Veteran right-hander Anthony Bass has been delegated as the Mariners’ best option to serve as interim closer through sheer attrition in a bullpen that has been undone by injuries and trades.
It was once Hunter Strickland and then Roenis Elias and for a while Austin Adams. Two are gone; one is injured. A glance at the rest of the names on the lineup card doesn’t yield a better option.
Bass was the logical call for manager Scott Servais in the ninth inning of a tie game versus the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
But it yielded suboptimal results.