Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - MARINERS POSTCAST: Seattle Mariners BULLPEN IMPLODES vs Detroit Tigers

Episode Date: June 7, 2026

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This is the Mariners Postcast. Your instant game reaction for the Seattle Mariners. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Yeah. There's a lot to discuss regarding today's game. But the biggest thing is you lost. And we'll discuss the reasons why. But it was a bad loss.

It was very winnable game. The Tigers didn't really have anything going. And you wasted a great Louise Castillo outing, bullpen implodes, weird decisions managerially, bad base running. We're back to the sloppy, sloppy, sloppy baseball that the Mariners played for the first month and a half of the season. They had a nice little streak with their eight-game winning streak of playing some. sharp baseball where you didn't see defensive errors, where you didn't see base running errors. The pitching was sharp. The bullpen decisions were on points. But now you're seeing what we saw

for the first month and a half of the season. And it's just absolutely infuriating because this team, you see their potential. You see what they can be when they don't make these gaffs. But in the Tigers didn't even win this game, the Mariners lost this game. Okay. And that's my way of looking at it. And I'm going to have a hard time being convinced otherwise. Munoz blows it. Look terrible. I'm going to start to question whether he is good in that ninth inning role because he's not your best reliever right now. I was willing to give him some grace in the first little bit of this season, but he's not your best reliever.

It's either Matt Brasher or Jose Ferrer. Straight up. It needs to be looked at, not saying it needs to happen right now, but Munoz closing out games is not, the fact that we even think, like, oh, we better get good Munoz today. We didn't used to think that, all right?

And for whatever reason it is, I know they were trying to discuss, like just getting the feel back. He just, he doesn't have it. He doesn't have it this year. Maybe some time away. Maybe it is. He's talked about having too many days off and not kind of screwing up with his rhythm.

But if that's the case, then why is he have five days off before he pitches again? And why are you, you know, wasting Cooper Chris well in this game? It just, I don't know, man. I don't know what it is. but they don't look like they're firing on all cylinders like they were. And I know you're not going to have that for the majority of the season, but stop losing games, all right? Stop giving away games.

And that's exactly what the Mariners did today. They lose five to four to the Detroit Tigers. They lose the series for the first time in four. They go to 34 and 32 on the season. And again, it was winnable. This was a winnable game, very winnable game. And it's easy to say that when you're up. going into the ninth inning and you expect your closer to come out and get it done.

But it was more than just the blown safe from Andres Munoz. It was missed opportunities to add on. It was a 4-1 game and then Cooper Criswell can't get an out. I don't know where Matt Brash is. I know he pitched yesterday, but he didn't pitch the day before. And you had a day off the day before that. He should be available. If he's hurt, I better hear that because I don't know, man.

I would like to see Bizarro where Chriswell was and then Brash in the 8th and then obviously Munoz in the 9th and that's a whole other discussion. But it was a waste because Castillo was fantastic today. Luis Castillo was awesome. And then leaving him out for the sixth inning was a little bit questionable. They get away with that because he puts, I think, the first two guys on and then he bring in Ferrer and then he walks to. and then you end up getting out of it.

So I don't know, man. It just seemed like the Mariners didn't want to do what it took to win this game. I don't know why that they're looking so long term right now. It felt like for the winning streak stretch that they were finally starting to just zone in on winning that baseball game. And then we'll figure out the rest later. But they've gone back to their weird stuff. Let's start with Castillo, since we always start with the start here on the Mariners Post. My name's Anderson Hearst, by the way, welcome.

Welcome to drinking my tears because I'm a pissed off Mariners fan right now. Castillo was great. He had the fastball working. He had the slider mostly working, but the big thing for me, and I've said this multiple times with him, is his change-up. He came into the Mariners from the Cincinnati Reds in 2022 as the guy, his change-up was his best pitch, right? And he used that a lot through the rest of the 2020.

season and then a little bit drop off in 2023, then 2024 and 25 that really dropped off. And it ended up kind of being a last resort sort of thing for him. He's started since he started the year poorly, he started to kind of mix that back into his rotation a little bit. Good to see him have another bounce back outing. I believe that's like four in a row now where he's looked good, whether that is on the piggyback or starting. And today was a full on start with him.

