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Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross.

Mariners Insider Shannon Dreher joining us on the Emerald Queen Casino Sportsbook hotline.

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Shannon, we are hearing amazing things about the Mariners Young Arms, in particular Ryan Sloat.

Ryan and Kate Anderson, how's everything looking out there for them?

Oh, they've been a ton of fun to watch.

And they've really, I think, kind of grabbed the lion's share of the attention early on in spring training. And it's, um, you know, it's a site that you don't see every day. You've got Kate Anderson who has yet to pitch in a professional game that counts. He's pitched in a spring training game, but after he was drafted, they

shut him down because he threw almost 140 innings in his college season, right through to the

championship, which they had to give him a break there. And then you've also got, on the other end,

Ryan Sloan, who has drafted straight out of high school, has had one year in the organization,

and it just, it seems like he has made leaps and bounds. He only just turned 20. When we first saw him

after the draft, he looked like he was 15. And now he comes to spring training. I'm sure you've

heard that he just has really gone to work on the body.

And he looks like anyone that's in the rotation right now physically and just impressed

in his first outing just through one inning, 12 pitches, 10 strikes.

First pitch was 99 miles an hour, struck out another batter on 99.

The slider looked fantastic.

And the poise was just off the charts as it is with Kate Anderson too.

And officials have been saying for a long time now that if there is a need this year for a starter,

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