NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their six-game road trip tonight with the second game of a three-game set at Seattle (1-0 thus far)…after an off-day on Thursday, will also play three games at Los Angeles-NL (Fri.-Sun.)…went 3-3 on their six-game homestand, going 1-2 vs. Baltimore before winning two-of-three against San Diego.
At 33-23 (.589), have the fourth-best record in the AL and sixth-best record in the Majors.
Are 8-3 in their last 11 games, 10-4 in their last 14 games, 12-5 in their last 17 games and 15-6 in their last 21 games.
Are 18-8 (.692) in their last 26 games (since 5/2), the best record in the Majors in that span.
Have won or split five of their last six completed series (since 5/8), six of their last eight completed series (since 5/1) and 12 of their 17 completed series this season (going 10-5-2).
Are a season-high-tying 10G over .500 (also 10G on 5/23 at 30-20).
Five of their last six wins and 11 of their last 18 wins have been come-from-behind wins.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees won their third straight game with a 10-4 win in their series opener on Monday at T-Mobile Park…Yankees batters recorded a season-high 18H and scored 10R in their second straight game… RHP Domingo Germán (6.1IP, 7H, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, 1HR, 1HP) started and earned his third win of the season…RF Aaron Judge (3-for-4, 3R, 1 double, 2HR, 3RBI, 1BB) reached base four times and recorded his 31st career multi-HR game, hitting a go-ahead two-HR in the third inning and a solo HR in the sixth inning…also robbed a HR from Teoscar Hernández in the eighth inning…LF Jake Bauers (3-for-4, 1R, 2 doubles, 1HR, 2RBI, 1BB) reached base a career-hightying four times and recorded a career-high- tying 3XBH… SS/LF Isiah Kiner Falefa (2-for-5, 1 double, 2RBI) hit a tworun double in the fifth inning…DH Willie Calhoun (2-for-5, 1R, 2 doubles, 2RBI) hit a career-high-tying two doubles…C Kyle Higashioka (2-for-5, 1RBI) recorded his second straight multi-hit game…CF Harrison Bader (2-for-2, 1R, 1SB) exited the game with right hamstring tightness…RHP Ron Marinaccio (0.2IP, 2K, 1WP) and RHP Albert Abreu (2.0IP, 1BB, 3K) were both scoreless in relief.
CALENDAR DAYS: The Yankees have hit 50 home runs in 27 games during the month of May, the most home runs in the Majors in that span…marks their second-most HR in the month of May in franchise history (53HR in May 2002)… their 50HR mark their most in single calendar month since they recorded 58HR in June 2022 (were their second-most HR in a single calendar month in franchise history).
During the month of May, also rank third in SLG (.473), OPS (.795) and extra-base hits (95), and fourth in runs scored (147) and runs scored per game (5.44).
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run double in the fifth inning on Monday…has 4RBI in his last three games and 6RBI in his last five games.
Is batting .310/.355/.759 (9-for-29) with 9R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 3HR, 8RBI, 2BB and 1SB in his last 10 games (since 5/16).
As a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .324 (44-for-136) with 5 doubles, 1HR, 49RBI, 9BB, 5SF, 3SH and 1HP with RISP.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters recorded a season-high 18 hits on Monday, their most in a game since 8/25/22 at Oakland (20H)…have scored at least 10R in back-to-back games for the second time this season (also 5/9-10)…have scored 20R in their last two games after scoring a total of 5R over their previous three games.
The Yankees have hit 84HR this season, the second-most home runs in the AL and the fourth-most in the Majors… their 28 games with multiple home runs are the second-most in the Majors, trailing only Tampa Bay (29).
ON A ROLL: OF Willie Calhoun has recorded multiple hits in each of his last two games and three of his last four games… has reached base in 8-f-17PA over his last four games, batting .438/.471/.688 (7-for-16) with 2R, 4 doubles, 4RBI and 1BB.