So good for him getting through five and two thirds. Two hits, I believe it was. I'm looking now. Yes, two hits, just a one-earned run, one walk, five-ks, and the one-er-run run was just a solo shot. That's the Castillo we're used to seeing. So that's good to see. That's a positive from this game.

I'm just going to kind of end it with that. Another positive from this game is the Youngs. Col Young, Colt Emerson, both look good. But, you know, you obviously have their back-to-back where Colt Emerson hits the double and then Cole Young singles him in. I believe that was the Mariners first run in the game. I'm trying to think of other positives before we really kind of go crazy here. Let's move to the sixth inning because I think that's where kind of things go.

It's 1-1. Yes. So after the Colt Emerson and double and then the Cole Young single, Kevin McGonigal, Homer's in the fourth inning, and it's 1-1. Castillo gets through five, a little bit of a waiver through five, but he gets through five. Top of the sixth, you get something going. Julio singles. Again, I've always said he's kind of the guy starting things instead of ending them,

and I like that role with him. Josh Naylor doubles down the line, scores Julio, and it's two-one Mariners. Randy or Rosalena walks. and then Luke Rayleigh sacrifice Bunce. So they bring in the lefty to face Luke Rayleigh. And Dan Wilson opts to keep Luke Rayleigh in the game and sack Bunt with nobody out to get Josh Naylor to third and Randy to second. And then the Mariners pinch hit Rob Reff Snyder for Dom Kanzon.

And Rob Reff Snyder does what Robb Snyder does and strike. out on what four pitches, I think it was. Multiple different ways I would have done that scenario. Number one, I don't even hate the bunt that much. And I realize that Luke Raleigh is probably one of your best bunters. So if you're going to do that, fine. But leave Dom Kanzone in the game. That's number one for me.

That is the number one mistake in that situation. Plus, if you're going to choose between Kanzone and Raleigh to hit the first, face the lefty again. I've said this multiple times. Ganzone is so much better versus lefties than Rayleigh is. But credit to Rayleigh, he does his job, gets the bunt down, moves the guys over. I don't love the decision to bunt, but I guess if you're asking me, would I rather have Luke Rayleigh dropping a sacrifice bunt or a Rob Bresneider pinch hitting for him, I'll take

the Luke Raleigh's sacrifice bunt. But again, let Canzone face. face the lefty. He has been good versus lefties in his last two years. Like pretty good. Not great. Definitely not as good as righties, but pretty dang good. I want to see him get used to being an everyday player against both sides playing the entire game, especially the way he's been hitting the ball lately. And again, that's number one. Number two, if you are going to pinch hit for Domcan zone, I wouldn't do it. But if you are going to, Victor Robles is right there, right freaking there, a guy that actually has been hitting the ball

decently lately, and not a guy that is Rob Raffstein. I'm just going to say that. So there's just so many different ways to go about this scenario. What I probably would have done, best case scenario, is because you got first and second nobody out for Raleigh. I would have probably pinch hit for Raleigh in that situation. and because the thing the sacrifice bunt does yes it moves the guys over but you have no outs and that's basically giving them a free first out right then you have two one less out to to play with in that

situation so again i am not a huge sacrifice bunt fan unless all you need is one run the mariners in that point in the game needed more than one run and it absolutely turned out to be the case that it needed more than one run. As the Tigers come back and win the game. So, yeah, I would have probably done Robles for Rayleigh and then kept Canzone in the game. Just try and have as many bites at the apple for getting a hit and getting, you know, the big one, so to speak.

And I realize the Mariners have struggled in those positions. But I would rather go for the beginning than having the sacrifice bun and just playing for the one run, so to speak. Because that's basically what you're doing, because you're moving the guys over, and then you can get a sack fly, and then there's two outs, and then you have one opportunity to get a hit after that versus three with no outs. So, again, I would have rather gone for the beginning, but even if you are going to hit the sackbunt, I still would have gone.

I would have kept Canzon on the game, and if you're going to pinch hit, I would have gone to Rob Refs instead of Rob Reff-Snyder. So many different ways I would have played out that scenario, but you don't completely waste it, because after Rob Bress Snyder strikes out, Drew Summers, the lefty, intentionally walks Patrick Wisdom, which is crazy, to face Colt Emerson. And then he gets hit by the pitch, and a good at bat, by the way. It wasn't just a lucky hit by pitch.

