Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - The Seattle Mariners trade Paul Sewald to the Arizona Diamondbacks

Episode Date: July 31, 2023

The Seattle Mariners trade Paul Sewald for three infielders from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Did the Mariners get enough to trade their closer away in a playoff hunt? Locked On's Kainani Stevens is joined by Locked On Mariners host Ty Gonzalez to discuss the Mariners trade.Find us on Twitter! Colby: @CPat11Ty: @danegnzlzLocked On: LO_MarinersControl the Zone: @controlthezoneYoutube: True to the TridentWant more of Ty and Colby? Head to patreon.com/controlthezone for exclusive episodes twice a week!Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOMariners?sid=YouTubeLocked On MLB League-Wide: Every Team, Prospects & More🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnMLBSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!eBay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off your first purchase.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.SleeperDownload the Sleeper app and use promo code LOCKEDON and you'll get up to a $100 match on your first deposit. Terms and conditions apply. See Sleeper’s Terms of Use for details. Currently operational in over 30 states. Check out Sleeper today! 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)#Mariners #SeattleMariners #MLB 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.

The Mariners deal their closer as the trade deadline approaches. Welcome in. I'm Kainani Stevens, tagging dolls from Locked on Mariners. We're covering all the trades as they happen. This is one that may have been rumored to happen, but maybe not exactly as it worked out. Seawald is going to the Diamondbacks. Were you surprised a little bit by the return? Yeah, the return did surprise me a little bit, but also we're still, as we're recording this,

about 24 hours away from the actual deadlines. So I think there's still moves that are going to happen here. I still think that Jerry Depoto and Justin Holland are still going to be working on some things here. So I don't think we have the full picture necessarily. And maybe we'll get into that a little bit here. But overall, in a vacuum, this is a really nice return for Paul Sewell. You got a year and a half of a closer who's not really a household name. Obviously, it's been a seller's market for the relievers in particular.

you have to wonder, even if you're the Mariners who are four and a half games out of a playoff spot right now, what could you get for Paul Sewell? And they ended up getting two Major League bats and another interesting prospect who's pretty much on the doorstep might be able to get a cup of coffee at the Major League level at the end of this year, definitely pretty early on next year and Ryan Bliss. So from that aspect, I think this is a great deal. But as far as the 2023 Mariners go, I think they got worse today. It's such a weird spot to be in, right? Because they're kind of still in it, but they're not necessarily, like, so it's not going to be necessarily a fire sale. But what other moves do you think could potentially be on the horizon for them? Well, I think that maybe the rumors about Teosca Hernandez getting traded are a little more founded now,

now that they have pulled the trigger on a seawall deal. Maybe they are open to trading Thai France. I don't think that you're going to be able to get a whole lot for Thai France, because he's a first base only who doesn't hit for a lot of power. and it's kind of struggling right now. So I don't know if that's the smartest move. But if they're still serious about 2023, then I would expect that they have another deal lined up

for a Seawald replacement. I think that's very important for them because Seawald was kind of the only stable reliever that they've had all year. A lot of other guys, Andreas Munoz, Matt Brasch, have been up and down, up and down all year long. So you're trading one of your,

I mean, your most trusted high leverage reliever here in CWald. So again, if they're, if they're focused on 2023 still, they need to get a CWall replacement. They still need a number five starter who can eat some innings and get them and take some of the load off of Brian Wu and not put as much pressure on someone like

Emerson Hancock to pick up those endings. And they still need at least another outfield bat and maybe another infielder even though they added Josh Roas here and he can play some third, he can play some second. Rojas hasn't had a good year and he's been banged up all year. So I don't know if that's necessarily an answer.

He's better than Colton Wong, but Colton Wong is such a low bar to clear that I don't know if you've actually made much of an upgrade here with Rojas. So, yeah, if they're still focused on 2023, then that's what I would look at. But if they're just straight up selling right now, if that's what it is, then yeah, I think Tay Oscar Hernandez is gone. I think Thai France could be gone,

and we'll see on anyone else. Maybe there's some surprises. Obviously, we still got that next 24 hours to kind of figure this out. But if they do kind of toss in the towel, if you want to put it that way, what kind of prospects would you look for? Obviously, you can never have enough pitching. But is there something else that you kind of look at as a whole for the future that they really need to address? Well, it's a similar return to this, right?

Guys that are either major league ready or right there on the doorstep. If you're the Mariners with where they are right now, you really have little to no interest in guys who are two, three, three, four years away from the big leagues. Because this off-season, if you are kind of punting 20-23, this off-season, you're not rebuilding. You're just retooling.

You're getting ready for another run next year because you have Julio and you have J.P. Crawford and you have all these guys that are either in their prime or they're just good right now. You want to take advantage of that while you can't. So, yeah, it's guys like Dominic Canzon, who you've added here, who's crushed at every.

level of the minor leagues and is now finally in the majors and you think get something out of him. And again, you got all this club control, right? So yeah, guys that are right there or about to be right there like a Ryan Bliss as well. So very similar idea there. All right. Well, we'll see what happens in the next 24 hours or so. Ty, thank you for joining us. We'll check in locked on Mariners for everything else. Thank you for having me.