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Brock and Salk

Hour 3 - Most Intriguing Mariner (No. 1), Justin Hollander

Brock and Salk

Seattle Sports

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4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The hour starts with the No. 1 Most Intriguing Mariner as the countdown of his list concludes. No shock, it;'s Julio Rodriguez. Later, Mariners GM Justin Hollander joins the show to discuss what he's excited for in terms of the season starting, who jumped out to him at Spring Training and plenty more.

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0:00.0

Get me a freaking auto!

0:37.8

From the Quantum Fiber Studio, this is Brock & Sock on Seattle Sports. Brock Ewerd is my hero. James But I just punched me in the kidney. We're going to see you that morning. That way, Sherm. This is a show that has my name on it. It's kind of tough. Now here are your hosts, Brock Ewerd and Mike Salk. Hello! Hello! Hello! I decided to play it straight. I didn't leave anybody off the most intriguing list this year in the hopes that they would do what Cal did after I left him off my most intriguing list last year. That was a mistake. I blew that one. Like also asking him if he's going to catch 125 games. He didn't like that, huh? No, he was mad.

0:57.4

He legitimately came up to me. He goes, you know what they asked me yesterday? He was mad about it. Oh, yeah, don't question his ability. I know. Well, it was fine. We ended up talking about it. It ended up being okay. But I do wonder about it. I worry about his legs. and, you know, over time, you would expect that to eventually have some sort of an effect.

0:57.4

It sure didn't last. ended up being okay. But I do wonder about it. I worry about his legs. And, you know, over time, you would expect that to eventually have some sort of an effect.

1:12.7

It sure didn't last year. Motion is lotion, Solve. That's what he says. So anyway, I didn't do that. I'm playing it straight. And today we're on to number one. Number one. Well, just to count it down, number 10 was Cole Young, number nine, Luke Rayleigh,

1:17.2

who I think is a huge key to the season, by the way, just huge X factor. Number eight, Logan Gilbert, number seven, Brendan Donovan. Number six, Randy Rosa Rana, number five, Brian Wu,

1:22.8

four Colt Emerson, although Ryan doesn't even think he's going to be here until August.

1:27.5

Josh Naylor was third.

1:29.5

Cal Raleigh was number two, and I think for the second straight year, and for obvious reasons,

1:33.6

the number one most intriguing Mariner is Julio Rodriguez, and he remains that because he's still

1:40.0

the most talented guy on the team.

1:41.9

He just is.

1:42.6

And because he's never fully reached what we all think is his ultimate potential,

1:50.3

he's going to remain on this list.

1:52.2

Because what he's done has been great.

1:54.3

And we talked about this with Passing yesterday.

1:56.7

And I totally agree with Jeff.

1:58.8

Because we have this otherworldly expectation for what Julio is capable of,

2:03.9

I think we sell short a lot of what he's accomplished in some, you know,

2:08.9

at such a relatively young age that he's a five-win player every year.

2:14.3

He's six-win player.

2:15.3

Top ten in the AL MVP voting three years.

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