This week I talk about the top 100 list updates and the relevant Mariners prospects involved, and I make a bold statement about the 2025 rankings that should include Felnin Celesten in some capacity. I recap this past week of Mariners baseball and the okay on field results against two great AL East teams, and I compare where the 2024 M's are to whe…

We're back to talking about the big league club this week! I got some housekeeping out of the way with injury updates, and then I talked about the state of the team in the month of May. Who's been hot, not, and mid in May so far. I also started turning the tires on trade talk, we're getting to that point in the year where the sellers are starting t…

I am taking a break from talking about the big league Seattle Mariners this week, and instead I used this weeks episode to highlight what has been going on in the minor leagues. What are the Mariners top prospects doing? Who is each team performing? I highlight some non-top prospects and their strong starts to the season, and I give my picks for ea…

Join me as a recap the last month of Mariners baseball! One of my keys to the season was a strong month of April, so, was it a strong month? I dissect what's going wrong with the offense, what's going right with the pitching staff, and what the 17-14 starts means in the context of the AL West. I also take a look ahead to the month of May and assess…

In this weeks episode, I talk about the last two weeks of Mariners ball and what's been good about it, and what's been not so good. I talk about what it's going to take for this offense to be productive all season, and I go over the slashlines of the hot weeks Julio, Cal and Rojas just had. I wax poetic about Gabe Speier and the M's bullpen develop…

In today's episode I take a deep dive into Logan Gilbert's pitch arsenal. How the pitch mix is playing in 2024, and how much it's changed since he debuted in 2021. I also look into some Ty France numbers and rate him currently on the "Ty France Back Meter". I finish the episode with some Mariners notes from this week of ball like Jonatan Clase's de…

What's going on with the Mariners? More of the same. Tap into this episode to hear me sigh a lot about the current state of the Seattle baseball team. They refuse to be a normal baseball team, so they decided that the bottom of the order should actually do most of the work to score the runs, which is a really neat idea that I totally support! On to…

We made it folks, the Mariners played baseball games that actually mattered this past week and the vibes are already on the floor. Somehow, they are 3-4 but it doesn't feel that way. But I don't focus too much on the actual baseball they played, more about the general vibe and my feelings from the first week of ball. I talk about the new Salmon Rac…

We've officially made it folks, opening day is right around the corner and it's time to preview the Seattle baseball Mariners! I rant about the current state of the team for the first third of this episode, so be prepared for a very long string of thoughts to open this one. The last 2/3 of the episode I get into each player projected to be on the o…

The last divisional preview pod! And I saved the meatiest division for last, if the NL Central was a knife fight in an alley, the AL East is a gladiator fight in the Colosseum. I can make a case for each team in this division to make the playoffs, yes, even the Red Sox. Join me as I breakdown this loaded division, and wrap up the divisional preview…

The NL West is home to maybe the best team in baseball, and probably the worst team in baseball as well. Similar to the NL Central, I have no clue how the three teams in the middle will shake out! We have four teams trying to be competitive and that should provide plenty of entertainment, and then the Rockies are here also. Thanks for listening, we…

The NL Central will be a knife fight the entire way, I could see every team winning this division when it's all said and done (maybe not the Pirates). I think this division is going to be really fun in 2024, full of young exciting players and at least four teams that all have playoff hopes. Tap in and listen to me attempt to decipher how this group…

The wild wild AL West preview is here, and this division should be fun just like last year. The top teams all have very clear strengths and weaknesses, and they all project to finish within a few wins of each other like last year. The A's have some young players to watch, and the move to Vegas looms. And the Angels exist, Mike Trout is healthy, can…

The NL East is home to the best team in baseball, and also the Washington Nationals. The three teams in between should provide plenty of entertainment throughout the 2024 season as they hunt for a wild card. There are plenty of fun players and interesting team builds going on in this division, and I break it all down for you and attempt to predict …

The start of the divisional previews is upon us! The AL Central is not what you called a "good division" but there is some fun to be had in there. I go over each teams projected lineups and pitching staffs, and noodle on what I think the outcome is for the team in 2024 as well as identify each teams X-Factor and Key Questions for the year. There ar…

This is the last episode before the divisional previews begin! In this very short and sweet edition of the pod, I banter very briefly about the schedule for next month, early pitchers and catchers news from Arizona, and Fanatics/Nike garbage jerseys. And I finish the episode talking about Grover Cleveland Lowdermilk, a 100% real baseball player fro…

Jerry made another trade, and unexpected but delightful move for Gregory Santos. I breakdown who exactly the Mariners acquired, and who they gave up, and how this improves the team and makes a lot of sense. Who did the M's give up, was it worth it? Plus I touch on some broader MLB topics such as, where do we put the A's? Thanks for listening, pleas…

