Edwin Diaz is about to shift gears in the Mariners’ bullpen. Oh, he’ll still be the closer in name, but manager Scott Servais is planning a more sabermetric approach — although not necessarily for sabermetric reasons.
"He needs to pitch," Servais said. "I don’t just want to stick him down there and wait because he’s the closer. He is so young. It may depend on where we are in the game. He hasn’t pitched much lately at all.
"He might go five outs. He might go six outs. In a road game, don’t be shocked if he comes in there in the eighth inning of a tie game.