Brock and Salk

Brady Henderson and Brock go over everything you Need to Know, ESPN's Jeff Passan joins a day early this week to talk what he says is the Mariners' biggest series of the year. Brock and Brady ask Passan how he ranks the Mariners trade deadline additions, how this updated lineup compares to the past few playoff chasing seasons, and how they compete against some of the league's top teams.

Brock and Seahawks Reporter Brady Henderson discuss the new-look Mariners strong weekend before discussing everything you Need to Know. The guys talk Mike Macdonald's interesting scoring system at training camp and then they wrap up with Blue 88.

Strong weekend for the Mariners after taking 3 of 4 for the Rangers including a Julio's 100th home run and a JP walk-off to help end his slump. Plus, Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald's reactions to this weekend's scrimmage. We also hear about training camp from QB Sam Darnold.

This Mariners team doesn't have a lot of weaknesses following the trade deadlin but low leverage relief pitching could be one. Salk discusses their opitons moving forward. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss the M's win, the trade deadline moves for the rest of the AL, and Seahawks tackle Charles Cross having finger surgery. Plus, we take your calls as we do every Friday.

The hour starts by listening to voicemails from fans for Here's The Thing. Afterwards, Gee Scott joins the show for his weekly segment.

Seahawks guard Grey Zabel joins the show to begin the hour to discuss what he's learning in his first training camp, the physical and mental side of the game in the NFL, which veterans he's learning from and more. Salk then discusses how the current Mariners lineup is his favorite one of the year and how this iteration of the offense may be the best one in 20 years. In Blue 88, Brock shares three storylines from training camp on Thursday that really jumped out to him.

The Mariners blanked the Rangers last night due to an offensive surge on the night of the return of Eugenio Suarez, and Salk is pretty excited about it. Then, they re-air their conversation with Seahawks head coach Mike macdonald about training camp so far, what he's still learning as a coach, Sam Darnold and plenty more.

Shannon Drayer joins Brock and Salk to discuss Eugenio Suarez surprising the M's players by boarding the team plane at the last minute after he was traded last night. Then, Mike Macdonald joins the show to discuss training camp, defensive expectations for year two, establishing the new offense and who has stood out so far.

Brock and Salk look through the Mariners new lineup with Eugenio Suarez and compare it to other AL offenses. They then discuss that the trades that the Mariners have made at the deadline and are emphatic on this being the exact reason why the Mariners rebuilt, so they are fully able to make trades like this.

Eugenio Suarez returning to Seattle is so exciting, and Brock and Salk talk about how this shows that the Mariners are very serious about 2025. They also tie the Suarez trade back to Cal Raleigh's conversation that he had with the front office in Spring Training about a committment to winning and how this lives up to the team's word. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at AJ Barner, comparing Sam Darnold to Alex Smith and Brock's takeaways from UW camp.