Seattle Mariners General Manager Jerry Dipoto offers his exclusive perspective each week on Brock & Salk. New episodes all season long! Listen live Thursdays at 8:30am on Seattle Sports.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the M's draft, this thoughts on the first half of the season, their struggle to make contact, how difficult it is to tell who will be sellers at the trade deadline, what their goal is at the deadline, and what to make of Julio's early struggles this year.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the addition of Jorge Polanco, Julio Rodriguez's focus this offseason, how they feel about their bullpen and starting rotation depth, and what their overall approach was this offseason.
Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto discusses his end-of-season press conference comments on how they were received, what the next steps are for the team, and his admission of being "generally embarrassed."
Now is the time for the Mariners to make it or break it. We have the talent. We need that sweep.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the M's locking in as they can see the finish line, Cal Raleigh's impressive play behind the plate recently, Julio's opposite field power, whether we could see Mike Ford at first base against righties, and the keys to the next three games in Texas.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss a big win before a much needed off day, how they are approaching the final 16 games, his assessment of Luis Castillo's season, how important JP Crawford's leadership has been, an update on Jarred Kelenic, and some excitement over the talent in the minors.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Red Series, his thoughts on some struggles for the bullpen in recent games, the work that JP Crawford did to have such an impressive offensive showing this year. thoughts on Dominic Canzone's unique batting stance, and when we could see Jarred Kelenic rejoin the team.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the M's franchise record month of August, Teoscar Hernandez's turnaround, JP Crawford being their most consistent player from day one this year, working the waiver wire and injury updates on Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the M's second eight game win steak this month, why Munoz was used in the 9th over Brash yesterday, where they are at when it comes to pitching depth, whether a 6 man rotation is still an option, and how amazing Julio's performance was last week.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss a wild stretch of games for the M's, the offense starting to look like they expected all along, how Matt Brash and Andrés Muñoz are adjusting to filling the closer role, what he likes most about Julio's offensive spark, Luis Castillo making a choice to help save bullpen arms last night and where Jarred Kelenic and JP Crawford are on their roads to return to play.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the incredible amount of recent success the M's have had developing young starting pitching, how they utilize Arkansas and Tacoma in getting the pitchers ready for the big leagues, Emerson Hancock's debut, Scott Servais' role in this second half turn around, what happens when Jarred Kelenic returns, and how hard it is to launch a home run where Cal Raleigh did last night.
Jerry Dipoto joins Mike Salk and Brock Huard to discuss trading Paul Sewald to Arizona, his expectations for Dominic Canzone, Josh Rojas and Ryan Bliss, why they didn't make more moves at the deadline, and the importance of JP Crawford to them this season.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the encouraging recent stretch for the M's, how trade talks have progressed so far, how he feels about rental players and how many teams are looking like buyers ahead of the deadline.
Jerry Dipoto joins Mike Salk to discuss the M's disappointing stretch post all-star break, what's leading to some of the mistakes we're seeing, what can be done to improve the offense, how they will utilize Bryan Woo moving forward and if selling is on the table at the trade deadline.
Salk's weekly discussion with Mariners President of Baseball Ops discusses the All-Star Week that was, the MLB draft, and what the M's might looking to do before the second half of the season starts on Friday.
Jerry Dipoto joins the Brock Huard and Matt Johnson to discuss the upcoming All Star events, the M's having three participants in the game, how they are approaching draft preparations, whether there has been any movement when it comes to trade deadline talks and why they made the Chris Flexen/Trevor Gott move.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to talk about the disappointing play this week, what the expectations are for the manager when a team is slumping, what he's seeing as far as chasing and struggling to hit spin, whether he feels they accounted for regression enough this offseason and how they are preparing for the upcoming draft.
Jerry Dipoto joins Mike Salk to discuss the ongoing level of frustration with the M's offensive struggles, the difference between effort and focus, whether this team is to tight or too loose and what is going on with Julio's swing decisions.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the M's improvements over the last week, what the change in messaging to the offense was, the challenges Julio is facing in an up and down season so far, how important Jose Caballero has become to the lineup, thoughts on the home plate umpire last night, and whether they may have found their DH in Mike Ford.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss what's wrong with the offense, how accountability works when consistency is lacking, whether control the zone is still the right approach, and what kind of moves they will consider moving forward.
Jerry Dipoto joins Mike Salk to discuss the work that went into Julio's turn around at the plate, how common personal hitting coaches are in MLB, George Kirby's spectacular outing last night, Bryce Miller's first tough start, looking for a bat at the trade deadline, and updates on Andres Munoz and Dylan Moore.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the Mariners progress this month, Bryce Miller continuing to put outstanding performances together, what they saw in Bryce Miller in the minors that gave them confidence to bring him up, his thoughts on Jose Caballero's contributions, the exciting prospect of getting Julio and Kelenic going at the same time and what roster moves could be made when Dylan Moore returns.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss how he would characterize this team's first 40 games, finding come consistency on offense, why he's not concerned about Luis Castillo, Bryce Miller showing he's not a one trick pony, and thoughts on potential call-ups and trades.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss a dominant six game series for the pitching staff and "better signs" from the offense, Julio being moved to the sixth spot in the rotation as he works through struggles at the plate, Jarred Kelenic continuing develop, and Prelander Berroa impressing in Arkansas.
Jerry Dipoto joins the show to discuss the news that Robbie Ray will miss the rest of the season, the plans moving forward without Ray, Kolten Wong's struggles, Jarred Kelenic being moved up to the three spot, and thoughts on Jose Caballero's strong debut.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the biggest challenges the M's are facing right now, what he's most encouraged by, Jarred Kelenic's impressive start to this season, some injury updates and his thoughts on the new home run trident.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss moving in the right direction week two, cleaning up the uncharacteristic defensive errors, how encouraging Jarred Kelenic's start has been, thoughts on the how they expect the DH position to play out this year, and what he liked most about Logan Gilbert's dominant performance yesterday.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss the M's slow start, what has stood out to him so far, what they need to get back to, how they plan to approach Robbie Ray's injury, Ty France's encouraging start and an update on Evan White.
Jerry Dipoto joins Brock and Salk to discuss Opening Day, his strong belief that this team is a World Series contender, the special connection that Mariners fans have with their superstars like Julio, how solid the starting rotation is and their excitement about international prospect Felnin Celesten.
Jerry Dipoto joins Ryan Rowland-Smith and Brock to discuss what he's keeping an eye on with a week until the regular season, the work Robbie Ray has put in this offseason, whether Dylan Moore's injury increases Cooper Hummel's odds of making the big league roster and if there is a minor league player that could follow a George Kirby like path to success this season.
