Get to the freaking auto!

From the Quantum Fiber Studio, this is Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports.

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Now here are your hosts, Brock Heward and Mike Saul.

And the fire.

Gee, Scott will be in at 8.30. It's his birthday tomorrow. He's turning 50 years old. G. Scott will be in at 8.30. That should be fun. Right? He's in a good mood today. He came in and was telling the stories. Sorry, we were still talking about the whirlwind. There was G in here. G's got stories for days, man. It's too bad they can't all go on

the move for the air, but that dude's got stories. He'll come in at 8.30. Stacey's going to come by at 9 o'clock. We'll open up the phone lines at the end of the day. Adam Jude did a great job yesterday, kind of explaining the what of what's going down with the Mariners offense, right?

It's been bad.

You know that.

Like, I don't, I don't, I don't need to, I don't need to tell you that the Mariners offense hasn't been good. But he came up with, what, four or five reasons why that's happening, like, or to describe what's going on. Number one, he says they're not hitting the fastball, right? You got to be on time for the fastball, and they are not.

They're struggling against all types of pitches through 13 games, he said. Sliders have proved especially difficult.

But for a lineup that hit as many home runs they did last year, it's surprising to see the persistent failings against fastballs.

Collectively, they have a minus 5.8 runs above average value against fastballs.

That is 25th in baseball.

So that's a problem.

The strikeout rate is a concern.

It's 27.6, which is not great.

In fact, it is higher than the 26.8% from a couple years ago when they set a franchise record.

They're making weak contact is another one.

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