Right-hander Christian Bergman gets his turn Friday on the Mariners’ rotation merry-go-round when the four-game series against Toronto continues at 4:07 p.m. Pacific time at the Rogers Centre.
Bergman, 29, comes with more of a big-league track record than the Mariners’ other patchwork replacements for a rotation that has four pitchers on the disabled list. He made 15 starts over 55 appearances at Colorado over the last three years.
The numbers weren’t great — 7-9 with a 5.79 ERA — but there might be a Coors Field factor involved. His ERA away from the Colorado launching pad was 4.