Hour 3: Mariners GM Justin Hollander on the depth of the team
Bump and Stacy
Seattle Sports
4.5 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Bump and Stacy hear what Mariners General Manager Justin Hollander said about the depth of the team, the health of the pitching staff, and how the perception of the Mariners has evolved, they give you their thoughts on the Cardinals new starting Quarterback and Team USA’s World Baseball Classic win in Headline Rewrites, they bring you the biggest stories around the NFL, including why Travis Kelce decided to return to the Chiefs for his 14th season, and they discuss whether Rachaad White could be the Seahawks’ new running back.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio. |
| 0:03.0 | 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. |
| 0:16.3 | Justin Hollander joined Wyman and Bob, and we got to learn a bit more about this team, so let's dive into it. |
| 0:21.9 | The Mariners GM first talked about Bryce Miller's oblique strain. |
| 0:25.4 | Pitching injuries are part of it. |
| 0:26.4 | It's a part of it for everybody. |
| 0:27.8 | We don't really have an expectation that we're going to have a lot of years, like 23 and 24. |
| 0:31.8 | We just have no real significant pitching injuries that the guys are just healthy all the way through. |
| 0:36.5 | You know, 24 was is not |
| 0:38.1 | likely repeatable. They're probably going to be a lot of years like 2023, I believe it was, where |
| 0:42.9 | Robbie Ray gets hurt and Marco Gonzalez gets hurts and you need contributions from Brian Wu. |
| 0:47.9 | You need contributions from Bryce Miller as they're coming through and maybe a little bit before |
| 0:52.3 | they're ready to go do it at the big league level. |
| 0:56.0 | You're going to need depth all the way through. |
| 0:56.8 | All right. |
| 1:15.7 | So look, is the injury great? Excuse me. Is the timing great? No, but it's part of it. And we need depth all throughout the season. We've found that as a lesson. And he's talked multiple times about like this is why we don't love trading the guys that are on our MLB roster or like your fifth or six or excuse me your six guy out yeah you have you have to have the um break glass just in case of emergency type situation right always need |
| 1:21.9 | a fire signature around there and um when guys get hurt it provides opportunity and it tests the depth of your team. |
| 1:30.2 | And that's in any sport, right? |
| 1:32.0 | It's tough to have guys get promoted or your backup perform at that level. |
| 1:38.9 | But in baseball, I think, it's a bit different because in baseball, you have these prospects |
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