Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Tayler Saucedo on the Mariners' Pitching Lab, Losing Justin Topa, and Meeting Pete Carroll

Episode Date: February 6, 2024

Ty is joined by Mariners left-handed pitcher Tayler Saucedo to discuss the reliever's breakout season in 2023, what the conversations with the Mariners' pitching lab were like when he was claimed off of waivers by the organization, his thoughts on the trade that sent Justin Topa to Minnesota, dealing with and overcoming mental health issues as a professional ballplayer, his Seahawks and Huskies fandom, the time he met Pete Carroll, and much more.Ask us questions!Follow the show on Twitter: @LO_Mariners | @TyDaneGonzalez | @CPat11Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!IbottaRight now, Ibotta is offering our listeners $5 for just trying Ibotta by using the code LOCKEDONMLB when you register.eBay MotorsWith all the parts you need at the prices you want, it’s easy to turn your car into the MVP and bring home that win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase.FanDuelNew customers, join today and you’ll get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS if your first bet of FIVE DOLLARS or more wins. Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mariner's left hand of reliever Taylor Soss Sato joins me to talk about his breakout season in 2023. What it was like seeing a close friend of his get traded last week, dealing with an overcoming mental health issues as a professional ball player, and so much more coming up here on the Lockdown Marrars podcast. Let's get into it. You are Locked on Mariners. Your daily Seattle Mariners podcast, part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.

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below. We'd love to hear from you. And if you want to hear from us even more, please consider sending out for our Patreon. You can now get a free seven-day trial to check out the show. The link as well as our social accounts is in the description of this episode. And this is a very special episode because back on Thursday night, I got the chance to talk with Mariners' left-hand reliever Taylor-Soss Sato. And I'm going to be playing that full discussion for you on the show in just a moment.

We talked about a lot of stuff. We talked about his breakout season in 2023. What ultimately led to that and what the conversations were like with the mayor's pitching lab when he was first brought into the organization. We also talked about the big Jorge Polanco trade last week, which, of course, resulted in one of Saucato's good friends. Justin Topa heading to Minnesota. We talked about dealing with trolls on the internet, people that step way too over the line when talking to players on social media and how he has dealt with that and how he has dealt with some mental health issues in the past

and how he's overcome that and just what his insights are on that, which is really fascinated and I really appreciated his thoughts on that. I think you will as well. we also talked a little bit about the the seahawks because if you don't know sauce is a pretty big seahawks fan he's also a pretty big huskies fan and even still to this day as he says pretty big mariners fan we talked a little bit about that as well um and some other really fun stuff so i think you'll really enjoy it i'm going to shut up now enjoy the interview all right i am here with mariners left-handed reliever taylor saise

Sato, Taylor. Thanks for being here. How's your offseason going? Of course. Pretty good. Not too bad. What, two weeks out now? So pretty pumped. Are you getting down there early, a little early before pitchers and catchers? Or you're picking it up to the deadline? I'm actually here right now. Oh, you're there now? Okay. Okay, cool. Oh, so when I said six-year time, you're actually on Arizona. Yeah, I was waiting. I was like, oh, my bad, my bad.

All good. All good. So, you know, last year was a pretty different situation for you. You know, you got claimed off of waivers. You were kind of a back end of the 40-man roster guy. You competed in spring and, you know, quickly made it up to the bigs and he stuck. But now this time around, you're kind of part of the core of the bullpen. So has your mentality shifted heading into this winter and heading into spring training or is it pretty much the same? No, I mean, I'm not trying to, you know, make it anything bigger than it is.

I think more than ever, I'm more focused and more determined to, like, get out there. And, you know, obviously losing Topa, that kind of pushed me up a little bit again, like you're saying. And, you know, I'm just now at this point, I'm just eager. You know, I think we have a pretty good team. And I'm just excited for what's ahead. Yeah, so you mentioned losing your friend, your good friend, Justin Tocke. What's your reaction to that deal? Obviously, you bring in a great player in Jorge Polanco,

but again, you lose a close friend, and that's not the first of one of your good friends there in that bullpen that you've lost recently. So, you know, how's been, you know, dealing with that? And, you know, overall, you guys have lost a lot of leadership, a lot of leaders in that clubhouse have gone out this winter and over the, you know, last calendar year. So what does that all been like?