He gets 02, then kind of works a full count, and then gets hit by the pitch. So you do get at least the one run. And then Johnny Parada lines out, unfortunately. It was well hit ball. that's what sacrifice bunting does you would have had one more out to play with maybe uh you have one more batter come up and a chance at a bigger inning but because you gave an out away johnny perida's line out ends the inning so that ends the mariner six but they do get uh two runs out of that

inning uh because of the nailer double but with the base is loaded they only get one so um mariner's up three to one at that point let's break come back and talk about, you know, the rest of the game. Because the Mariners have a 3-1 lead seemingly with your best relievers available with the last, you know, four innings for the Tigers to bat. We'll come back. We'll discuss what happened and what should have been done and, you know, how much blame we place on different places.

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it seemed like the Mariners were kind of just breaking out with their eight-game winning streak. And then, you know, you dropped the last one of the mats, which is fine because you still win the series. You dropped the first one of the Tigers, and it's like, oh, okay, are we kind of going back down to where we were? Then you won a good game yesterday. By the way, I want to quickly apologize for not having the post-guess yesterday.

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So after the Mariners take a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning, they go to back to Luis Castillo, which is a crazy problem. opposition because it was the top of the order with Kerry Carpenter looming as a first hitter. And Jose Ferrer was seemingly ready. He was throwing, they mentioned this multiple times in the broadcast. He was throwing the entire time during the Mariners' half of the sixth inning. But they stick with Castillo and he actually gets him to ground out. So even though, you know, we talk about process, result all the time.

Wrong process, in my opinion, but you still get the result. then Castillo walks Kevin McGonigle, then gets Glaber Torres to fly out to Luke Rayleigh, and then you bring in Jose Freyer to face Riley Green. Jose Ferreier walks Riley Green, walks Dylan Dingler, and then finally gets the fly out for Jemai Jones, and the Mariners escape the sixth, even though, again, bad process, but you get the result you want with a 3-1 lead still intact. Mariner's seventh.

Oh, yeah, there was a lot going on here. So Cole Young flies out. Julio Rodriguez walks. Josh Naylor pops out. So there's two outs, and Julio Rodriguez on first base. He steals second and steals third. Julio's actually had a sneaky good game today. Then Randy Rosarano with a great RISP at bat, puts the ball the other way,

scores Julio Rodriguez, makes it 4-1, and then Luke Rayleigh singles against a lefty, by the way. So all I was saying earlier, eventually it will pan out. But that was kind of a hanging, breaking ball. But good job on Raleigh to get it done. And then Rob Rastrichton, grounds out to end the inning. Not a super high leverage situation. That was not the issue for me.

It was earlier in the game. But then Cooper Quiswell comes in in the Tiger 7th. Spencer Torkelson singles. Zach McKinsteries singles. And then Wenzio Perez triples to score both guys make it four to three. Gabe Spire has to come in and put out the fire. Gets Matt Beerling to ground out, gets Kevin McGonigal to fly out, and then strikes out Glaber Torres.

Great by Spire. He looked awesome in his outing today. So I know we talk about bullpen implosions, but he was not a big part of it. Then in the eighth inning, the the mariners go one two three basically uh besides a johnny parade a single good to see him continue to do uh and a cole young single i forgot to add that as well good to see him uh continue to do things uh well bazaardo comes in goes one two three uh for the tigers he looked awesome as well good to see him kind of look as sharp as he's been um in a long time then the mariner's half of

the ninth inning you actually get josh nailer to single then he gets caught stealing. Rainy Rose Rainey gets hit by a pitch. He gets picked off. So both guys actually get on base and then get out on the base paths. Another missed opportunity you could have had first and second. Nobody out for Luke Rayleigh against a righty, but it's no one on two outs and Luke really strikes out versus the righty. And then Andres Munoz comes in to protect the one run lead. And it was a bad, bad situation because he, you could tell off the bat, I mean, he does get Torkelson to pop out pretty early. But then during the McKinstree at bat, you could tell he just didn't have it.

