A spring breakout player reveals a good problem Mariners have

Outfielder Brennen Davis has been one of the best stories to come out of spring training for the Seattle Mariners thus far.

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Davis is a former top-15 prospect in all of baseball, but he hasn’t lived up to the lofty expectations set for him while dealing with numerous injuries throughout his time in the minors. At 26 years old, the Chandler, Ariz., native has yet to reach the major leagues.

However, Davis has been thriving in camp with the M’s after signing with the team on a minor league deal.

Davis is tied for the MLB lead with four homers and is hitting .458 (11 for 24) with a 1.661 OPS and four doubles in 10 spring training games. Yet it’s hard to see a scenario where Davis makes Seattle’s opening day roster without injuries in the outfield.

That’s a good problem to have, which general manager Justin Hollander addressed when he joined Seattle Sports’ Wyman and Bob on Monday.

“There has never been a team in the history of baseball who had too many good players, that that was their biggest issue,” Hollander said. “We will have our ups and downs this year. We will need more than just the 13 position players and the 13 pitchers we break camp with. Depth is really valuable in today’s baseball where injuries are a real part of the game, both on the pitching side and the position player side.

“But it’s great to watch guys go out and compete for spots, and feel like you have options. I’m really confident that we’re going to have 45, 55 guys contribute to what I hope is a really good team. You want those players to be good players. You don’t want to fill in with guys who really aren’t at the standard you would want for a championship-caliber team. We feel like we have that. We have competition in a bunch of different spots. We’ll need them all during the year.”

Hollander gave credit to director of player personnel Brendan Domaracki for brining a player like Davis into camp on a minor league deal.

“Those are the type of sneaky, under-the-radar things that happen in the winter that no one really talks about until you see it out here,” Hollander said.

Hear the full conversation at this link or in the audio player below. Listen to Wyman and Bob weekdays from 2-7 p.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.

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