The Mariners did a thing! Jerry Dipoto made a trade that everyone had been mocking for months now, but the return package was surprising. I spent about half the episode talking about Jorge Polanco to the Mariners, and what it means for the lineup and the bullpen. I round out the episode with some HOF talk, and finish with Ichiro and Felix 2025 HOF …

This is what happens when there isn't much to talk about, the only big signings of late have been a pair of relievers, and for the Mariners... Austin Voth? I went down a rabbit hole thinking about the Mariners bullpen for next season after the Voth signing, highlighting the core, the fringe, and the wild cards of the potential pen in 2024. I then m…

It's been a while since I recorded, but I am back to talk about the many moves that Jerry Dipoto and Co. have done since I last podded. Mitch Garver first and foremost, and then I talk about the pair of trades that happened more recently in which we saw our beloved boy Mitch Haniger return to the Seattle Mariners, and Anthony DeSchlafani has to be …

Jung Hoo Lee has signed, Shohei Ohtani has signed, Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed an hour after I recorded. Who's left on the free agent pile and what's doable at this point for the (broke) Seattle Mariners? With the lack of significant Mariners news, this is a shorter episode and I decided to defer the rest of this podcast to 2024, so happy holidays an…

I'm back folks, and it's officially salary dumping season and everyone is thrilled about it. I missed quite a bit since I last recorded, so I covered the Urias, Eugenio, and Kelenic trades and discussed how I am feeling about the team right now. Plus, the winter meetings were boring, Servais and Dipoto both said some things, and Ty France is at Dri…

Listen, was the title of this episode a plot to improve my SEO? Maybe. I do talk about Snell but it's not until the end of the show. I meander through my thoughts about free agency and arrive at some conclusions about the M's second base situation, their recent coaching hire, and how they should sign Jung Hoo Lee or I'm going to be unhappy. Plus, J…

I look ahead into the vast sea that is the baseball off-season and take stock of who is available, what the Mariners strategy should be, and why the front office is currently in a pressure cooker. Would signing Shohei Ohtani release the pressure, or do they need to do more? What trades could they consider? I pose lots of questions with multiple cho…

Join me as I reflect upon my divisional preview podcasts. I went back and listened to each pre-season preview podcast, and I am ready to share how much I got right and wrong when previewing each team. I got a lot right, but my O/U picks do not reflect greatness. Thanks for listening, and be on the lookout for Monday when I release my Mariners offse…

I've digested the Mariners season, and split it up into three categories: The good, the bad, and the meh. I listened back to my pre-season episode and yoinked some quotes to see if I really do know ball, and then I talked candidly about the 2023 Mariners and what we can take away from this season. Please rate and/or review if you enjoy, especially …

The best and brightest seasons in the Mariners minor league system! My 2022 Team of the Year pod was a success, so I continued with 2023 and I hope you all enjoy! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

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Lots of despair. There is a long monologue in here about what went wrong for this team down the stretch, plus I touch on Cal Raleigh's comments about the team, and I also go over the next few weeks and what plans I have for the offseason. Thanks for listening all season, the Mariners may be out of it, but the podcast goes on! Twitter - @chaosball19…

The 50th episode of this historic podcast has come at the most stressful point in the season. It's do-or-die time, there is one week of baseball left and the Mariners are on the outside looking in. I talk about the cursed Rangers series this weekend and look forward to the most important series of the year against the Astros starting today when thi…

Fair warning, about half this episode is Mariners talk, and then I unveil a new segment "random weekly notes" and that really takes over. The September schedule has not been kind to our Seattle Mariners. But they look to bounce back this week in Oakland, which I have dubbed as the most important series of the year. Can they start playing better bal…

The long road trip was not very kind to your Seattle Mariners. In this episode, I talk at length about the George Kirby situation, and I also go over monthly splits from our two rookie pitchers, Bryan Woo & Bryce Miller, to identify why some season long fatigue might be setting in for both of them. I also go over what went wrong on this road trip a…

I am officially on the waiver wire and looking for a new destination to make an impact down the stretch. The Mariners? Oh that silly little team? Still in first place, chugging along with some early September hiccups. I talk a little Modesto Nuts in this episode, as well as JP Crawford, Angels waiver wire, Kolten Wong, and Daniel Vogelbach trying t…

The Seattle Mariners are in sole possession of first place in the American League West division. Half of this episode is dedicated to how the Mariners gained this much ground, and how astonishing it is that they sit in 1st place at the end of August. Julio is at the center of it all, but when the entire 'championship core' is performing like this, …

