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Brock and Salk

Hour 4-FOX Sports Analyst Alex Rodriguez

Brock and Salk

Seattle Sports

Sports

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We react to AJ Hinch and Brent Rooker on MLB Network talking about the difficulties in facing the M's. Then, Alex Rodriguez joins the show to discuss why he's been so confident in the M's this season, who Jorge Polanco reminds him of, the most difficult part of closing out the ALCS, Julio Rodriguez's growth this year and whether he always felt Dan Wilson would become a manager or not.

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0:00.0

from the quantum fiber studio this is brock and saulk on seattle sports i don't read the internet

0:08.2

guy take the bull by the hands and brook you are and brook you are now here are your hosts brook huard and mike saul

0:16.4

and the fire so a j hinge had his hands full with the Seattle Mariners.

0:26.6

They gave him five games.

0:28.3

Good for them.

0:29.1

But ultimately, they succumb.

0:31.6

And he was asked on MLB radio, Brock, what happened?

0:37.2

Why weren't they able to beat the lowly mariners from southeast Alaska? And he had answers. They just had an answer from the pitching side. No matter where you were in the lineup, it felt like, man, can they use Brash again? Yep. Can they get to Munoz for two innings? Yep. They just keep coming at you. And their rotation,

0:55.6

I love when they call Bryce Miller like a fifth starter. Like I know his numbers weren't great this year,

1:00.1

but it's like, come on, dude. That's your fifth starter is, is Bryce Miller pumping 96, 97 with a

1:06.8

with a good split and a good slider. So there are volume of pitchers coming at.

1:11.5

Yeah.

1:14.1

People have called them a whole lot worse than a fifth starter.

1:20.3

Some people, Craig Carton, have called them a journeyman nobody tool over the course of just the last 24 hours.

1:27.2

So fifth starter sounds like actually kind of a compliment compared to some other words that are being used to describe Bryce Miller. But I think AJ makes a good point.

1:29.7

No matter where you are, they've seemed to have an answer for you.

1:34.1

Yeah.

1:34.5

You know, we have become a prisoner of this moment right now, which is what happens to all of us as we cover these teams in sport.

1:42.1

And we forget what so much of the messaging was for years

1:46.4

really after 2022 salk and that is man this team is so much more built for the postseason the

1:53.6

regular season right it is about starting pitching and pitching in general and power and if they

1:59.0

can only get to the postseason,

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