Extra Innings podcast: Discussing the recent free agent activity in MLB, the Mariners’ relative inactivity and the Hall of Fame

The Extra Innings podcast returns for your weekend listening. Times beat writer Ryan Divish and venerable columnist Larry Stone discuss a variety of topics concerning Major League Baseball and the Mariners.

This week’s topic list:

• Trevor Bauer signing with the Dodgers
• The recent free agent signings and the perceived market
• The Mariners ostensibly sitting out this portion of free agency
• Where the Mariners are at in their rebuild?
• Should Seattle supplement this roster?
• The organization’s responsibility to its fans
• Service time manipulation and Jarred Kelenic
• The recent Baseball Hall of Fame vote that produced no inductees
• Curt Schilling and his candidacy

Also included in this week’s podcast is audio from the media sessions in the Mariners’ virtual baseball bash. The interviews in order:

• Manager Scott Servais
• Marco Gonzales
• Kyle Seager
• Mitch Haniger
• Jarred Kelenic

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