We apologize for publishing a few hours later than usual, but we had good reason as we get two great guests on the show!

We talk about last night's 5-4 loss to the Texas Rangers and why the M's season is over once again. Then, we talk about whether or not that was a season-defining loss for the M's or not.

Then, we're joined by Joe Doyle of OverSlot, who talks about the M's financial woes, potential off-season trade partners, and the best ways to build a baseball team. And we talk with Kevin Kugler of FS1, who called the game on Wednesday as Bryan Woo took a perfect game into the seventh inning.

It's Tuesday, and the Mariners are getting back into the playoff race. They are 4.5 games back of the Astros in the AL West and 3.0 back of the Twins in the wild card race.

Are we starting to believe again? Then, we talk about why the M's need to try to get Edgar Martinez back as hitting coach in 2025, and then we look at the team bringing back Jerry Dipoto.

Our own Teren Kowatsch from the Mariners on SI team spent Sunday in Everett with Colt Emerson, Laz Montes and Michael Arroyo. He calls in with his takeaways.

Here's the skinny: The Seattle Mariners took the final two games in Oakland to move to 71-70 on the year. They are now just 4.5 games back in the American League West and are trying to give us all a sliver of hope.

We spent a good portion of this episode talking about why Jerry Dipoto shouldn't be back in 2025, and then the Mariners apparently decided to bring him back.

We're releasing the episode anyways, because it was awesome. We had on Adnan Virk of the MLB Network and Tom Caron of NESN, who have unique perspectives on what the Mariners are going through.

We also react to Ryan Divish's appearance on the Jason Puckett podcast.