You know, obviously, that's the business. you know. You knew that we were making trades. I never really saw Toba's name being thrown around. But when you get a great player like Polanco, that's going to be the price. Can I think about somebody great as well? And, you know, Toba was massive for us. We all know that. The Toba brash, Munoz was great.

It was, you know, one of the best in baseball. And, you know, it's going to be hard to replace that. but, you know, I fully trust in what they're doing. And, you know, I think there's a lot of guys ready to take that next step. And so you can, you can afford to lose somebody like Toba. And, you know, with the track record, they're going to find people out there, you know. And I think they've earned that. And so, yeah, I mean, I'm excited, you know, to see how this all looks.

So you're down there in Peoria right now. You're getting to work. You were telling me earlier on in the week, you know, you're doing your bullpins, all that stuff. Are you working on anything new? Anything new we can expect from Taylor Sossato in 2024? No, I'm just trying to, just working on the slider,

getting that more consistent. But other than that, you know, it's pretty much the same, you know, I'm feeling good, where I'm at, you know, it's probably the biggest I've been, and, you know, I'm just ready to go. So we talk a lot here on the show

about the Mariners Pitching Lab. Obviously, this organization has changed a lot of careers for relievers as of late and you know tapped into some potential that other teams just weren't able to tell us a little bit about your experience coming into this organization what were those first few conversations like when you were brought into the fold and was there anything that the organization focused in on that they wanted to emphasize or change in your game um no not really. The conversations that I had with them early on were really eye-opening. Basically, I mean, they just did a lot of like, hey, you're really good in this area, but you don't do it

enough. And, you know, they show me numbers of like, hey, here's what your stuff looks like ahead of the count, behind an account, like, you know, like even when you're doing this, you're still good in this area. And I never really had conversations like that or data shown to me in that way. and when I saw that, it kind of just, you know, brought a little bit more confidence at. I'm like, oh, so you're saying I can do this and I'm still having success. And they're like, yeah, they're like, we think, you know, you can make an impact here. And I was like, okay, you know, and I really haven't heard stuff like that before. So, you know, like, and they were open and honest with me right when I got there.

You know, obviously they're like, hey, you're probably not going to break with us. You're probably going to go down there. And but at some point, you're going to, you're going to pitch for us. And, you know, just hearing that and having that open line of communication just kind of made things a little bit easier, a little bit more comfortable to transition into. And, you know, I'm really thankful for them because, you know, all they do is they just, they just pump you with all this good information. And they're backing you 100%. Like, they fully believe in you. They know that you're going to make mistakes.

They know that you're going to fail. But at the end of the day, like, if you're doing what they're asking, you're probably going to stick around and be pretty good for them. So what specifically clicked for you last year? Because last year was pretty much your breakout. Like what would you attribute your success to? I just think that, like I said, having the trust from them and, you know, going out there and not feeling like every game was do or die to my career. And, you know, and just the things that we worked on, you know, going into that. And even in when I got up there, there were still some things that we were adjusting, especially with my change-up. And, you know, and Woody just made it really simple for me to learn.

And it wasn't like overcoaching. It wasn't anything that was like, hey, you need to do this or that. Like it was just simple drill, simple things, simple, you know, targets for the eyes. And I just trusted them on what they're saying. And I went out there and try to execute the best of my ability. And, you know, I think it obviously went really well. So you mentioned Pete Woodworth. You also were working with Stephen Vogt last year out in the bullpen.

He's now the guardians manager. What was working with him like? And now you got Tony Arnrich coming over from the hitting side of things. Was the hitting coach last year? Now he's your bullpen coach. What have, I assume you guys have had some conversations here over the winter. What have those been like? And what are your expectations for working with Tony?

You know, I'm sure, you know, vote was, you know, told him kind of like, you know, how to handle it and everything over there. And, you know, you can't, it's really hard to replace the guy like vote. You know, we already do. who he was going to be. Like it was very clear. You know, for him, like I said, the communication was always easy. You know, he didn't, he wasn't out there, you know, coaching you, like, right before you're going in, like, hey, stay away from this or stay away from that.

