Brock and Salk

Salk discusses how this upcoming road trip is the first serious litmus test when the M's take on two of the better rosters & AL leaders in wins before being joined by ESPN's Jesse Rogers about his recent story on 'load management' as it pertains to baseball - could we see big changes in MLB soon? Brady Henderson joins Salk in place of Brock for Blue 88. 

Breaking news starts the show with the reports of world no. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler being detained outside the Valhalla Golf Club trying to enter the course, Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever drop another rough loss and the Mariners are set for their toughest road trip of the season. Maura takes us Around the NFL.

We break down some of the Orioles strengths and weaknesses and how the Mariners stack up. Then, we discuss Bryan Woo's return and how much he solidifies this starting rotation as one of the best out there. Does bullpen depth become more urgent if he can't go more than 5 innings? Plus, Brock ranks the top 5 cities away games to travel to for the Seahawks this season.

There's a new feature on the Seattle Sports App that we tested out to hear what fans had to say in a new 'voicemail' feature before everybody shares tid-bits or nuggets of information about every one of the Seahawks 2024 opponents. 

Brock shares his thoughts on the Seahawks 2024 schedule and why he likes it as a launching point for the new regime. Salk shares few things that stood out or “mattered” from this most recent Mariners homestand before Brock's Blue 88. 

Another huge series win against a pesky Royals team and Salk mentions that this game felt a little bit like a mid-September game heading toward the playoffs. Salk is joined by Roch Kubatko, Baltimore Orioles beat reporter fro MASN to discuss the upcoming matchup vs the M's. 

It feels like we have a pretty clear idea of who this M's team is at this point. That should make it easier to make decisions when looking to add. Then, Jeff Francouer says exit velocity is the thing he wishes was more prevalent in his career. This leads to a discussion on why these analytics are helpful to players in baseball and football. Then, we react to Angels manager Ron Washington criticizing Luis Guillorme's failed bunt squeeze. Plus, Justin and Salk do a "real" Ranked.

The guys open the hour with a classic round of Answer the Question, Jerk! from twitter responses to Brock's post before digging into some quotes from Tom Brady on how he motivated himself using anger, how Kirk Cousins reacted to the Michael Penix draft news, and sound from Ted Nguyen regarding how Macdonald does a great job of simplifying things and making them easier to understand for his players.

Brock & Salk discuss what the identity of this year's Mariners team is shaping up to be before Salk shares some notes about what he picked up at the ballpark after talking to Josh Rojas, Gregory Santos, Luke Raley, Cody Bolton and Scott Servais before Brock's Blue 88. 

It was a dominant outing for Logan Gilbert but the Royals showed us what can happen when a MLB team is gifted free outs. Jorge Polanco & Mitch Garver both scratched with injury concerns - is the bug coming? Bryan Woo set to make his first start since being pulled due to 'tightness' and we hear about Caitlin Clark's rough WNBA debut before revisiting the conversation with ESPN's Jeff Passan.