Meet at the Mitt: A Seattle Mariners podcast

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew John Trupin and Evan James are here to preview the Mariners coming home to Seattle and T-Mobile Park to face the Houston Astros with the season on the line. Do or die, lose and you’re out of the playoffs, it all comes down to this. But John and Evan are here to celebrate the 2002 Mariners and the incredible season that has unfolded. From Julio breaking camp wi...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! On this episode Kate Preusser, Zach Gottschalk and Jacob Parr are here to look forward to the American League Division Series against (who else but the Seattle Mariners most hated and dangerous rival) The Houston Astros. Yes indeed, if the Mariners intend to reach the mountain top they first have a dragon to slay. From a narrative perspective this feels like it was ine...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! This episode Lookout Landing captain Kate Preusser is joined by special guest and Cincinnati Reds writer for the Athletic, C. Trent Rosecrans to talk all things baseball but specifically some Reds/Mariners imports making waves in the Pacific Northwest. Kate praises the Mariners for acquiring Suarez & Castillo while lamenting that such foundational, all start caliber pl...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew Kate Preusser Evan James and Shay Weintraub are here to celebrate the Mariners historic playoff comeback against the Toronto Blue Jays. Shay talks about meeting new people at a watch party in Rhode Island and the general experience of making the Mariners a social event. She then takes us through the game step by step, riding the emotional roller coaster from t...

Well Seattle Mariners fans, we did it. Kate Preusser, Evan James and John Trupin are here to celebrate the Mariners first playoff berth in more than 20 years. Dead tired and possibly hungover, we are here to revel in the glory that has eluded us for so long. Where to start? The 2022 Mariners are awash with young success stories who came through last night. Eight lockdown innings from a Logan Gilbe...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew Kate Preusser Evan James and Nick Tucker are here to dig into the Mariners as they enter the most critical homestretch of games in a decade of baseball. Is Luis Castillo good to go for the playoffs? The crew breaks down his up and down performance across his first few months with the Mariners as tries to assess his immediate future, while acknowledging how imp...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew Kate Preusser John Trupin and Evan James are here to diagnose the many maladies ailing the injured mariners. Who would we start in a 3 game playoff series? What do we make of Jake Lamb? Does Jarred Kelenic have a place on this roster yet this season? Is Brian O’Keefe? We have all the spicy details and wild predictions you need. We chat extensively about the ro...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew Kate Preusser and Evan James are joined by staff writer Jacob Parr to dig in to the Mariners latest hot streak. After basking in the glow of the Geno, Geno & Julio week, The Mariners find themselves firmly locked in the driver's seat on the road to a playoff game. While it sure seems like the competition outside the big three (Seattle, Toronto Blue Jays and Ta...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew John Trupin, Kate Preusser and Evan James are joined by prodigal son and Lookout Landing alumni Matthew Roberson to talk all things Mariners on this joyous 200th episode celebration. Matthew extols the virtues of properly numbering your players as the Yankees approach a digit drought. We dig into twitter questions for Matthew on Edwin Diaz and the much heralde...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The crew John Trupin, Kate Preusser and Evan James are back to business and prepped to roll into the final quarter of the season. Kate recaps a successful Lookout Landing softball game and a tremendous Ichiro celebration weekend. On the subject of playoffs, listener questions abound, and the crew assess the field in front of the Mariners: the Tampa Bay Rays, the Clevel...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The J Rod show has been renewed with a 7 season order! The boys John Trupin and Evan James are joined by resident contract consigliere Grant Bron$don who is here to break down the big news of the day: Julio Rodriguez has agreed to an extension with the Seattle Mariners. Needless to say, the contract has numerous options and potential futures, but guarantees Julio will...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! After a busy trade deadline and crispy summer month, the full crew of John Trupin, Kate Preusser and Evan James are back to business to discuss a tidy little sweep of the disintegrating, wet cheese pile we call the Los Angeles Angels. Is Ohtani done with the Angels? Is Mike Trout’s spine wet sand? We’ve got the hot takes and cold deets on the American League West. We d...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! This week John and Kate look at the Mariners post deadline after long series against the Houston Astros, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels, with one more series against the AL East juggernauts before the team can safely slide into friendlier scheduling territory. My apologies for the sparser notes this week, I am extremely pressed for time and as such am bringing...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Trader Jerry has been working the hot stove to the bone, but now that the dust have settled, the 2022 Mariners team has come into stark focus. Out are prospects, most notably Noelvi marte and Edwin Arroyo, but also Andy Thomas, Michael Stryffeler, and the release of Jack Larsen; in are Luis Castillo, Matthew Boyd, Curt Casali and Jake Lamb. A frontline starting pitcher...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Urgent news is obviously that Jerry Dipoto has once again managed to strike an iron forged in the hot stove. The Mariners traded two of their top prospects in Noelvi Marte and Edwin Arroyo, another highly regarded starter in Levi Stoudt, as well as 2021 draft pick Andrew Moore for Cincinnati Red's starter Luis Castillo, who slides in as arguably the team’s best pitcher...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The team is off for the All Star week after tearing through the league en route to a 14 game win streak. John Trupin, Evan James and Isabelle Minasian convene to discuss Julio’s legendary performance at the 2022 home run derby. We collectively marvel at how the 2022 MLB All Star Game and home run derby have felt like both an American awakening to Julio, but also his bi...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The Mariners rolled into the All Star break with a 14 game win streak, and Julio Rodriguez hit 81 dingers in the Home Run Derby. But in other, more forward looking news, the Mariners completed their 2022 draft, and special guests Nick Vitalis and Kyle Geller join Kate Preusser to break down all the biggest picks. The crew first examines Jerry's draft comments and persp...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans. My how the mighty have fallen, and the chosen have risen. Yes indeed, the Seattle Mariners, after bottoming out at 10 games under .500 in May, have miraculously rattled off 14 wins in a row to ride off into the All Star break at a brisk 51-42, a game ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays for the second wild card spot. For this special episode (noted Abe Toro fan) Jacob Parr a...