WHAT A RELIEF: Yankees relievers have posted a Major League-best 2.95 ERA (216.1IP, 71ER) and a .215 opponents’ BA this season…also rank second in the Majors in opponents’ SLG (.339), third in HR/9.0IP (0.75) and opponents’ OPS (.647), and fourth in WHIP (1.21).
RISPY BUSINESS: Yankees batters are hitting .373/.424/.547 (28-for-75) with 10 doubles, 1HR, 32RBI, 7BB/2IBB, 1HP and 2SF with RISP in their last 10 games (since 5/19).
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge reached base four times and recorded his 31st career multi-HR game (fourth of the season) on Monday at Seattle, hitting a go-ahead two-run home run in the third inning and a solo HR in the sixth inning…his four multi-HR games this year are tied with
Los Angeles-NL’s Max Muncy for the most in the Majors… his 31 such games since 2017 are the most in the Majors during that stretch (next: Manny Machado – 25).
Has 11HR in his last 15 games (since 5/13).
His 31 multi-HR games are the fifth-most in franchise history, trailing only Babe Ruth (68), Mickey Mantle (46), Lou Gehrig (43) and Joe DiMaggio (35).
His 31 multi-HR games are the most by any Major League player through his first 774 career games (next: Ralph Kiner-30).
Has reached base safely in each of his last 16 games (since 5/12), batting .373/.500/1.000 (22-for-59) with 18R, 4 doubles, 11HR, 22RBI, 15BB/2IBB and 1SB in that span.
11 of his 17HR this season have either tied the game (two) or given the Yankees the lead (nine)…since the start of 2019, 77 of his 154HR have either tied the game (16) or given the Yankees the lead (61).
The Yankees have gone 156-50 in his career when he homers…since 2020, the Yankees are 84-21 in those games…the Yankees are 12-1 this season when he homers.
Has homered in consecutive games for the third time this season (also 2G from 5/15-16 and 5/18-19)…if he homers tonight, it would mark the 10th time in his career he has homered in at least three straight games (last: 4G from 9/3-7(G1)/22).
His 237 career HR are the most by any Major League player through his first 774 career games (previous: Ryan Howard-230HR).
Has 22RBI in his last 15 games…has recorded 24RBI in 19 games since returning from the I.L. (since 5/9).
Has 6HR in his last eight games vs. the Mariners, 10HR in his last 17 games vs. Seattle and 12HR in his last 25 games against the Mariners…has 9HR in his last 13 games at T-Mobile Park.
Since 2017, has hit .377/.485/.981 (20-for-53) with 13R, 5 doubles, 9HR, 18RBI, 11BB, 1HP, 2SB and 1SF in 14 games at T-Mobile Park.
Leads the Majors in SLG (.679), OPS (1.087), AB/HR (9.53) and game-winning RBI (9), is tied for second in HR (17, first in AL), tied for third in extra-base hits (27, first in AL), tied for sixth in OBP (.408, second in AL) and eighth in runs scored (39, third in AL)…also ranks third in the AL in walks (31) and tied for seventh in RBI (38).
His 46 game-winning RBI since 2020 are the most in the Majors in that span.
Is batting .302/.408/.679 (49-for-162) with 39R, 10 doubles, 17HR, 38RBI, 31BB, 3SB and a 1.087 OPS in his first 45 games this season…in 2022, hit .304/.373/.655 (52-for-171) with 37R, 9 doubles, 17HR, 36RBI, 20BB, 3SB and a 1.028 OPS in his first 45 games.
Is hitting .313 (10-for-32) with 2 doubles, 15RBI, 9BB and 3SF with RISP this season.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres owns a season-high nine-game hitting streak (since 5/20), batting .333/.366/.564 (13-for39) with 9R, 3HR, 4RBI, 1BB and 1HP in that span…marks his longest hitting streak since a 10-game streak from 9/9-21/22.
Has reached base in 23 of his last 24 games (since 5/5)… has also reached base in 33 of his last 37 games (since 4/20) and 36 of his last 41 games (since 4/15).
SEA-ING CLEARLY: The Yankees have won 10 of their last 11 completed series at T-Mobile Park (since 9/12/11) and 11 of their last 13 completed series (since 7/8/10).