It was always like, your best stuff. Your best stuff gets this guy out. And, you know, you believed it. You know, you can tell it was always sincere. And, you know, when that kind of takes a little bit of pressure off you as well when you're going in there, it doesn't put you in a box. He always just tells you. If you go out there and you do your best stuff, like they said in meetings, you're going to have success.

And, you know, you can see that out there, you know, to have one of the best bullpins in baseball. And, you know, we knew that he was probably going to be gone after this one. We were hoping he would stay in-house. But, you know, when you get an opportunity like that, hard to pass it up. So, you know, I'm sure Tony will do the same. I think, you know, we're going to be just fine over there, you know, good group of guys. It's going to be a little bit different. But I think that core is still there.

So, you know, I think the transition is going to be just fine for them. More from my conversation with Taylor-Saucedo in just a moment. But first, a reminder of this episode of the Lockdown-Ares podcast is brought to you by eBay Motors. Passion, drive, and patience. What brings home the winning trophy is also what keeps your ride or die alive. eBay Motors has everything you need to maintain your vehicle and level it up to peak performance. From superchargers, roof racks, exhaust kits, LED headlights, and more. Whether you're into speed, power,

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Taylor, I get asked this a lot by our listeners. And just in general, you know, the conversation about this bullpen and all the arms that are involved here. Is there someone that we might be sleeping on in that bowl? open. I mean, not sleeping, but I think we are aware of who he is. You know, I think Gabe doesn't get enough recognition. You know, that guy was an absolute dog. You know, he went out there, you know, one of the most innings in our appearances for us, you know.

You know, and he was pitching every other day. It felt like, you know, him and Brash out there. And, you know, I think what he brings to the table is just, he just loads up the zone. You know, it lights it up. And it's really hard to do. And when you do it back consistently and not well, it doesn't matter what you throw,

it'll be hard to hit. And, you know, he's just, he's really fun to watch. So one of the questions I really wanted to get you on here to ask you, you know, unfortunately back in July, you posted a screenshot of someone that, that didn't have anything nice to say to you.

you addressed it. I'm really curious, especially for you as someone that you've said that you've dealt with mental health issues in the past, how do you navigate dealing with negativity on social media, dealing with threats like that on social media, especially as a reliever because, you know, a lot of games hinge upon you guys going out there and executing.

And, you know, when things don't go particularly well, you easily become the, the target for pathetic people on the internet. So how do you maneuver that? I mean, at the end of the day, it's pretty simple. You know, you try to ignore it as best as you can.

When you get messages like the one that I received, obviously you want to address that one, you know, and make sure, hopefully you can get to them and be like, hey, man, we're human beings too. The end of the day, like, you know, this is our job and nobody's out there trying to, you know, mess it up or lose a game or give up rounds or whatever it is. you know, and so you just kind of, you kind of try to turn, you know, a cheek to it.

And at the end of the day, you lean on your guys. And the only opinion that matters are the people in that clubhouse and the people that you work with. And, you know, obviously your family and stuff like that. I understand the game and we're watching it. You know, we always want the best outcome. And, you know, obviously to make our stress levels easier, I get it when I watch the Seahawks, you know, and stuff like that. but at the end of the day, like, we're humans too. We're going to mess up.

We're not perfect. I don't think anybody in this game has ever thrown up a perfect zero all season. So, you know, just knowing that failure, it's going to come with some consequences. And none of that stuff matters. So, you know, I probably back in the day, like you said, when I was going through the mental health stuff, probably would have, you know, got to me a little bit more than, um, than, um, than, it has but now I've learned so much there's nothing that anybody's going to say to me that i've never said to myself so it's never it's not going to it's not going to sway me at all

what what have you learned what would you tell a young ball player that might be going through some mental health stuff that might be overthinking it or worrying about you know the outside noise stuff like that just you know hopefully you're communicating with somebody and you're not internalizing it. It's okay to look at it. It's okay to feel it, you know, but you just hopefully you never get stuck there. You know, at some point you're going to have to move on and, you know, you just hopefully you have the right resources to do that, you know, and that would be my only advice and that was something that I didn't do. You know, I try to internalize everything. I didn't ask for help. I didn't ask questions. You know, it wasn't, you know, looking for other sources or outlets.

and that builds up and it could be dangerous. And so hopefully, you know, it's okay to express your feelings if you're going through it and that's it. And just talk. So you've quickly become a fan favorite in Seattle. And I think part of that is because you're kind of one of us, right? Like you're P&W boy. You love the Hawks.

