Brock and Salk

Mariners Insider Shannon Drayer joins the show to give us some more insight into the buzz surrounding Andres Munoz and his new pitch. The Mariners had a best-on-best live batting practice between Munoz and Julio. // Need To Know: The Mariners had another hit parade yesterday, defeating the Brewers. Haniger, Montes, and Windish all hit homeruns. The mariners have brought back Trevor Gott to bolster their bullpen. A 49ers blogger saw Pete Carroll, Mike Macdonald, and John Schneider all on the same flight to Indianapolis. // New Mariners Hitting Coach Kevin Seitzer joins the show and tells us the story of him replacing George Brett at 3rd base. He also gives us his favorite story about the Hall of Famer and how it inspired how he played the game. Kevin explains how he picked the Mariners as his next coaching opportunity. 

Salk has been thinking about what Brock said about this news Mariners philosophy being more about freedom than being old school. Typically teams would go with something new rather than go back to the old but can the freedom at Spring Training help this team start out hot? // Need To Know: The Mariners had another hit parade yesterday, defeating the Brewers. Haniger, Montes, and Windish all hit homeruns. The mariners have brought back Trevor Gott to bolster their bullpen. A 49ers blogger saw Pete Carroll, Mike Macdonald, and John Schneider all on the same flight to Indianapolis. //  Andres Munoz threw to live batters yesterday and he took down the best the Mariners could throw at him. Julio Rodriguez said he never wants to face him again. Is this the year that Julio takes a big step forward as a leader on this team? // Blue 88: NFL draft analyst Matt Miller has come out with his list of 1st round prospects, how many of them would draw interest from the Seahawks? Pete Carroll, John Schneider, and Mike Macdonald were all on the same flight to Indianapolis, what do you think they talked about? Can we pay Geno, DK, and still improve on the O-Line? 

Brock & Salk are back in Peoria! We learn that Brock is a high maintenance coffee drinker. Salk’s dad got into another argument with his dog Walter. // Need To Know: The Mariners had another hit parade yesterday, defeating the Brewers. Haniger, Montes, and Windish all hit homeruns. The mariners have brought back Trevor Gott to bolster their bullpen. A 49ers blogger saw Pete Carroll, Mike Macdonald, and John Schneider all on the same flight to Indianapolis. // We revisit our interview from yesterday with mariners GM Justin Hollander

What did we learn from Mariners GM Justin Hollander? From an offseason that could have gone better, to how many prospects could we see join the club during the season. // Need To Know: The Mariners had a great game yesterday with an 11-5 win over the Angels. Dan Wilson is really happy with what he is seeing out of Mitch Garver and the rest of the offense. There have been good things already in Peoria, Andres Munoz now has a changeup and seeing some familiar faces in the bullpen. The Kraken had a win over the Florida Panthers to start their 2nd half of the season. // Lyle Goldstein joins the show to let us know how his Spring Training reporting is going. One thing he noticed is Ryan Bliss getting some reps at 3rd base. Who are the three players that Lyle is going to keep his eye on this week? Brock took a foul ball off his knee.

Mariners Insider Shannon Drayer joins the show and she gives us an update on the new changeup that Andres Munoz has developed. Shannon explains that there is a little more of a relaxed feel in camp this year, still very productive but a different feel. // Need To Know: The Mariners had a great game yesterday with an 11-5 win over the Angels. Dan Wilson is really happy with what he is seeing out of Mitch Garver. There have been good things already in Peoria, Andres Munoz now has a changeup. The Kraken had a win over the Florida Panthers to start their 2nd half of the season. // Mariners GM Justin Hollander joins the show and breaks down what actually goes on in the world of an MLB GM. He breaks down where Julio is currently at in terms of hitting after a couple of subpar seasons. He is also pleased with how the Mariners bullpen is shaping up with its depth. How do you know when a prospect is ready for the call-up? 

Salk was at the Mariners game yesterday and he had some observations. The pitch challenge system is in use this season at Spring Training, and we have seen a lot of unsuccessful challenges by everyone but the catchers. // Need To Know: The Mariners had a great game yesterday with an 11-5 win over the Angels. Dan Wilson is really happy with what he is seeing out of Mitch Garver. There have been good things already in Peoria, Andres Munoz now has a changeup. The Kraken had a win over the Florida Panthers to start their 2nd half of the season. // Blue 88: Who are the three players that Brock will be looking at when the NFL Combine takes place this week? Does Ben Solak have a point when it comes to the results from Geno Smith and it resulting in back-to-back OC fires? When it comes to Geno and DK, how polarizing are they? // Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo joins the show to break down his offseason and how Spring Training is going for him so far. He emphasizes the lower body and core workouts are big keys to a pitcher’s workout. Having that combined with this team’s pitching philosophy are two important things for this staff. 

Live from Peoria! Salk does not remember the golf community at Sun City being so young, he also dives into his dad getting into a full argument with his dog. // Need To Know: The Mariners had a great game yesterday with an 11-5 win over the Angels. Dan Wilson is really happy with what he is seeing out of Mitch Garver. There have been good things already in Peoria, Andres Munoz now has a changeup. The Kraken had a win over the Florida Panthers to start their 2nd half of the season. // Brock and Salk go through the top six storylines from Mariners Spring Training so far. One of those is, will the Mariners be better this year, and if they will be better than they were the last few seasons. Is Julio ready to become an MVP?

After talking to Jay Buhner, Salk is even more convinced that the M's will be taking a very old school approach this season and he's interested but also a bit concerned to see how it goes. Then, we discuss Canada's win in the Four Nations Final, the M's first spring league game today and John Schneider's comments on finding O-line talent in Need to Know. Plus, we take your calls as we do every Friday.

After talking to Jay Buhner, Salk is even more convinced that the M's will be taking a very old school approach this season and he's interested but also a bit concerned to see how it goes. Then, we discuss Canada's win in the Four Nations Final, the M's first spring league game today and John Schneider's comments on finding O-line talent in Need to Know. Plus, we take your calls as we do every Friday.

The hour starts with Shannon Drayer joining the show, breaking down everything she's seen at Spring Training in Peoria so far along with a few other Mariners topics. Then, they welcome on Gee Scott for his weekly appearance.