Consistency maybe isn’t the sexiest skill a baseball player can have, but it’s one that ensures long, productive careers. Since the day he made the big leagues, Logan Gilbert has been thinking about what he needs to do in order to stay there; he developed his splitter almost as a hobby project, something he was thinking about for years down the line when he was thinking about how he’d continue to be effective after suffering the decline in fastball velocity that’s attendant with getting older. He’s obsessed with being able to go deep into games: more than posting gaudy strikeout numbers or the most minuscule ERA, Gilbert wants to clear six innings, every time, which he considers “the bare minimum.
Mariners fire on all cylinders, defeat Padres 8-3