Join me as I recap a wonderful, if not very weird, week of Mariners baseball. With JP Crawford out with a concussion, our amazingly talented baseball boy Julio went on a heater to end all heaters and propelled the team to a (cursed) series victory in Kansas City and a sweep in Houston. They sit firmly in a wild card spot with the division lead in t…

Felix Hernandez is now a member of the Mariners HOF, and I discuss what he means to me as a fan, what he means to the Mariners franchise, and the best bits of his HOF ceremony. The Orioles came to town and took a series from the Mariners, which has been very difficult to do since July started. It felt like a playoff preview, and I break down the hi…

I'm back! After a week off during the trade deadline, I make my triumphant return to this podcast just in time to talk about the Mariners mop of the Angels in Anaheim. This is a loaded episode, I break down who the Mariners acquired at the deadline while saying my heartfelt goodbye to Paul Sewald. I go over the crucial Angels series MOP over the we…

This weekend, we saw the yearly pilgrimage of Blue Jay fans to Seattle. Those fans got to see Cal Raleigh and Teoscar Hernandez take turns savaging their baseball team en route to a series victory. But the M's continue to hover around .500 and the trade deadline is right around the corner, so I talk about what they might do in the next week to set …

Nothing like dropping a series to the Tigers to kickstart the second half! The trade deadline is looming, and the Mariners simply cannot continue to roll out the same offense and hope to make the playoffs. What do they do? I go over why trading Logan Gilbert, while I don't want to see it happen, makes the most sense to address the offensive woes. I…

Join me in this midweek podcast and recap what we just saw during the All Star Break! Julio Rodriguez broke a derby record, the NL finally won an All Star Game, Ohtani said things about Seattle, and I recap what the Mariners did in the Amateur draft. Plus, I review the JuliO's cereal live on the podcast, and trust me, you don't want to miss out on …

The chaos is flowing in this one, no structure, simply vibes. We've finally reached the All Star break, and the MLB limelight now shines on the beautiful city of Seattle. The only thing I need to see from the break is Julio Rodriguez wearing the home run derby chain, because it goes absolutely crazy. The Mariners have been playing some great ball r…

The Mariners are a submarine and the World Series is the Titanic wreck, they're currently descending down to view the wreck, will they implode before they reach the bottom? I rant about the current state of the Mariners in this episode, and I do a little trade deadline strategy talk to get us prepared for the month of July. Tap in and be sure to ra…

Join me this episode as I discuss THAT Dodgers-Giants play, a special Negro Leagues BRef POTW, the A's reverse boycott, and the recent Mariners home stand that left me happy but yearning for more. I also arrive at two conclusions this episode, Rob Manfred hates baseball and the Mariners are officially a mustache team. Follow me on Twitter and email…

The Seattle Mariners took a trip down to SoCal this past week, and they got a heavy dose of June gloom. They continue to play uninspiring baseball and somehow lead the league in getting picked off??? The dreams of winning the AL West this season are likely tarnished. Something has to change for this club and soon, otherwise the daunting AL Wildcard…

We have finally reached the month of June and that means we can officially start panicking about the Mariners season and we also have a decent enough sample to start judging every player very harshly. Bryan Woo made his debut against the best offense in baseball and it went about as you'd expect. The Mariners had an embarrassing week and the vibes …

The Mariners went 6-1 since my last podcast, and I would like to express my thanks to the Oakland Athletics for a good part of that. Julio has started to catch up to his expected stats, the pitching is still fantastic, the vibes are better, overall a great week to be a Mariners fan. Besides M's ball, I have a special Memorial Day edition of the BRe…

I recap the last two weeks of Mariners baseball that showed little to no growth and why the team building leaves a lot to be desired in the speed department. I do a mini deep dive on Cal Raleigh's defense so far this year and examine his improvements since his rookie year. I also talk about one reason why I was wrong about the Rangers coming into t…

The Mariners AA affiliate in Arkansas is a pitching lab and they just won't stop. Bryce Miller is the latest product from the lab and he possesses one of the most unique fastballs in the league. I discuss his first two starts and what makes his fastball so cool as well as what else AA has cooking down there. There is more than just Bryce Miller in …

The month of April is over, how'd the Mariners do? Next steps for the club after the Robbie Ray news (Bryce Miller call up was after I recorded). I recap the month of April and some key numbers that have dictated the Mariners season so far, and I discuss my somewhat optimistic outlook for the month of May. Of course, the BRef POTW is a good one, it…

Spoiler alert, I talk more about Jarred Kelenic this week as he continues his hot start to the 2023 season. More specifically, I talk about what i've noticed in his swing and what big leaguer he reminds me of a little bit. What have I seen from the Mariners so far this year that is unexpected, what has been about as expected, and is it time to pres…