AS YOU MAY KNOW…the Mariners have 3 players with at least 4.0 Baseball Reference WAR this season: Julio Rodríguez (5.5 bWAR), J.P. Crawford (4.5 bWAR) and Luis Castillo (4.0 bWAR), but…DID YOU KNOW?…it’s the first time since 2016 that Seattle has featured 3 players with 4.0+ bWAR in a season, joining Robinson Canó (7.3), Kyle Seager (6.7) and Nelson Cruz (4.8) that year?…Luis Castillo is the first Mariners pitcher to tally 4.0+ bWAR in a season since Félix Hernández (4.5) in 2015.
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue their final road trip of the season the first of 3 games against the Texas Rangers…Seattle opened the trip with a 3-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics (3–0)…following Sunday’s series finale in Texas, the Mariners will return home for the final homestand of the season, featuring 3 games vs.