You love the Huskies. I mean, I got to ask about that unfortunate week, a few weeks back, losing the nattie, then DeBoer dips out, and then Pete is essentially fired. Like, let's just, you know, cut through the BS on that. Like, he was basically fired.

I took that really hard. The Pete stuff especially. That was a tough, you know, first couple of days there. What was that like for you? Was that the most heartbreaking week for you as a sports fan ever? Easily. I don't think

I don't think that it was, you know, I didn't think it was ever going to end. It just felt like every new, there was like, what else? What else? Here we go. What else? You know, and then obviously, even when the peace stuff happened, you know, you had the college stuff going on. Everybody was entering the portal and you're like, dude, everyone's gone now.

And like, what are we going to do? And, you know, and then I go golfing and I golf with this Michigan alum who's in all Michigan gear with the Michigan hat. And I'm like, this is a nightmare. and then I'm on the course with the guy and then Pete Carroll gets let go or step down, whatever it was. And I'm like,

I was just continuing to go on, you know? And yeah, that sucks. Yeah. I'm Seattle sports all the way and I always have been. So it's, even when I'm with the Mariners, the fan is still with me. Like I'm still like kind of like, oh my God, I'm playing with so and so.

Like even though I see him every day. you know, going there. So, yeah, it's with me everywhere. So you and I are similar ages. So we grew up watching the same Mariners teams and all that. Who is your guy? My guy was Cammy. Like, you know, everyone loved each row, but I love Cammy. Who was your guy? You know, growing up, Mike Cameron was one of them. I actually had one of his broken bats since I was like, you know. Really? Well, that's funny because I do too. A listener of ours, his dad was a clubby at the Rainier's back when Cammy was on a rehab stent and he heard on a show that I was a big Cammy guy, so he sent me this.

Yeah, something's similar, mine's literally broken like that too. Mine was my aunt had a boyfriend who was the Bat Boy, and he obviously knew that I was a big Mike Cameron guy, so I got the bat for Christmas. So I brought it in for spring training, so that was pretty cool and had him sign it. That's awesome. That's awesome. Yeah, so that was pretty cool. But I think my like number one guy was Felix.

Yeah, yeah. Can't go wrong with Felix. War 34 everywhere I could go, you know, anytime I can get it. And so I actually had it in Tacoma and they still had his name attached to it. So I got to wear that for a little bit. So that was pretty cool. Did you get to say what's up to him for Hall of Family? I actually didn't see him.

He never came around the clubhouse. So we didn't you know He was busy doing a bunch of other stuff So I didn't get to see him But I mean that was just insane Just being a part of that whole whole Whole day That was cool

So I'm releasing the show on Tuesday But we're just for transparency sake we're talking on Thursday night February 1st earlier today Mike McDonald got introduced As a Seahawks new head coach What do you think? I love it

I mean, I hear, you know, obviously you saw how good the Ravens D was this year. And I'm hearing, you know, he's young. That's nice. And I hear he's like the Sean McVey of defenses, just what I've heard. And that's pretty cool. And then obviously today it sounds like, you know, they've been talking to grub to come to the O.C. So that would be, that would be glorious. That would be awesome.

I was going to ask you about that, yeah. Yeah. You know, that would be the cherry. top of all. And get Kalyn DeBore back a little bit. Exactly. Exactly. So that would be pretty cool. I don't know. I mean, I like it. I think a lot of people

obviously wanted them, but, you know, they went deep into the playoffs, so they kind of hired a little bit early. I'm glad the Seahawks waited it out. I think I would have been fine with Ben Johnson as well. I would have been cool. But, you know, yeah, I'm excited.

