Brock and Salk

We react to Jeff Passan's names of potential bats. What would you give up to acquire Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suarez? Then, we talk with Aram Leighton of Just Baseball about the M's prospects who were promoted yesterday and who he would be willing to give up in a trade. Plus, we answer food, pet and wedding queries in Answer the Question Jerk.

Salk reacts to sound from Mike Silver who discussed that Tom Brady had no interest in the Raiders signing Sam Darnold, but signed off on a Geno Smith trade. Salk is a little confused by that as a result. Later, Jeff Passan of ESPN joins the show to dive in on Cal Raleigh and the AL MVP race, Julio Rodriguez, the trade deadline and more.

After the Mariners put up double digit runs again on Monday, Salk explains how the Mariners all of the sudden look like a totally different team. He highlights a few reasons why. He also reacts to some of the sound from Angie Mentink who outlines a few different things about Julio Rodriguez, including the idea of him needing to get back to enjoying playing the game (or at least express it that way). In Blue 88, topics include Russell Wilson, who Cooper Kupp compared JSN to and one list where the Seahawks need to improve on due to currently ranking 20th.

Cal Raleigh continues to hit home runs with his 32nd of the year yesterday, and Salk takes a look through some more crazy stats for Cal. After that, they re-air their conversation with Angie Mentink of ROOT Sports with topics featuring Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez, the Mariners road trip and more.

ESPN NHL reporter Greg Wyshynski joins us to discuss the hiring of Lane Lambert, the acquisitions of Mason Marchment and Joe Veleno and the trade fo Andre Burakovsky. Then, Brock gives Salk a preview of what to expect at his daughter's wedding on Saturday.

The Mariners are a tough team to read with how different they look from series to series, so Brock and Salk dive into that and what to make of them. Later, Angie Mentink of ROOT Sports joins the show to discuss the Mariners successful weekend, Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez and more.

Brock opens the hour by sharing his disappointment for the Thunder winning the NBA Finals and why it hurt him. There is also some good discussion and fascination over the continued dominance of Cal Raleigh and how he continues to stay this hot. In Blue 88, topics include Trey Hendrickson, Kenneth Walker and the new UW uniforms.

The Mariners win the series over the Cubs and Salk really liked the way the team approached the series offensively, so he goes into it in some detail. Then, they go Around The Weekend with storylines from the Mariners, the College World Series, the NBA Finals and more.

Shannon Drayer joins Mike Salk to preview the Cubs series and discuss Luke Raley's return and Rowdy Tellez being DFA'd. Then, we discuss the Luke Raley's return, the M's pitching matchups for the weekend, the Kraken trading for Mason Marchment and the Pacers forcing a game 7 in the NBA Finals in Need to Know. Plus, we take your phone calls as we do every Friday.

Salk adamantly wants to see the Seahawks trade for Trey Hendrickson and he explains why it makes perfect sense. After that, Gee Scott stops by for his weekly appearance.

With Luke Raley returning this weekend, Salk wonders if we are going to see the real Mariners this weekend, as this may be as close as they will get to the roster that they envisioned on Opening Day. He also listens to some sound from Matt Hasselbeck and reacts to it by wondering if this is an identity year for the Seahawks. In Blue 88, topics include something that Daniel Jeremiah said that Brock liked, why PFF proved a prediction right and Trey Hendrickson.

The Mariners are set to play a weekend series in Chicago and Salk explains why Wrigley Field is so awesome. Then, they re-air their conversation with Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network to discuss Seahawks OTA's, how they can still improve the roster and more.

Adam Jude reports that Luke Raley will be activated this weekend. Who does he replace? Then, we hear from John Schneider on the three and out podcast about some similar qualities between Jalen Milroe and Brett Favre. Plus, Salk crowns this week's Trash Takes winner.

The hour starts with listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. After that, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network joins the show to discuss Seahawks OTA's, where they could still improve the roster and more.

Brock and Salk talk through getting closer to Brock's daughter's wedding and what the seating chart could  look like. They then go through where the economics in sports are at with both the Lakers and Rays set to sell their teams. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on ESPN's NFL All-Century Team, what stood out from Trey Lance's rookie year with Kyle Shanahan and Shedeur Sanders.

Salk talks through an article written by Awful Announcing discussing how MLB streaming could change in time and may try to model it after the NBA. Then, they re-air their conversation with former Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck.

How do the Mariners balance a need to be aggressive at the trade deadline with the lack of top tier talent expected to be available? Then, Joon Lee joins us to talk about his NYT piece on how private equity and streaming services are making it more expensive and less communal to be a sports fan.

Brock and Salk dive in on how great Cal Raleigh is and reference how fascinated Johnny Bench is with him as well. Later, former Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck joins the show to talk about being honored as one of the Top 50 Seahawks, how he thinks the Seahawks will fare in 2025 and more.

Brock and Salk talk through the Mariners win on Tuesday along with how different the offense looka on anightly basis. They then get into a fascinating article written by Joon Lee of Yahoo Sports regarding the tough costs of being a sports fan and what the ramifications of these sports moving forward could be. In Blue 88, topics include Lofa Tatupu's opinion on the new Seahawks defense, a fear that Brock has regarding the state of college football and a national opinion about eh optimism of the Seahawks.

Salk spends the opening segment discussing the Panthers winning the Stanley Cup title along with Cal Raleigh's ridiculous game against the Red Sox. Later, they re-air their conversation with Jeff Passan of ESPN in which he shares his insight on the Mariners recent games, the trade deadline and more.

We dig into Jeff Passan's comments that he doesn't believe the M's would actually make a run at a player like Devers because of the price tag. Then, we discuss Bradley Chubb calling out the Dolphins "lying to themselves" last year, Dak Prescott saying Super Bowl over legacy and the Browns potentially carrying 4 QB's into the season in Around the NFL. PLus, we talk favorite cartoons, chewing tobacco and wedding dances in Answer the Question Jerk.

Brock and Salk dig into PFF citing Klint Kubiak as the reason for Seahawks optimism in 2025 and they are intrigued, but it also wasn't the answer they were expecting. Later, Jeff Passan of ESPN joins the show to discuss the Mariners recent stretch of games, the Mariners getting All Star votes, Rafael Devers and more.

Brock and Salk talk through how important the return of Logan Gilbert is and how clearly he is the ace of the staff, watching him back on the mound. They also react to some sound from Jerry Dipoto on MLB Network on Julio Rodriguez, Cal Raleigh and more. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at the typical NFL player schedule between mini camp and tarining camp, who the highest rated position group on the Seahawks is and a potential Michael Penix breakout season.

The Mariners lose to the Red Sox and Salk talks through some of the challengges that the Mariners battled on Monday, along with marveling at the return of Logan Gilbert and how dominant he looked in just his first start back. Afterwardsm, they re-air their conversation with Mariners broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith on the Mariners series win over Cleveland, the trade deadline and more.

We discuss JP Crawford's impressive season and how much injuries must have been affecting him last year. Then, we react to Colin Cowherd's comments on Caitlin Clark's ability to draw eyes to her sport. Plus, Salk presents the idea of doing away with the strike zone box on MLB TV broadcasts.