Brock and Salk

We play Which is Worse with questions on being in stuck in traffic vs stuck on a tarmac, warm vs flat beer, NFL refs or MLB umpires and more. Then, Brock gets Aaron Goldsmith's insight on whether Matt Chapman is a realistic possibility for the M's. Plus, Goldy ranks his top spring training spots to visit.

Goldy & Brock break down what they've seen, heard, and learned from Ty France's offseason at Driveline and react to self-admitted swing issues he is working on before his '24 campaign - but will it be enough to return to his All-Star form? Huskies WR & future 1st round draft-pick Rome Odunze joins Brock & Goldsmith. 

Mariners broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith sits in for Mike Salk and Brock asks him if the newly acquired players bring enough impact that Goldy was calling for the last time he hosted the show in November. The guys discuss if the M's have a winning philosophy and how does that translates into actual success, but the 'buy in' has to come first. Brock's Blue 88. 

Maura & Justin take the reigns for the first hour of the show and share The Ringer's "NFL QB Comittment Index" to learn what category Geno Smith is currently in compared to his peers around the league, preview the huge PAC-12 matchup in MBB tonight between the #21 ranked Cougs vs #4 ranked Wildcats, hear about Julio's #MLBTop100 ranking and revisit the conversation with M's RHP Bryan Woo. 

The LOS has been a mess for some time now for the Seahawks. We discuss the struggles Ryan Grubb will face in trying to fix it on the offensive side and why we think he can do it. Then, between the slow market for some remaining big name free agents and teams like Boston and Minnesota shedding payroll, things are definitely shifting in MLB. Could the M's be at the forefront of a changing market due to RSN? Plus, Justin and Salk have another edition of Ranked for you.

Mock draft season in full swing and Brock & Salk are pretty excited about the names being available for the Hawks at #16 in the 2024 draft, namely Byron Murphy. Chad Rueter (NFL.com) suggests the Hawks trade back w/ the Eagles (to #22) & take Jerzahn Newton, followed by Michael Penix and a LB. The whole show plays a "Getting To Know You" game of some lesser-known Mariners players on this year's roster.

The guys discuss a Bob Nightengale report that the current offer for 2-time all star Tim Anderson is only $2M and how it shows teams would rather take a chance on that upside rather than betting on players refinding their talent in their 30s. Brock & Salk are joined by Bryan Woo from Spring Training to discuss his sophomore year before Brock's Blue 88. 

Salk opens the show by talking about one of the guys on the M's who is a legitimate MVP candidate (Julio) along with a Cy Young favorite (Luis Castillo) and explains the dichotomy of going back & forth between excited and frustrated with the organization and upcoming season. We revisit the conversation with Ray Roberts.

Dan Szymborski of Fan Graphs joins us to discuss the M's win total projections, a Cy Young favorite on the squad, Julio Rodriguez's ceiling, his favorite offseason additions, and what the acquistion of Matt Chapman would mean for the M's win total.

Brock & Salk continue the conversation from Hour 2 regarding the roster construction of the Seahawks and Salk's concern that it was built from the outside-in as opposed to the LOS-out, and that revolves around DK and JSN. The Mariners full squad practice is officially underway and Shannon Drayer joins the guys to share early observations.