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That's fanduel.com slash L-O-C-K-E-D-O-N. Make every moment more with Fanduel, an official sportsbook partner of the NFL. So I talked a little bit about how, you know, you're kind of one of us, right? So what's your, what's your take on Seattle Sports Twitter, Seahawks Twitter, Mariners Twitter, all these Twitters Twitter, all these Twitters, because they can get wild on there some days.

I mean, it's, they're passionate. You know, I think that's the fun thing to see. my Twitter has always been this way. So I've been a part of it for a long time. And yeah, I think, you know, it's funny to see it from now that, like, I'm a player, you know, and, like, seeing it from, like, I always saw it from, like, the fans view. And, like, like, like you said, I'm one of you guys. So, like, I, it's hard to kind of separate that sometimes.

I kind of want to be like, hey, you know, comment on that. But I'm like, you know, I kind of, you know. But it's, it's, yeah, they're. they're passionate. I'll say. Yeah, yeah, for sure. I've experienced all sides of their Twitter.

It is, it is something. It is something. So, like I told you, I took the, the news about Pete really hard, really,

really hard. I mean, like, you know, I live through the home Grenara, the one year of Jim Mora. Like, I know what life as a Seahawks fan is like without Pete Carroll,

but it's been so long, man. And like, Pete's just synonymous with the Seahawks. So it's just, it's weird. Like even yesterday when the news about McDonald's and I, I wanted McDonald, he was my guy. He was my choice. Really excited about that.

Even then it kind of brought the emotions back. I'm just like, this is great, but also Pete's not around. So that sucks. I mean, you kind of like, we always knew this day was coming, right? Yeah. But, you know, it never makes it easier when it actually happened. Because, you know, I obviously, I think he still had a lot left. Yeah.

You know, I think obviously he still wants to coach, but, you know, I guess they felt it was time. So we'll see. We'll see. We'll see. What is something you will remember most about Pete Carroll? Just his energy, you know, like, we, I think sometimes we don't realize how old he is, you know, and it just seems like he hasn't aged. And just what, like, he brought. to the teams. Like, every player, I think, you know, it was always an attraction because you had

Pete Carroll. You always hear about how he's a players coach and how he, you know, I think we got the best out of players when, you know, it always felt like we were going to have a down year. And then all of a sudden, we're having a surprising year. We're in, you know, we're playing for the playoffs. And, you know, I, I just think that he brought a lot of energy to the team. And, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to miss that because that was the best years of Seahawks football. while he was there, you know, and so it was, you know, obviously that's going to be really touch of place. He brought us to Super Bowl.

Should have had to. It's whatever. We won't talk about it. But, you know, it's, he's going to be hard to replace, you know, he's kind of like that Nick Saban for Alabama, right? Like, it's nobody, you don't want to take that job because for us Seattle fans is probably going to be, you know, tough. We're going to expect all these things and, you know.

But, you know, I'm. grateful that I actually got to meet him this year. That's awesome. Yeah, I got to go to Seahawks practice and, you know, he just comes running over and, you know,

I was telling my family about it. He's talking. He's just like saying, it was right after the Angels series. And, you know, and he's saying a bunch of stuff. He's like,

you know, it's great to have you from Aval Valley, blah, blah, blah. And he gets done. And he's like telling me, he's like, yeah, make sure you get close.

It's competition day. I'm like, okay, he runs over and he just picks up this football. and he just takes it like probably like 20-yard pass into this basketball hoop. I'm like, what? Like, who is this guy?

He's crazy, you know? That's that's quino essentially, Pete. My buddy Maddie, we do a Seahawks podcast together. He's big into film and stuff like that. He's from England. And so when they went to Germany for the box game, Maddie got a press pass and he got to ask Pete like a real football question. And so Pete like saw that.

