𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

A factor that gets increasingly important as series progress to six and seven games: When a starting pitcher is yanked early, as Logan Gilbert was tonight, it not only taxes the bullpen but further exposes the team’s best leverage arms. The Blue Jays have seen a bunch of Eduard Bazardo, Matt Brash and Gabe Speier. They have only faced Andrés Muñoz twice, but if this game stays close the Mariners may need to turn to their closer even in a (potentially) losing cause. A starter giving you six innings, rather than four, just does so much to help the pitching plan for the game — and the series.