AL Cy Young Watch: Is It Finally Gerrit Cole’s Year? The Yankees pitcher breezed through June and July, but Luis Castillo’s fastball is making the race close. Sports Illustrated · Sep 1, 2023
MLB fans mocked the White Sox after Luis Castillo shut them down with 47 straight fastballs No respect for the White Sox at all. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 22, 2023
MLB Fans Roasted the White Sox After Seattle’s Luis Castillo Threw the Same Pitch 47 Times in a Row LOL. Sports Illustrated · Aug 22, 2023
Mariners Ace Luis Castillo Threw 47 Consecutive Fastballs Against the White Sox Castillo had plenty of success with his fastball against Chicago on Monday. Sports Illustrated · Aug 22, 2023
Deception Is the Key to the Mariners’ Playoff Push Yes, Julio Rodríguez deserves plenty of credit, but Seattle’s starting pitchers are fueling the team’s October hopes. Sports Illustrated · Aug 21, 2023
Winwood's WBC rankings surge offers shot at history A surge from 13th to No.2 in the WBC's latest rankings, has kept alive Alex Winwood's dream of becoming the fastest Australian to a boxing world title. AAP · Jul 20, 2023
Mariners use 9-run inning to win consecutive games in Houston for first time since 2018 HOUSTON — As hitter after hitter found some way to reach base, and the runs began to pile up from their first of the game to three runs to eventually nine runs in a fourth inning that wouldn’t end, the grumbling from 34,737 fans at Minute Maid Park grew louder… Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023
Mariners rally from 5-run deficit to beat Rays, 7-6, and take series from MLB’s best team SEATTLE — Best win of the year? Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2023
Larry Stone: A year after jumping trade market, M’s face similar complex decisions On June 27, 2022 — exactly one year ago Tuesday — the Mariners jumped the trade market by acquiring veteran first baseman/designated hitter Carlos Santana from the Royals for two minor-league pitchers. Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023
Mariners turn on small-ball magic to rally for rousing victory over Nationals SEATTLE — Ruled out, initially, Jarred Kelenic took off his helmet, then his batting gloves, and sat on his rear end on the infield dirt, leaning back on his hands, his right leg stretched out over second base. Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023
Mariners Ace Had Too Much Fun Trolling Shohei Ohtani After Striking Out Mike Trout Against both perennial MVP candidates, you take any victories you can get. Sports Illustrated · Jun 10, 2023
Luis Castillo back to his old self as Mariners drub Oakland The randomness of regular-season results, including the unexpected outcomes of games, is a somewhat accepted and romantic charm of the marathon that is a 162-game baseball season. Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023
Mariners bats pick up a not-sharp Luis Castillo to beat Cardinals SEATTLE — It doesn’t happen often, and it had yet to happen this season, but Saturday night Luis Castillo wasn’t the dominant, unhittable force that he’d been in his four previous starts this season. It won’t be the last time it happens this season. Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023
Mariners fall to Cubs in 10 innings after Jarred Kelenic’s mammoth tying blast in the 9th CHICAGO — Two years ago, the Mariners would have found a way to win Sunday’s game through luck or skill or some weird combination of both. A year ago, that Mariners would’ve prevailed due to flawless execution in the game’s critical moments. Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023
Sports Illustrated · Apr 5, 2023 MLB Fans Were in Awe of Castillo’s No-Look, Behind-the-Back Snag How’d he do this?
Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023 Luis Castillo dominates, Ty France plays hero in Mariners’ season-opening win over Guardians SEATTLE — For the folks that determine the individual player ratings for the popular video game “MLB The Show,” Ty France has a message for you — improve his ratings … now.
Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023 Larry Stone: Why ex-Mariner Edwin Diaz's injury shouldn't sideline the World Baseball Classic SEATTLE — In light of the horrific Edwin Diaz injury, you can be sure that the Mariners won't breathe easy until all of their players in the World Baseball Classic are returned safely with their health intact.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 8, 2023 Panama’s Luis Castillo made a spectacular warning-track catch while ramming into his WBC teammate What a catch!
Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023 Matt Calkins: Why the Mariners might be better in 2023, and why they might not be Normally, opening day in Major League Baseball serves as the pinnacle for optimism, even if such positivity is unwarranted. But when your team just snapped a 21-year playoff drought and compounded that euphoria with a historic comeback playoff victory, the buzz begins much sooner.
Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023 Larry Stone: Mariners are clear. This year, they want more than just to reach playoffs. Teoscar Hernandez said that as the playoff pairings were being determined down the stretch of the MLB season last year, he heard talk among his team — the Blue Jays at the time — that they preferred to face the Mariners.
Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023 Mariners ‘pleased’ Luis Castillo won’t pitch for Dominican Republic in WBC SEATTLE — Burned by injuries the last time the World Baseball Classic was played, the Mariners were understandably reluctant to let their staff ace pitch in the event this year.
Tribune News Service · Dec 18, 2022 Larry Stone: Mariners sat out MLB's free-agent frenzy, and now must deal with fallout SEATTLE — Way back in 1990, San Francisco Giants general manager Al Rosen raged that MLB was headed for "Armageddon" based on the outrageous free-agent contracts being handed out. What really piqued Rosen's ire was the four-year, $10 million contract given to middling left-handed pitcher Bud Black (given to him…
Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022 Larry Stone: Have Mariners kept pace with AL West foes this offseason? SAN DIEGO — The Rangers hired a manager, Bruce Bochy, with three World Series titles and a burning desire for more. Then they signed All-World pitcher Jacob deGrom. The Angels have been steadily adding pieces this offseason in an attempt to build a team worthy of Mike Trout and Shohei…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 14, 2022 Yordan Alvarez Leaves the Mariners Helpless in Houston Sometimes, there is absolutely nothing you can do. A hitter is so locked in that it doesn’t matter how good your pitcher is or where you pitch to him, or even whether you pitch to him at all—he’ll find a way to beat you. That’s Yordan Alvarez right now against…
Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022 Mariners drop Game 2 of ALDS to Yordan Alvarez, Astros HOUSTON – The Mariners’ best pitcher, and one of the most dominant pitchers in the early stages of this postseason, stood on the mound ready for another battle with his team leading by a run in the sixth inning and the tying run on first base.