Their 25-8 (.758) record since 2012 is the best by any team (min. 15G) at any stadium in that span (next: Los Angeles-NL: 23-8, .742 at Citi Field).
Are 35-14 in their last 49G vs. the Mariners (since 6/10/14).
ROAD WARRIORS: The Yankees have won a season-high five straight games on the road, their longest road winning streak since a five-game streak from 4/29-5/3/22…with a win tonight, would mark just the second time in the last four seasons (since 2020) that the Yankees have won at least six straight road games (also 6G from 8/14-27/21)…their 14-10 (.583) record on the road this season is the fifth-best in the Majors.
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: LHP NESTOR CORTES (4-2, 5.30 ERA)
LHP Nestor Cortes will make his 11th start of the season tonight at Seattle…the 28-year-old will make the start on extended five days’ rest…made his 10th start of the season on Wednesday vs. Baltimore, allowing 4ER over 6.0IP without recording a decision (5H, 2BB, 5K, 2HR)…tossed at least 6.0IP in his second straight start, marking the second time this season he tossed at least 6.0IP in consecutive starts (also 4/14-20)…according to Elias, his 2.44 ERA in 2022 was the third-lowest by a Yankees pitcher in a single season in the Divisional Era since 1969 (min. 25 games started), trailing only Ron Guidry’s 1.74 ERA in 1978 and Steve Jack Kline’s 2.40 ERA in 1972…was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 12/10/20…was originally selected by the Yankees in the 36th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft…was selected by the Baltimore Orioles from the Yankees in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft and returned to the Yankees on 4/13/18…was acquired by the Seattle Mariners from the Yankees in exchange for international bonus pool money on 11/25/19…over parts of six Major League seasons, has played with Baltimore (2018), the Yankees (2019, ’21-23) and Seattle (2020).
LAST TIME OUT: Made his 10th start of the season on Wednesday vs. Baltimore, allowing 4ER over 6.0IP without recording a decision (5H, 2BB, 5K, 2HR)…retired 17 of his first 21 batters faced before entering the seventh inning…surrendered a three-run HR to Adam Frazier in the seventh.
Has tossed at least 6.0IP in two straight starts, marking the second time this season he tossed at least 6.0IP in consecutive starts this season (also 4/14-20).
Has surrendered at least 1BB in seven consecutive outings…his streak of at least 1BB allowed marks a career high.
IN A GROOVE: Has tossed at least 5.0IP with 2R-or-fewer allowed in five of his 10 starts this season.
Has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 11 of his last 16 starts (since 8/21/22), going 7-2 with a 3.80 ERA (87.2IP, 37ER) and 88K over that stretch.
Has tossed at least 5.0IP with 2R-or-fewer allowed in nine of his last 14 starts (since 9/14/22)…the Yankees are 10-4 in those starts.
Has recorded six-or-more strikeouts in five of his 10 starts this season.
Allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 17 consecutive starts from 7/14/22-4/25/23…his 17 start streak was tied with Spud Chandler (17GS from 7/7/43-4/22/44) and Bob Shawkey (17GS from 6/15-9/18/1917) for the fourth-longest by a Yankees pitcher since 1913 (when ER became an official stat)…over his last 21 starts (since 7/14/22), has gone 9-3 with a 3.36 ERA (118.0IP, 44ER) in that span…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 18 of those starts, 2R-or-fewer in 15 of those starts and 1R-or-fewer in eight of those starts…has tossed at least 7.0IP in four of those starts and 6.0IP-or-more in 10 of those starts.
NASTY NESTOR: Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 44-of-52 starts since the beginning of 2021 and 2R-or-fewer in 37 of those starts…in 60 appearances (52 starts) since the beginning of 2021, has gone 18-9 with a 3.09 ERA (305.2IP, 105ER), 319K and a .210 (236-for-1,125) opponents’ BA…his 3.03 ERA in that span is the ninth-lowest in the AL (min. 200.0IP)…his 1.03 WHIP in that span is the fifth-lowest in the AL and his opponents’ BA is the eighth-lowest.
