The Chaos Ball Podcast

The first month of Mariners baseball was a delight to behold, can they keep getting away with it? In this episode I dive into some team and individual numbers now that we are a month into the season and I feel good about getting some stat based takes off. Can the offense continue this torrid start, can the pitching find its footing? Let's chat some numbers together. Thanks for listening! Twitter -...

In this episode I propose some baseball related things that need to change, and I propose a radical way to improve the discourse around the sport. I also break down the bizarre April that Julio Rodriguez has had and what it might mean for the rest of the season. Thanks for listening! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

Torpedo bat, engaged. Cal Raleigh is dumping all over the place and the Mariners are playing exactly .500 baseball. What can we take away from the first 20 games of the season, if anything, and how have the Mariners played up or down to the early season expectations thus far? I ramble about the current state of affairs without delving too deeply into the stats, because that's a task for early May....

Well, we haven't had to cancel the Mariners season yet, which is good news. In this episode I talk about what has been happening in the first week and change of baseball, I chat torpedo bats, the Dodgers, Johnny Cueto? and then get into some brief Mariners chat. Thanks for listening! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

Big Dumper got PAID, Mitch Haniger was released, and a new streaming service was launched, what a week for the Seattle Mariners! I take a temperature check of the assumed opening day lineup, and look who is going to make up the last two bullpen spots. To finish the show, I give my MLB predictions and get them 100% yet again. Thanks for listening! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail....

The table is set, the pitching staff gives this team a solid floor, but can the offense take them to the postseason? In this episode I talk about this group of position players and what they can do this season. I talked a lot about how we should both appreciate what Julio has done as a player and also expect more, because the offense will go as far as he can take it. Talked about everyone else and...

In this episode I preview the pitching staff for the 2025 Seattle Mariners, and chat about how good they'll have to be yet again for the team to contend, and I set out to answer some questions. Can the rotation continue their healthy ways? Can the bullpen get back to 'best in baseball' conversations? Is the depth enough to get through the season? Cy Young? All of those questions are pondered in th...

Spring Training is in full swing, and I chat about what I generally look for from players over the Spring. I go over the interesting pitch additions by many of the Mariners pitchers, some notable hard hit balls from some position players, and I chat about the 3b conundrum the Mariners have manufactured for themselves. Plus, what kind of milk do you think Mitch Haniger drinks? I answer that questio...

What's happening down in the Mariners farm system??? They've got plenty of interesting fellas that are worth talking about! In this episode I talk about what prospects we are likely to see make their debut's this season, what prospects we will 100% not see in MLB this season, and all the interesting names in between. Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email.- mschaosball@gmail.com

Welp, the off-season is pretty much wrapped up for the Mariners. This podcast has zero structure, and it's mainly just me vamping about how I feel about the team heading into pitchers and catcher reporting. I chat about Jorge Polanco and the rest of the position player depth, or lack of. I finish the episode with talking about Luka Doncic and Ben Zobrist. Thanks for listening! Twitter - @chaosball...

It's episode 100 baby! I talk about Roki Sasaki signing with the team that is allegedly "ruining baseball" and the discourse surrounding that. I touch briefly on the Mariners failure to get a meeting with Sasaki and their signing of Donnie Barrels. Then I talk about the HOF for the rest of the episode. Congrats to Ichiro, and I talk at length about Felix Hernandez. Thanks for listening to 100 epis...

The Seattle Mariners are making me sad, more news at 11. Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

The Seattle Mariners were very quiet during the Winter Meetings, at least quiet in a baseball operations sense. In this episode I talk about the trade rumors surrounding Luis Castillo, the Mariners "all-in" comments on Roki Sasaki, and how much money Juan Soto just made. Thanks for listening! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

The Winter Meetings are almost upon us, and the Mariners are poised to make more noise this year compared to last year. But will they actually do anything, or will they just whiteboard for three straight days again? This episode is very lax, I chat about the trade rumors with both Chicago teams, and I talk about how the team could address 2B with a Kim. Thanks for listening, I'll be back after the...

In this episode I go over what has transpired so far this off-season, from Juan Soto and Roki Sasaki to... Austin Shenton? The second half of this episode I chat about the Mariners non-tender decisions, and talk about the implications of Josh Rojas no longer being on the squad. Now is when the hot stove could really heat up, will Jerry ignite the gas and make a trade soon? I guess we'll have to wa...

What players are on the Mariners books heading into a crucial off-season? For the first time in a while, they have a lot of arbitration decisions to think about as they gear up for next season. Who and who isn't non-tendered will tell us a lot about their strategy for the off-season. I recorded this podcast on my couch while watching Game 2 of the World Series, so there are some live reactions mix...

I wrap up the double episode, three hour podcast week on a good note, talking about the 2024 Mariners pitching staff. There is much more good than bad in this episode, and a full hour of it is praising everything that the starting rotation accomplished this season. I talk about the rotation and the bullpen, and touch on the arbitration situations the team faces heading into the off-season, and wha...

I'm back and ready to evaluate the Seattle Mariners lineup contributors from this season, who was good, who was bad, who was just mediocre, and why did they fall short? I take a look at the offense as a whole and then focus on the individuals, with some very brief looking ahead to next season. Thanks for tuning in, the pitcher review is coming later this week! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - msch...

I say farewell to the 2024 Mariners, and take a look back at the last decade of M's baseball and the pain it's provided to us fans. I touch on the recent Dipoto comments on the off-season, and the Jude article going over what we should expect in terms of $$ spent by the team to prepare for the 2025 season. I salute the Oakland A's at the end and yell at billionaires to end this episode. Thanks for...

The Mariners are hanging around and gearing up to dish out maximum pain on the fanbase once again. This episode I check in with the offense that's been quite good for a month now, but is it too little too late? I also talk about Julio and Robles' TOOTBLANs against the Yankees this week. Thanks for tuning in! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

Let's check in on some of our pals! This is a very short and sweet episode, and I decided to take the focus off of the current Mariners for a moment, and check in on some former 2023 M's. I take a look at a couple of Snakes, a Dodger, and a Brave and see how they're all doing with their new teams. No, I didn't discuss Jerry being around in 2025 in this episode but I will at a later date, don't wor...

Just some classic banter about the Seattle Honkbal team. I take a look at some eye opening stats that tell us how good this Mariners team could be, but why they simply aren't great. I give some pitchers their flowers this episode as well, because as bleak as thing can look, we deserve to celebrate the best players on the squad, Thanks for tuning in! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gma...

They really did it. Plus, Sisyphus! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail.com

Well well well, we find ourselves with another podcast episode where I critique trades that Jerry Dipoto has made. The majority of this episode is talking about the deadline moves and where they put the team at right now. I grade each trade and then talk about the broader MLB landscape and what it meant for the 2024 deadline. Thanks for listening! Twitter - @chaosball1977 Email - mschaosball@gmail...

This episode was recorded+edited hours before the Randy Arozarena trade broke, so the Randy talk will have to wait until next week. But in this episode, I throw out a fun comparison for who the 2024 Mariners remind me of and what the next couple months could hold. I run through the various absences in the current lineup and the state of the team as we head into the biggest week in the Jerry Dipoto...