned there. Yeah, a lot of guys, a lot of guys. And again, things are going to change quite a bit over the next few weeks. And especially when we talk about, you know, the 20s and the 30s, etc., the range that the Mariners are going to be picking in, it's going to be all over the place. It's basically impossible to mock five spots in the major league mock to try and mock all the way down to 24 and feel good about who's going to be there.

Yeah. No. You're just, you're not going to get there. So, you know, and hey, you know what? Would it be nicer of the Mariners had the third pick again? No, because that would mean they didn't make the playoffs and then go to the ALCS. But like you should get used to drafting down here because this is where you want to draft is in this range every year. And the Mariners have pulled guys like Colt Emerson and Cole Young from this range. So just because you're, yeah, I think just about anybody in the industry would say the Mariners are very good. They have a, very good player development system on top of being very good at identifying talent in the draft. So it's always an exciting thing when the Mariners draft players, because unlike previous regimes, pretty good shot. They're going to get that guy to the big leagues and he's going to contribute. But as always, you never know. Some guys look great and then they're nothing. And then sometimes you draft a guy in the sixth round with a college IRA of seven.

And he turns himself into a Cy Young candidate. it. Yeah. You know, but yeah, I think it's going to be a good year to take some shots of some college pitching. And typically that's a formula for success for the Seattle Mariners. So we'll see what happens. But definitely going to want to get a couple of like actual draft quote unquote experts on here to give you guys more informed opinions. So lastly, before we get out of here, Keith Law of the Athletic released his updated top 50 MLB prospects list. Kate Anderson comes in in number four, Ryan Sloan comes in a number eight. Now, he didn't put in anyone who is on a major league roster right now,

even if they haven't graduated. So Cole Emerson is not on this list. But the interesting one, the reason why we're talking about this list on the show is that Felton and Celestin is 17 here for Keith Law, which fell in, if I'm not mistaken, is not on anyone else's top 100 right now,

like any of like the big, you know, top 50, top 100 rankings. I think he was on Keith's preseason at like 77. So still, it's a massive jump. Massive. And yeah, I mean, obviously you can see why. Dude's crushing it at high A. The defense has gotten better.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, 17 may be aggressive, but Keith's actually really good at this. I know we poke fun at him. I mean, I'm just waiting to see what good Kate Anderson. If bad Kate Anderson is the fourth best prospect And I'm just, what is good Kate Anderson? Oh my God. Okay.

It's been like two months since he said that relaxed. It's probably the last time I get to tell that joke. So yeah. But yeah, I mean like there is like the one thing that stands out here about this list, which is Reverend Ryan who is 27 years old is listed at 19 on this list. Like, have you seen what he's doing in AAA? No, he's finally healthy.

It's nasty stuff. He's 27. It's nasty stuff. I mean, stuff is stuff, regardless of the age. The Dodgers should call him up. I mean, yeah. I should. I mean, he's been injured.

He has been up, I think, but yeah. You know, look, it's a prospect list. We know what these things are worth in the grand scheme of things. But obviously, Anderson ahead of Sloan, but both guys in the top 10. And then you have Felman 17. It's also worth noting he said that if he was doing a top 100, which he only does once a year, I think, before the season starts. And then after that, it's top 50s.

or maybe he does one after the draft too. I don't remember off the top of my head, but it's also worth noting that he said Luke Stevenson would be in his top 100 now as well when he wasn't to start the year. So a couple Mariners down there in Everett opening eyes. I imagine both of them are headed to Arkansas. Stevenson, I could see any moment now.

Feldman, again, I think probably after the draft is when they push him. But yeah, the Mariners Farm system, we talked a lot about the middle class of the Mariners Farm. how are they going to rebuild that Mason Peters Luke Stevenson Felman bouncing back

Nikki Becker that's how they're going to do it Yeah Felden probably not you know in the middle class anymore for the Marys No but I mean he was in the middle class

And now he's kind of So like I don't Does Michael Arroyo now Considered middle class In the Marries Farm system Like I mean yeah We'll do our re-ranks after the draft

After the deadline actually But yeah Imagine Felman will probably be assuming he keeps anywhere close to this place he'll probably be top five especially with emerson graduating yeah i mean felon just recently had his 24 game heading streak ended he's actually uh over in four of his last five games after that but he's still running a like i think it's like a 139 w rc plus right now he's just been killing it i think it's probably time for him to get the call up but they probably won't do that just yet like you said it'll probably be

probably the after the draft that they do that with him. But yeah, also old friend Edwin Arroyo here in the top 25 for Keith Law at number 23. All right. Well, that is going to do it for our show. Thank you so much for joining us here on the Locktime Marys podcast. Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. And once again, if you never miss an episode, it's time to make it official. Join the Lockdown Every Day or Club and get add free audio access to our members-only Discord and more,

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