Bullpen was pretty much used and
they had to go to a 30 year old
rookie who had been pitching in
Mexico to start the season to
face your Don Alvarez in the
10th inning.
It was an ideal, but that's kind
of where they're at.
They really need this off day on
thursday.
They're going to try and piece
it together in this Yankees
series and you get to see
Castillo against the Yankees and
then hopefully their plan is to
regroup after this off day.
And if you look at their
schedule, it gets really easy
the rest of the way after this,
Six of the next 10 games against
the Yankees and of course Julio
Rodriguez was such a star so far
for this club on the IL after
being hit in the hand, can't
swing a bat for five days.
How big of a blow is that?
It's crushing.
I just think a lot of levels,
he's he's probably their best
overall player right now.
Um he provides a lot of energy
in the day to day lineup.
He's one of the best base
runners.
He just makes things kind of go
at the top of the order and he
has a knack for making the big
play.
So you remove him from the
lineup, it just puts a lot of
pressure on everyone else and
this is a team that hasn't
performed well offensively all
season.
It's been kind of tie and Julio
and everybody else chipping in
at times, but they have not been
as consistent as they want.
They need guys like jesse winker
who homered yesterday and
Ranger Su??rez and some of these
established players to help them
out and kind of get going and
they need a chance to come back
off the injured list.
Which could happen by this
weekend.
That's what they're saying.
He could return by the end of
the week.
He'll be a nice welcomed
addition to that lineup.
Ryan Davis, who covers the
Mariners for the Seattle Times.
Thanks so much for taking a few
moments to be with us.