He wasn't throwing a slider like at all. He was pumping his fastball and it just had no command. And I'm starting to wonder whether Andres Munoz should be the closer of the Mariners anymore. And honestly, I could see a situation. I don't see Dan Wilson doing this, but Scott's service was known to do this all the time. it's not even a closer, a guy specifically for the ninth inning. It's matchup based and what part of the game is the highest leverage part of the game. Now, that would also be in this situation.

But I wouldn't have Munoz as the guy you're saving for the highest leverage situation in the game. I would have Brasherr. It would be my choice for that spot. Now you still have Munoz as a higher leverage reliever, right? because he's still one of those five guys that the Mariners have, but he's not the number one option for me right now. And that's as simple as I can put it. There's different ways to kind of build your bullpen

and put that into perspective. But he's not your best reliever, unfortunately. So maybe there's a little soul searching in terms of what guys you're putting in certain situations. Again, he's talked about it multiple times before. He does not like having multiple days off in between. pitching and he hadn't pitched in five days. So again, that's that's on the Mariners for doing that.

He pitch him once, right? Even in a losing situation, he has told you and has shown you that he doesn't do well when he gets multiple days off in between his outings. So maybe that helps him out. It's not really an excuse for him because he needs to come in and do better because he looked bad today. So maybe it's just a type of pitcher that he is, right? he needs to kind of have that release point pretty consistent.

And then when he doesn't do it for three or four days, he has to pick it up again. And you can't do that in the middle of a high leverage situation. So, I mean, there's just so many different ways the Mariners lost this game, whether it was from base running errors, whether it was from Cooper Criswell not being able to get an out, whether it was, you know, leaving Castillo in, whether it was which situation you pinch it, which guy for.

it's hard to pin it 100% on Dan Wilson because you have to have guys do their job. You have to have Rob Reff-Snyder be able to hit lefties. You have to have Andres Munoz come in and close a game, right? And you just, you have to be better. You have to not get thrown out on the base paths, right, multiple times. But at the same time, knowing what your team is, knowing that Rob Raff Snyder is struggling, knowing that Munoz hadn't pitched in that many days, pitch him more often, please, so he can get that release point down.

He has not only told you, I'm sure he's told us in the media that that is something that he is more comfortable with when he gets to pitch more often. These are things that you have to incorporate into your decisions. And again, I'm operating under the assumption that it is Dan Wilson making these decisions and it's not coming from upstairs, right?

you know it could be a situation where upstairs is telling dan we got in this situation maybe we got a pinch pinch hit the right okay don't have it be rob ruff schneider then dan have it be victorobos a guy that actually has shown some success recently um the whole munoz situation that i just laid out for you i mean there's so many ways where a feel of a game is required and it seems like he's trying to figure it out because he left Rayleigh in multiple times versus the lefty to try and get him going. But then there's also times where he's not where he takes out Canzone. The guy that's actually more successful versus left-handed pitching. So I'm gone long. This is just for today's game. Mariners lose this one. They got Emerson Hancock on the mound

tomorrow to face the Baltimore Orioles. They got to figure it out. They got to bounce back because I feel like this is kind of an inflection point in the sea. And there's going to be multiple of these inflection points. But if you take advantage of momentum, this team plays so much better when, you know, things are going well than trying to bounce back from adversity when things aren't going well. Okay. So you've got to take advantage of when you have momentum and you kind of use that, you know, to stretch it out a little bit longer. Instead of just, oh, that's baseball. You know what I mean?

So if you had a better team that was better at bouncing back from a team. playing clean baseball 24-7, then yeah, I wouldn't be worried that much about it. But when you have such a big gap between when you're playing well versus when you're not playing well like the Mariners do, that's when it comes down to getting your guys ready to play every day. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow against the Orioles. It is a 335 Pacific time first pitch. Hopefully Emerson Hancock can get these guys going.

but just a waste. Bullpen implosion, a waste of a good Castillo start, a waste of a couple really good at-bats with runners in the scoring position, which the Mariners have desperately needed. Bullpen implosion, weird managerial decisions. I don't know what else to say. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow.

Go Mariners. Have a good rest of your Sunday.