Allowed 2R-or-fewer in nine consecutive starts from 8/21/22-4/14/23…matched the longest such streak by a Yankees starting pitcher in franchise history (excludes Chad Green’s 12-start streak as an opener from 6/11/17-8/12/19-G2)…in addition to Cortes’ other nine-start streak from /25/21-5/15/22, Luis Severino (9/12/18-4/20/22), Michael Pineda (4/5-9/5/14) and Art Ditmar (7/26-9/9/59) also recorded nine-start streaks…was 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA (50.2IP, 10ER) in that span.
In 53 career starts as a Yankee, is 18-9 with a 3.18 ERA (288.1IP, 102ER) and 293K…his 3.18 ERA as a starter the lowest ERA by a Yankees starting pitcher (min. 50GS) in the last 49 years (since 1975).
Allowed 3R-or-fewer in 16 straight starts from 7/14/22-4/20/23, tied with Luis Severino (16GS from 4/16-7/7/18) for the third-longest such streak in franchise history…trailed only Russ Ford (20GS from 8/9/1910-G2-5/27/1911-G2) and his own 19-start streak (8/15/21-6/2/22-G1)…went 8-1 with a 2.32 ERA (93.0IP, 24ER) in that span…tossed at least 7.0IP in four of those starts and 6.0IP-or-more in nine of those starts.
Allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 17 consecutive starts (7/14/22-4/25/23), tied with Spud Chandler (17GS from 7/7/43-4/22/44) and Bob Shawkey (17GS from 6/15-9/18/1917) for the fourth-longest by a Yankees pitcher since 1913 (when ER became an official stat).
Since the beginning of 2022, has gone 16-6 with a 3.17 ERA (212.2IP, 75ER) and 216K…among Major League pitchers in that span, ranks ninth in opponents’ OBP (.261, fifth in AL)…also ranks sixth in the AL in WHIP (1.01) and eighth in opponents’ OPS (.612) and in opponents’ BA (.206).
Over his last 47 starts since 8/15/21, has gone 18-8 with a 3.16 ERA (262.1IP, 92ER), 273K and a .210 (203-for-967) opponents’ BA…has allowed ER-or-fewer in 40 of those 47 starts, including 2R-or-fewer in 33 of those starts…his .210 opponents’ BA over that span is the eighth-lowest in the AL (min. 200.0IP).
VS. SEATTLE: Has made three career appearances (two starts) vs. the Mariners, posting a 4.26 ERA (12.2IP, 6ER) and 14K.
Made one start vs. Seattle last season at T-Mobile Park, allowing just 3ER over 6.0IP without recording a decision (3H, 1BB, 10K, 1HR).
In two road appearances (one start) at T-Mobile Park, owns a 4.70 ERA (7.2IP, 4ER) with 12K.
Has made three starts vs. the AL West this season, going 1-1 with a 6.89 ERA (15.2IP, 12ER) and 18K…in 26 career games (12 starts) vs. the AL West, is 3-3 with a 5.40 ERA (85.0IP, 51ER) and 94K.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Will be making his fifth road start of the season…is 2-2 with a 6.00 ERA (21.0IP, 14ER) and 24K
on the road this season.
In 13 road starts in 2022, went 6-3 with a 3.06 ERA (70.2IP, 24ER) and 74K…allowed 1BB-or-fewer in nine of his 13 road starts, including 0BB in six of those starts.
In 24 road starts since the beginning of 2021, is 9-7 with a 3.49 ERA (129.0IP, 50ER) and 136K…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 18 of those 24 starts…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in 11 of those starts.
In 26 career road starts, has gone 9-8 with a 4.03 ERA (131.2IP, 59ER) and 139K.
LEFT OUT TO DRY: Left-handed batters are hitting .194 (7-for-36) against him this season…his .194 opponent BA ranks ninth-lowest left-handed starters in the AL (min. 30 BF).
