in your mind, was it underwhelming? And if you believe so, why was it?

Yeah, I think Colby and I are pretty aligned on this, and we talked a little bit about this on yesterday's episode of Locked On, so apologies if we kinda just repeat ourselves here.

But, uh, yeah, I mean, I didn't know what to expect going into the deadline considering the position that they're in.

Obviously, yeah, the AL West has not allowed them to die, and the American League in general has not allowed them to die.

Uh, but also, you know, this is not a very good baseball team.

So I felt like, all right, if they don't buy, they're kinda justified in, in doing that at this point, just given everything that this team has, has shown them.

So I wasn't sure if they were just kinda gonna stand pat after the Luis Castillo thing.

Right.

Um, what do you say to that, especially when it comes to the George Kirby side of things?

I- that's something that I would be open to, but I don't think the Mariners are.

The, the Mariners are reportedly more open than ever to trading from their rotation.

Uh, Adam Jude of The Seattle Times was, uh, on the Marine Layer Podcast earlier today and said that he thinks the odds of them trading from their rotation here in the next few days is over 50%.

Like, he's leaning closer to 75% on that.

And, you know, uh, Jeff Passan yesterday said that he thinks Emerson Hancock is gonna be the one who gets traded.

Um, and I think that's what's going to be the case here as well.

Yeah

Mm

... are reportedly more open than ever to trading from their rotation.

Uh, Adam Jude of The Seattle Times was, uh, on the Marine Layer podcast earlier today and said that he thinks the odds of them trading from their rotation here in the next few days is over 50%.

Like, he's leaning closer to 75% on that.

And, you know, uh, Jeff Passan yesterday said that he thinks Emerson Hancock is gonna be the one who gets traded.

Um, and I think that's what's going to be the case here as well.

It's, it's either gonna be Hancock or Luis Castillo, and because of Castillo's contract situation and all that, I just don't see how the Mariners...

Yeah

Like I was like, "How do you load the bases for this guy?" Come on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And it's, it's kind of funny how Terry Francona respects Dom Canzone against a lefty more than Dom Canzone own manager does.

Like for the longest time this season, uh, despite Canzone being really good against lefties last year, Dan Wilson refused to put him in against lefties for like the majority of the first half of the season.

He's finally started to do that, and guess what? I think Francona mentioned this, uh, post game.

He was like, "Yeah, that guy has like a 900 OPS against, against, uh, left-handed pitchers." It's like, yeah, yeah.

Is, is Cal Raleigh the most important, or is there something that's above him of getting him going?

Uh, who do you think the best player in this division is right now?

Yeah.

I, I don't know where you guys were gonna go with this.

Maybe some of you were gonna say Cal Raleigh after obviously hitting 60 home runs and doing what he did last year, you know, being only the seventh player to ever do that.

And I wouldn't argue with you on that, but I'm actually gonna go with Julio Rodriguez.

Because to me, and we talk about this a lot when it comes to the Mariners, this team goes as far as Julio can take them, and that's still the case.

That was still the case last year even with, you know, what, what Cal did and, you know, finishing second in the AL MVP voting.

I don't know them

And Ty, the floor is yours.

Me.

Uh, yeah, I'm, I'm taking the Mariners, obviously, but also just ob- objectively speaking, just looking at this division, there are just far fewer questions with the Mariners roster compared to all the other teams in the AL West right now.

I just, I'm not really sure, like, how good or, or mediocre the Rangers will be.

I think they'll be fine.

I think they'll be competitive.

You know, I like some of the things that they did this off season.

Uh, who do you think the best player in this division is right now?

Uh, who do you think the best player in this division is right now?

Yeah, I don't know where you guys were going to go with this.

Maybe some of you were going to say Cal Raleigh after obviously hitting 60 home runs and doing what he did last year, you know, being only the seventh player to ever do that.

And I wouldn't argue with you on that, but I'm actually going to go with Julio Rodriguez because to me, and we talk about this a lot when it comes to the Mariners, this team goes as far as Julio can take them.

And that's still the case.

That was still the case last year, even with what Cal did and finishing second in AL MVP voting.

Julio is just that talented.

Yeah.

And Ty, the floor is yours.

Me.

Uh, yeah, I'm, I'm taking the Mariners, obviously, but also just ob- objectively speaking, just looking at this division, there are just far fewer questions with the Mariners roster compared to all the other teams in the AL West right now.

I just, I'm not really sure, like, how good or- or mediocre the Rangers will be.

I think they'll be fine.

I think they'll be competitive.

You know, I like some of the things that they did this off-season.

Uh, who do you think the best player in this division is right now?

this,

yeah, obviously this rotation is still good enough to win this series without him, but, But again, like there's been a lot of inconsistencies from Logan Gilbert, from George Kirby, from Luis Castillo.

So not having Brian Wu in this in the series would be a massive swing in the direction of the Tigers.

The other two things I would mention here.

infield defense for the Mariners has been a legitimate problem, particularly up the middle.

And because, you know, they're trying to get Dom can zone and in the game, but, you know, in the lineup while also keeping Victor Robles, his defense out in right field, that means sorry, Polanco has to play second base.

He's been a problem.

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