Daily Puck Drop: Keep John Mateer. Abe Lucas to the rescue. Geno or D.K.? Guests: Jim Moore. Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftBlog.com. Ryan Divish, Seattle Times.

Today’s Daily Puck Drop with Jason “Puck” Puckett features Jim Moore, the Go-2-Guy from a rainy parking lot in Sandy, Oregon. But, he’s got his headsets and a microphone and good to go! Puck and Jim open up the show discussing the Cougars effort and challenges of keeping John Mateer in Pullman.  Puck argues that the fanbase can make a difference and he believes he’ll stay. 

They also touch in on the breaking news that Abe Lucas has been activated off the PUP list and will play Sunday against the 49ers. How healthy and effective will Lucas be?  That remains a big question mark. 

Puck tells Jim that he missed a great basketball game on Tuesday night between the Mavericks and Warriors with Klay Thompson’s homecoming. Crowd was great. The play was sensational. But, on Klay’s night, it was Steph Curry stealing the show. 

Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftBlog.com, joins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly visit.  They discuss the release of Tyrel Dodson.  How bad of an offseason did John Schneider have?

Does Rob fee like Puck in wanting the team to lose out if they can’t get wins in the next two weeks?  What will the offseason have in store for D.K. Metcalf and Geno Smith. Rob makes the point that you will have to choose. 

Lastly, Rob takes a look at the NFL draft and offers his thoughts on a conversation had with Mike Garafolo about the upcoming draft. 

Ryan Divish, Seattle Times, joins the show for his “Cold Stove” M’s offseason chatter with Jason “Puck” Puckett. Divish is once again substitute teaching at his former high school in Havre, Montana.  

They open up discussing why catcher Cal Raleigh should have won the Silver Slugger Award over Salvador Perez.   The conversation then turns to their offseason look at the third base position. 

Currently the only internal option to play third base is Josh Rojas.  Ryan thinks they’ll bring Rojas back but he won’t primarily be the third baseman and that they will have to find another option there, most likely via a trade.  Ryan believes you could have a situation where Rojas and Dylan Moore will platoon at second base. 

Ryan also gets into the teams desire to bring Justin Turner back and their preference to trade Luis Castillo in the offseason. And, Divish contemplated the idea that Puck brought up about trading for Phillis third baseman Alec Bohm. Would that be a good fit for the M’s?

Lastly, Puck wraps up with “Hey, What the Puck!?”  It’s time for Cougar fans to get out and support their players. If you want John Mateer to stay and continue to be the starting quarterback for the Cougars well into the future, then join the Cougar Collective today!