Hour 3: Jerry Dipoto on the Mariners’ slow start and a trade deadline outlook
Bump and Stacy
Seattle Sports
4.5 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Bump and Stacy hear what Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said about Cal Raleigh’s slow start, Julio’s hot streak, the emergence of Colt Emerson, and an early look at the MLB trade deadline, they give you their thoughts on another Miller/Castillo Piggyback game and Aaron Rodgers’ future in Headline Rewrites, they bring you the biggest stories around the NFL, including what Seahawks QB Sam Darnold said about the Vikings picking JJ McCarthy over him, and they break down the opportunities the Seahawks will have in their primetime games this season.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio. This is Bump and Stacey on Seattle Sports. |
| 0:06.6 | Streaming through the Seattle Sports app and at SeattleSports.com. |
| 0:11.1 | Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross. |
| 0:16.2 | What does Jerry DePoto think about Colt Emerson start? |
| 0:19.7 | About Julio's hot spring, about Cal's rough timeout, and obviously about the trade deadline? |
| 0:25.5 | Well, we know the answer because he was on baseball tonight by ESPN's Buster only, a lot to cover here. |
| 0:30.8 | By the way, Buster's set to join us tomorrow at noon, so we'll, I'm sure, have some follow-ups about his conversation with Jerry. |
| 0:37.2 | There was a broader conversation on their show about why the National League is so much better |
| 0:42.3 | right now than the American League. So a lot to get to just one-on-one with Buster. But this was |
| 0:46.5 | Jerry's conversation with Buster. First, Jerry DiPoto was asked about the struggles that they've had |
| 0:52.7 | to start the season. Tonight we'll play our 50th game, and I feel fortunate that we're in the position that we're in. |
| 0:58.5 | You know, we just haven't played up to our capabilities. |
| 1:01.4 | And I say all that and we're, you know, I look at our team. |
| 1:04.4 | I think we're in the top 10 in the league and WRC Plus. |
| 1:07.4 | We're in the top 10 and ERA. |
| 1:09.5 | And we're in the, I think we're in the top 10 and ERA and we're in the, I think we're in the top 10 and run differential, but we just haven't converted it to wins. |
| 1:15.2 | So I know the talent is there. |
| 1:16.9 | I feel like our roster is good enough to take a step forward and get on a good role. |
| 1:21.5 | It's been hard with some of the injuries, but everybody experiences injuries. |
| 1:25.6 | And that's just baseball. |
| 1:26.8 | And then you pick up and you move on. |
| 1:29.4 | Yeah, to me, Bump, it's not been there because of the offense. |
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