He was like, oh, this is a ball knower, like here. So like Pete, after the press conference, he, he told their PR guy or whatever, like, hey, bring that kid over. Let's talk a little bit. So, you know, he took Maddie over for like, I don't know, 10 minutes or so and like talk to him about a bunch of stuff off the record and all that. Like, it's, I've never had the chance to meet Pete. I hope one day that I'll have the chance to meet Pete. But every story that I've heard about him is like, it doesn't matter who you. are, doesn't matter what walk of life you come from, all that, like, he will treat you like

an equal. He, he will treat you with all the respect in the world. And I just, I love and admire Pete Carroll for that 100%. You're listening to the Lockdownerous podcast. Thank you again for making us your first listen. I am here, of course, with Mariners, a left-hand believer, Taylor-sau-sac-sato. Taylor, really appreciate you coming on here. I got a couple more questions for you. you have been busy streaming on Twitch. How's that been becoming a true streamer? I mean, it's cool. It's something I've always been trying to do.

And, you know, kind of took off this year a little bit. I don't know. It's fun. I like engaging with people. I like, you know, talking it up. I'm a little crazy on the game. Could be entertaining. I don't know.

But no, it's fun. It's cool. What do you like playing the most right now? I'm just playing a lot of cod. Nothing really out there that I'm playing other than that. I'm in waiting for NCAA football to come out. I'll probably consume a lot of my time once that comes out. So that'll be fun.

What was the first video game you gravitated to? What made you fall in love of video games? I got a PlayStation 2 and I played I think it was Spider-Man 2. Oh, yeah. Yeah, the movie tie-in game? Yeah, that was the one back then. I think that was like really like the first game I played.

And then obviously I started playing all the NCA's. I was big more into sports games at the time. Yeah. So I played a lot of those. But then I got more into like FPS games later on like Halo and stuff. What's your what's your go-to like pre-game or workout music? like I saw you follow Cutty on Twitter. Cutty is one of my favorites.

He's like number one or number two for me. Yeah, yeah. I don't know if you saw, but I got Man on the Moon 1, Man on the Moon 2, man on the moon 3 there in the back. Like, love Cutty. What's your favorite Cutty song? Prayer.

I like prayer a lot. Oh, yeah. It's classic. Yeah, I mean, that's pretty standard. I like a lot of his early stuff. Like, first coming out. Yeah. But I like, you know, Insano.

I obviously listened to Insano the other day. Yeah. Pretty good. Yeah. Yeah, I like half of the album. That's usually how I am with Cutty Albums. I like half of it. You know, there's the Pender Misses in there. But, yeah, it's, you know, it's no man on the moons, but.

No. No. Yeah. I don't know if I'll be able to do. No, no, for sure. For sure. Like, he's even dropping the deluxe and I'm like, yeah, dude. Like, I'm listening as.

As soon as you drop it. As soon as you drop it, I'm there. Yeah, I really like that song with Travis get off me. Yeah, that was a good one. That's a banger. Yeah, I don't really, whatever JP's playing in the clubhouse is what we're listening to. JP's a cutty guy too, right?

Oh, yeah. He's a big one. But yeah, whatever JP's playing, that's what we're listening to. All right. us on marriage Twitter we want him to bring Miss the Rage back as his walk-up song. Can you help us out with that? I did see him tweet yesterday

that, you know, he put the eyes. So I think, you know, I think he's already on it. Yeah, yeah, we got to bring it back. That's just, it's too good. Like, that's just, it's iconic. Like, you can't switch it up. That's a perfect one.

Yeah. All right, man. Well, I really appreciate you coming on here. It's been a hell of a conversation. I really, really enjoy this. I wish you nothing but the best of luck this year. Huge fan, man. It was great having a chance to meet you.

Anything you want to say to the listeners before you get out of here? No, I'm just excited to get back out there and, you know, hopefully see you guys out there and it's once a ball games. Go Ems. Thanks so much, Taylor. Go Ems. That's going to do it for us. Thank you so much for joining us here on the Lockdown-Meres podcast.

Thank you again to Taylor Saucato for being generous with his time. Come and chat with me for a few minutes. I've been your host, Tadang Gonzalez. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter at L-O-U-U-U-N-Sor-Mariners. You can follow me at T-Dang-Gonzalez and my co-s, Colby Pat Note over at C-P-A-T-1-1. You can also find all that stuff in the description of this episode. Thank you again for making us your first listen.

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