Mike Leake vs. Eduardo Rodriguez, 6:10pm
The Mariners will finally send someone other than Marco Gonzales and Yusei Kikuchi to the hill today when Mike Leake takes the mound. He’ll look to put that…unfortunate start at T-Mobile against the Padres the other day behind him and keep the Red Sox in the yard.
Leake turned in yet another remarkably consistent season last year, although he ended up with a similar line despite remarkably variable game-by-game performances. And he did it despite some concerning declines in peripheral stats. 2018 marked the veteran sinkerballer’s lowest K% since 2013, and given the growth in Ks league wide, that pushes him further down vis a vis his peers.