00:00Reds will take on the Mariners. I saw the Mariners play just before the All-Star break, Tom, and I
00:05was not impressed at all. I know they have really good starting pitching, but I got to say, Tom, I
00:11think there's some trouble here. Seattle, they may not win the division, and they may not get in the wild
00:16card, Tom, but they got no business being under .500 at this point of the season. I mean, come on.
00:20I mean, this is disgusting.
00:21They got good pitching, of course. Kirby, Hancock, Castillo hasn't been himself. I think the Reds may even have, going
00:27into this series, a little bit of a better advantage in terms of starting pitching here, but we just keep
00:32waiting for Seattle to go on this run here, and they find themselves looking up at Texas.
00:38And this happens a lot with, especially in the MLB, with teams where they're in the hunt for a year.
00:44They're in the hunt for a year. They make a move. And last year, Craig, I want to say, you
00:48know, they go get Naylor at the deadline. They have that long series versus the Tigers. They kind of, they
00:54peaked. Like, they peaked, and now they're on the backside of it. They're still trying to grasp that straw. It's
00:58like, oh, we're still going to be in the mix. We still should be the favorite. You lose Cal Raleigh
01:01for essentially half the season. The offense isn't there. The pitching is great, to your point.
01:05But if you can't get to a good bullpen with a lead, then the bullpen's irrelevant because you just can't
01:11score. I think there's a big chance for the Reds if they want to have any shot at the wild
01:15card, and I have no interest in backing the Mariners when I know they're going to be favorites.
01:20Yeah, Mariners just, to me, have been disappointing. But again, still have time, and a lot of time here. 60
01:26-some-odd games, you get hot, everything looks different.
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