Monday Mojo

Entering Week 15 of the MLB Regular Season, the Seattle Mariners stand just 3.5 games back in the American League Wild Card Race! In Episode 18, Sobba and Zweifel preview a big stretch for the M's featuring two upcoming home series against the New York Yankees and LA Angels. The boys give their takes on who the Mariners should acquire during the MLB Trade Deadline. Sobba also shares his experience of watching the M's walk it off on the first night of full capacity at T-Mobile Park.

Max and Sobba take over the hosting duties for Episode 17 where they breakdown another stellar week of baseball from the Seattle Mariners. The M's take 2/3 against the Chicago White Sox who are regarded as one of the top teams in the American League. The duo also discusses how they're surviving the record breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest, a huge birthday bash for Sid the Sloth, MLB video games, and more.

The whole gang reunites for Episode 16 to recap a successful week from the Seattle Mariners. The M's are winners in their last 6 of 7 games including three walk-off hits and a sweep against the defending AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays. Sobba brings his loud personality to the Diamond Club to cheer on the boys against the Rays. Max also shares his love for 'CowGirls' bar located just outside of T-Mobile Park and plenty more.

Ryan Divish joins Monday Mojo for Episode 15. Divish is the Mariners beat writer for The Seattle Times. In this interview, Ryan tells us his thoughts on the 2021 season for the M's, Kyle Lewis' injury update, Mitch Haniger's future, Jarred Kelenic being sent down to the minors, Mike Zunino destroying a helmet with his bare hands and plenty more. Sobba, Zweifel and Evan also recap a 2-4 week by the Mariners featuring Rafael Montero AGAIN blowing a game for the team, Jake Fraley tearing it up, and Sobba getting in a twitter war with Houston Astros fans.

Episode 14: The Mariners finish off a 3-4 week against the Oakland A's/LA Angels and unfortunately get hit hard by Poseidon's curse which includes key injuries to Kyle Lewis, Justin Dunn and Yusei Kikuchi. Max, both Chris' and Evan discuss whether Mariners phenom Jarred Kelenic should remain with the team or be sent back down to Tacoma (AAA) after hitting .096 during his first stretch in the MLB. Evan also takes home the first W in the Monday Mojo Fantasy Pick'em challenge thanks to JP playing out this league right now. We each pick a new M's player this week along with previews against Detroit and Cleveland.

Welcome Chris Zweifel to the Monday Mojo Podcast! Chris is also a huge M's fan who will be joining as the third co-host. In Episode 13, we celebrate the Mariners completing their first sweep of the 2021 season against the Texas Rangers, a series win against the first place Oakland Athletics and getting back to .500. A huge week ahead for this squad as they host Oakland and travel to Los Angeles to face the Angels. We also reveal our plan to fill up T-Mobile Park with 'Oscar the Grouch' costumes the next time the Houston Astros visit Seattle.

Episode 12: Despite the Mariners being the victim of a no-hitter for the second time in two weeks, the Monday Mojo squad is still riding with the team and sees a light at the end of the tunnel. Chris, Max and Evan also interview Skylar Shibayama who's the Manager of Data Strategy for the Seattle Mariners. Skylar talks about his role of working in the analytics department with Jesse Smith, the M's bullpen, should the pitching mound be moved back due to the rise in no-hitters this season and more.

Welcome to the Show Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert! The two highly touted rookies make their Mariner debuts against Cleveland. Kelenic was rated as the M's top overall prospect and No. 4 ranked prospect in the MLB before getting called up. Of course he didn't disappoint after hitting a 403 ft dinger for his first career MLB hit. Gilbert was rated as the M's top pitching prospect out of the minors. Chris and Max recap their debuts and also get into an entertaining discussion about meditation, world religions, dishes and more.

The Mariners suffer their first rough patch of the 2021 season after dropping back to back series against Baltimore (we won't talk about the no-hitter) and Texas. Chris digs into the journalism roots and writes his first column about why the M's struggles this season are all part of Jerry Dipoto's long term plan for success, which is included in Episode 10. Max and Chris also discuss how the Mariners could also be cursed by Greek God of the Sea, 'Poseidon.'

Episode 9 features Max and Chris discussing a wide range of topics including the Mariners playing the Houston Astros and LA Angels last week, who's lived up to the hype so far, the M's hit by the injury bug again, SpongeBob SquarePants and plenty more. We also interview Danny O’Neil from 710 ESPN Seattle who shares his thoughts on the M's rebuild, why the MLB is in a crisis mode, and plans for 'Oscar the Grouch Night' next time the Astros return to T-Mobile Park.