BIB on the Go: Get Fired Up With Mariners GM Justin Hollander
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What recent signing has energized the Mariners' offseason?
Deep in the playoffs, he won game away from the World Series. He's a big part of it, so you don't fool around. He is part of the solution, not part of the problem. You sign the guy to a contract, even though he's a free agent, and probably could go a little bit longer and waiting and waiting and waiting, but no. Mariners offer a fair deal, and the player takes it. That player, of course, is Josh Naylor. Josh Naylor, the guy who inexplicably steals bases at an unbelievable rate, 30 for 32, despite not being, let's just say he's like one of the slowest guys in baseball. But still, it's another facet of his game, which is fascinating. He's a winner. He brings a lot to the table.
Why is Josh Naylor considered a cornerstone player for the Mariners?
when the Seattle Mariners saw that, saw him as a cornerstone player. Again, part of the solution, not part of the problem. So, again, good for the Mariners for striking early, not playing around, getting the job done. Boom, boom, boom. There it is. All right. Well, along those lines, I wanted to surface a conversation that I had with Mariners GM Justin Hollander at GM meetings. Basically, it's just a conversation where – You're going to love to hear from Justin. You're going to love to hear how fired up this guy is about the great game of baseball. That's all I have to say. And also, it just speaks to the excitement that is around that franchise, that is around that team, and probably a reason why Naylor wanted to come back.
Again, it's the Rudy in the stool type of speech interview. It's going to get you fired up. All right, here you go. Baseballs and boring on the go with Justin Hollander. about learning like learning we come away from every postseason we're like oh we learned this and we learn and we think that okay this is the way it's going to go um i think that for you guys it's like all right well pitching is always going to work and you came very very close but is there anything that you took away from whether it's the regular season or the postseason it's like all right this is changing and this is how we have to adapt yeah i think we probably put too much stock into who won a five game or a seven game series and like try and make it this overarching thing like you know
This is the year that contact surpasses power in terms of how that helps you win the World Series. And then the team that wins hits solo homers the whole time. There's a bunch of different ways to win in the postseason. My opinion mostly is the teams that pitch really well and hit homers. I know that's not exciting or unique in terms of a creative way to reassess the game, but I think if you pitch really well, you throw a ton of strikes, you strike people out, and you hit homers offensively and get on base somehow... you're probably going to be a pretty good postseason team, but anything can happen in a five-game or seven-game series. It's why we decide the regular season over 162 games, and usually what works well in the regular season works mostly in the postseason.
I don't think there are overarching things. I think the thing for me personally watching it this year and appreciating was the intensity and level of play across the league this year in the playoffs. was off the charts. Like, next level. Like, the pitching was incredible. The quality of that bat was mostly off the charts to be able to handle that pitching. The intensity, the uniqueness of some of the extra inning games this year. Like, you just handed me the baseball as a boarding sticker.
Anyone who watched any of the postseason series this year. It was hard handing those out in some of these games.
No, no. What an incredible postseason. Like, we have the best sport. Baseball is unbelievable. And, like, you know, watching the way people reacted, casual fans in Seattle reacted to our run, our sport, is the coolest part about the playoffs. The playoffs can galvanize people and change the way they view the game and the perception of whether baseball is boring or baseball fits this demographic or not this demographic. I think cities can be electrified by following a team that captures their imagination.
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