Meet at the Mitt: A Seattle Mariners podcast

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Kate Preusser, Evan James, Zach Mason and Anders Jorstad are here to celebrate (bury?) the 2024 season with the third annual Lookout Landing Awards show. A tumultuous year has left mixed feelings throughout the Pacific Northwest, but our goal is to highlight the good that may have been lost along the way. Who was the most unsung hero? Which of the starting pitchers is...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Kate Preusser, Evan James and John Trupin are back for the first podcast of the offseason. We kick off the dry spell with a smattering of listener questions. What do we make of the short term performance of the Dan Wilson Mariners? Will one of the pitchers get traded? Have our feelings evolved on the firing of Scott Servais? Will John Stanton ever really sell the team?...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Anders Jorstad, Kate Preusser and John Trupin are back as the Mariners attempt to slide underneath the rapidly falling curtain escape into playoff destiny. With barely a week remaining in the schedule, the Mariners find themselves in must win, do or die mode. After the historic collapse over the summer, how has Dan Wilson navigated the good ship Mariner back into this...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Anders Jorstad, Zach Mason and Evan James are here on Wednesday September 4th to look forward. Yes, this year didn’t work out the way we would have hoped, but is there anything we ARE looking forward to seeing over the final month? Who's playing for a role in 2025? Which young players can still pop off in September? How will we evaluate Dan Wilson with such a short tim...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Anders Jorstad, Zach Mason and Evan James are here on Friday August 30th to talk mutiny aboard the good ship Mariner. The Tacoma News Tribune (and other sources) aired some grievances with Jerry Dipoto in the wake of Scott Servais’s unceremonious dismissal. How do we evaluate the decisions behind the 2024 offense moving forward? Does Jerry still deserve to helm the shi...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! John Trupin, Kate Preusser and Evan James are here on Sunday August 25th in the wake of one of the busiest, most frenzied weeks in Mariners history. Scott Servais is out, Dan Wilson is in and 2-1 and the dust has already begun to settle. https://mybookie.website/MeetAtTheMitt TWITTER LINKS: https://twitter.com/MeetattheMitt https://twitter.com/LookoutLanding https://tw...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! After a decade at the helm, the Mariners have relieved skipper Scott Servais of his duties with Dan Wilson stepping in. We will have more to say. https://mybookie.website/MeetAtTheMitt TWITTER LINKS: https://twitter.com/MeetattheMitt https://twitter.com/LookoutLanding https://twitter.com/JohnTrupin https://twitter.com/KatePreusser https://twitter.com/EvanJamesAudio htt...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Zach Mason, John Trupin and Kate Preusser are here on Monday August 12th to celebrate the extension of Victor Robles! A generation removed from Jerry low balling Jarred Kelenic on a long term extension, the Mariners finally have their Robin (to Julio’s Batman) in Right Field. Who is up for an extension next and why is it Cal? Can we keep both Logan and Kirby? Sure Robl...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Evan James, Zach Mason and Anders Jorstad are back post deadline to assess the Mariners new look offense! How sustainable are the run scoring improvements? When is Julio due back? Is Victor Robles a long term solution? Which Mariner starter might bring home a Cy Young? https://mybookie.website/MeetAtTheMitt TWITTER LINKS: https://twitter.com/MeetattheMitt https://twitt...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! John Trupin, Evan James and Anders Jorstad are here to dig into the trade deadline and the Mariners most recent acquisitions Where will Justin Turner play? Will he take at bats from Locklear? Who exactly is Yimi Garcia? We are here to answer all your questions. https://mybookie.website/MeetAtTheMitt TWITTER LINKS: https://twitter.com/MeetattheMitt https://twitter.com/L...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! A trade! John Trupin Kate Preusser and prospect analyst Max Ellingsen are here to talk Randy Arozarena and the first deadline move of 2024! In exchange the Mariners parted with a player to be named later and 2023 draft picks Brody Hopkins and Aidan Smith. Is this as cheap as it seems? Did Dan Szymborski nail it when he said the value on Arozarena was lower than some ex...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Movement is afoot! Evan James, Zach Mason and John Trupin are here to deliver the autopsy for the Mariners battered lineup with Julio and JP hitting the IL and Ty France not hitting and therefore hitting the road. With a week to go before the trade deadline the injuries have brought rise to half the Tacoma lineup arriving in Seattle: Jason Vossler, Leo Rivas, Tyler Loc...