On Monday night, the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 at T-Mobile Park. Julio Rodriguez hit a historic home run in the bottom of the first inning and Bryan Woo spun six solid innings on the mound en route to the victory, but the moment of the night belonged to top prospect Colt Emerson, who hit his first major league home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The three-run blast extended the lead from 3-1 to 6-1 and serves as a great reminder of the hope surrounding Emerson, who is one of the top prospects in baseball (No. 6 MLB Pipeline).

Our own Teren Kowatsch covered Emerson's reaction to the home run - and how he's been embraced by his teammates through two games.

We took that conversation further on the latest edition of the 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast, giving praise to Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford for how he handled the moment.

"Credit to JP Crawford because when Colt Emerson hit that home run, JP Crawford, as always, was the guy holding the trident. You could see the genuine happiness in him to give the trident to Colt Emerson. After the game, when they went through the handshake line, JP Crawford doubled back on Colt Emerson to give him some love and dap him up. And that was not lost on me.

Because people have talked about it. We've wondered about it.

“How does JP Crawford feel about Colt Emerson? Man, how does JP Crawford feel about Colt Emerson's deal? What is JP Crawford gonna feel like? 

We've wondered about how JP Crawford would handle Colt Emerson's presence, right? And I think about this all the time.

I remember in the NFL, Joe Flacco was playing for the Denver Broncos, and I think they took Drew Lock at the time, Seahawks quarterback now. And they asked him, like, you know, “How are you gonna mentor Drew Lock?” And he said, “It's not my job to mentor Drew Lock. It's my job to win games.”

These people are protective of their positions. They are protective of their position in the game, the dollars that come with that, the resume, the stature that comes with that. If a veteran player doesn't want to embrace a young player, we may not love it, but it would be human nature. If someone asked me to embrace the intern that was gonna eventually take my job, I would be bothered by that.

JP Crawford showed you on Monday night what a good teammate looks like.

Now, he told you weeks ago that he likes Colt Emerson and he's looking forward to playing with him. He's looking forward to having Emerson help them win games. He told you a month ago that he wasn't jealous, that he wasn't bothered, that he was ready to play alongside Colt Emerson when that time came.

He told you that.

But it's a game of show, not tell, and on Monday night, he showed you that also."

You can listen to the newest edition of 'Refuse to Lose Territory' here, or you can watch it on YouTube here. Former Mariners outfielder Mike Cameron stopped by the show. Cameron was an All-Star in 2001 and a three-time Gold Glover.

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