Hello Seattle Mariners faithful! What an absolute roller coaster ride of a week it has been. The Mariners have rocketed back into contention with an 8 game win streak and taking 16 of their last 19. After a May that was so dreary most of us had largely written the team off, they find themselves rolling into the All Star break with their lone representative, a rookie on a 6 win pace, and comfortabl...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! This week John, Kate and I look at the surging Mariners, fresh off of beat down series against the hapless Baltimore Orioles and the sinful Los Angeles Angels. After a win last night against the w”A’s”hed Oakland Athletics, the Mariners find themselves a mere 4 games under .500, with winnable series ahead and some injured stars returning. We assess the Mariners spot in...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! We have been away, and ill, as two of our fearless podcast hosts have come down with the ‘Rona over the past week. We collectively remind everyone to get boosted if you can, mask up, stay healthy, because being sick is neither fun nor fiscally beneficial. In the interim, the Mariners finished off a good stretch of play by dropping a series to the Angels in pitiful fash...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Fresh off an absolute shelling of the much maligned Baltimore Orioles, John, Kate and myself sit down to compare and contrast the Mariners rebuild to their modern contemporaries (Orioles and Kansas City Royals specifically). We break into listener question on pressing topics: Trammel’s hot start, Cal Raleigh 2.0, the continued development of George Kirby and just who i...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! A little delayed this week, but we are back. The Mariners are in something of a free fall in the standings, gliding comfortably into last place, and there is understandable disappointment. Yet despite the grim outlook from a playoff perspective, there are clear reasons for optimism in the performance of the kids growing their way into full time roles: Cal, Ty, Julio, G...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! After Tuesday’s Souzapalooza/Souzening/Souzyphus on Mt. Vesouzavius, the Mariners sit five games under .500 at 16-21 and spirits are a little low. John breaks down the introduction of the automated strike zone into the PCL while Kate details her experience witnessing it firsthand. John and I try to understand the details of the new system, specifically the two dimensio...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! After a ghastly road trip, the Mariners decided to go on spring break instead of play the Rays, and slide into the first game of the series with the Philadelphia Phillies with a resounding 9-0 drubbing. We stumble out the gate to remain composed, but ultimately find the focus to dive deep into the state of the team both literally (in the standings) and mentally (spiral...