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Max Ellingsen and Kate Preusser are here to review the dull depth of the 2024 Mariners draft haul. Obviously the first two picks are the names that has everyone buzzing, but what of the depth beyond the early round picks? Who are the sleepers? Who has the unrefined tools to make a big jump in pro ball? What trends did the Mariners reveal in their process based on their...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! We have reached the All Star break and the team is taking a much needed break but much to talk about remains so Evan James, Anders Jorstad, Zach Mason and Max Ellingsen are here after the 2024 draft to take stock of the new Mariners youngsters. Jerry spoke on the radio today for the first time in ages, how are we reading between the lines on his comments about the offe...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! John Trupin, Kate Preusser are joined by Lookout Landing prospect expert Max Ellingsen on July 13th to talk future stars at the halfway point in the minor league season. Max has been spending time watching the Everett Aquasox, getting to see the much heralded Lazaro Montes and Michael Arroyo in person. Max remarks on improved athleticism and movement from our future st...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Hot pitching and cold offense is the order of the day so John Trupin, Kate Preusser and Evan James are here to take the good with the bad: All Star Logan Gilbert! Gregory Santos in, Catie Griggs out. John wrote about the flaccid hitting environment at T Mobile Park, but what can be done about it? How is the hot stove heating up with the break only a week away? https://...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! The OG gang is back! John Trupin, Kate Preusser and Evan James are here to dive into the Mariners 2024 season now crawling past the halfway mark. What’s to do with Bryan Woo? What does a trade to augment this offense really look like? Is Julio regressing or is there still hope for a major uptick in performance? Can things only get better or do we need reinforcements to...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Evan James is here with Anders Jorstad and Zach Mason to talk the Mariner sin the midst of an uninspiring road trip. As we sit here at about noon on June 23rd, the Mariners are down 2-6 to the Miami Marlins in line for a second consecutive losing series. Is the pitching away from T Mobile Park as bad as advertised on Twitter (I will never say “X”)? Are we seeing normal...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! John Trupin is here with Evan James and Kate Preusser to talk first place in the AL West and the largest division lead in baseball: Your Seattle Mariners. There has been oddly smooth sailing of late with the team sweeping aside their closest competitor Texas Rangers at home in dominant fashion. After years of looking to the wild card for salvation, the Mariners hold al...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! John Trupin is here with Evan James and Grant Bronsdon for an impromptu, first place in the AL West, Meet at the Mitt Podcast on Saturday June 15th. Grant has been hard at work on a potential Cal contract extension, what does that look like? How do the Mariners approach valuing his bat, his defense and his leadership? How does the Boras factor play into the negotiation...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Zach Mason, Evan James and Anders Jorstad are here on Wednesday June 12th to celebrate the arrival of Mariners prospect Tyler (no relation to Heather) Locklear. The big news of the day is that BRYAN WOO IS OKAY! I’m sorry but that’s genuinely all I care about. Bryan Woo’s MRI was “perfectly clean”, they expect to slot him back into the rotation next week, likely on a p...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Kate Preusser and John Trupin are joined by Lookout Landing prospect expert Max Ellingsen for a back to back podcast, this time of the “They Might Be Mariners” variety. The farm system has been brimming with shortstop prospects in the low minors, how are they doing? Who might stay/who might go from the infield prospect pile? How does the experience of watching Montes c...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Evan James and Anders Jorstad are joined by Lookout Landing prospect expert Max Ellingsen on Thursday June 6th where the talk of the town is new bullpen convert Logan Evans. What does the move mean for this year and the future? When could we see him return to the rotation? What does it all mean for the bullpen the remainder of this season? Who are Max’s untouchable pro...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Guess who’s back? Back again? Kate is back! Tell a friend. Evan James, Kate Preusser and John Trupin are back to basics on Monday June 3rd to talk Mariners on an off day. Clase has been demoted down to Tacoma to make way for former Washington Nationals mega-prospect Victor Robles, who will be taking over the cursory 6 plate appearances a week in a backup outfield role....

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Evan James, Anders Jorstad and Zach Mason are here on Sunday June 2nd after the Mariners swept aside the feeble Los Angeles Angels to win their 6th of 7 games on the homestead. Is Ty France all the way back? Is the offensive output an Angel pitching based illusion? What do we make of Brant Brown’s firing? How will strength of schedule impact the team going forward? How...