Lefties hit just .110/.180/.159 (9-for-82) against him in 2022…among left-handed pitchers vs. left-handed batters (min. 65BF), owned the lowest OPS (.338), ranked second in opponents’ batting average (second in AL), OBP (first in AL) and third in opponents’ SLG (second in AL).
Has retired 29-of-38 left-handed batters faced this season (7H, 2BB, 9K). 2023: Is 4-2 with a 5.30 ERA (54.1IP, 53H, 33R/32ER, 16BB, 53K, 10HR, 3HP) in 10 starts this season.
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in six of his 10 starts, including 2R-or-fewer in five of those starts.
Has recorded at least 7K while tossing 6.0IP-or-more in two of his starts this season.
Has gone 2-0 with a 4.86 ERA (33.1IP, 18ER) and 29K in six home starts compared to a 2-2 record with a 6.00 ERA (21.0IP, 14ER) in four road starts this season.
Has posted a .194/.237/.389 (7-for-36) slash line vs. left-handed batters compared to a .267/.332/.471 (46-for172) slash line vs. right-handed batters.
Has allowed 0HR in four of his 10 starts.
Has received 3R-or-fewer of run support in five of his last six starts
SEATTLE MARINERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 10-game homestand (6-2) with the 2nd of 3 games against the New York Yankees (0-1)…Seattle has won series against the Oakland Athletics (4-0) and Pittsburgh Pirates (2-1) on the homestand…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS with Dave Sims and Mariners Hall of Famer Dan Wilson on the call…the game will also be broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) and Mariners.com with Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith.
ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners dropped last night’s series opener to the Yankees by a 10-4 score… despite the loss, the Mariners are 6-2 over their last 8 games…Seattle is 21-10 when scoring at least 4 runs and 7-16 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 16-14 at T-Mobile Park and 12-12 on the road this season.
- How They Stack Up – The Mariners are 19-10 (.655) against below-.500 teams and 9-16 (.360) against .500-or-better teams this season.
- I Just May – Seattle is 16-10 in the month of May, clinching a winning month…this season marks their first winning May since going 18-11 in May 2018.
- Geno Feeling Risp-y – With runners in scoring position this season, Eugenio Suárez is batting .380 (19×50) with 1 double, 4 home runs, 31 RBI and 14 walks with a 1.161 OPS.
JULIO WINS AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK…Julio Rodríguez today was named American League Player of the Week (May 22-28)…during the week, Julio hit .467 (14×30) with 6 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, 1 hit-by-pitch and 1 stolen base, getting on base at a .484 clip, slugging .800 with a 1.284 OPS during that span…during that span he was the most valuable player in the American League by FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement (0.8).
- Adding To The Trophy Case – This marks Julio’s second AL Player of the Week (also: July 3, 2022)… he was named AL Rookie of the Month twice last season (May, June)…he was named an American League All-Star, a Silver Slugger Award winner and BBWAA AL Rookie of the Year, among several other awards for top rookie in the league last season.
JARRED KELENIC: ALL-STAR OUTFIELDER?…Jarred Kelenic went 2-for-4 with his 7th stolen base of the season last night…the 23-year-old outfielder is batting .283 (54×191) with 27 runs, 14 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 26 RBI, 7 stolen bases and 16 walks, getting on base at a .340 clip, slugging .524 with an .863 OPS in 52 games this season…Kelenic has mashed left-handed pitchers this season, batting .327 (16×49) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 12 RBI with a 1.026 OPS in 51 plate appearances against southpaws…overall, Kelenic leads the Mariners in total bases (100), extra-base hits (25), batting average, slugging percentage and OPS…Jarred’s 141 OPS+ ranks 5th among qualified American League outfielders, trailing Aaron Judge-NYY (195), Josh Lowe-TB (162), Randy Arozarena-TB (161) and Mike Trout-LAA (143).
POP DUO…Julio Rodríguez hit his 10th home run of the season last night…he and Jarred Kelenic are tied for the team lead in home runs…the Mariners are the only team in the Majors with multiple players age 23-or-younger with 10+ home runs this season…it marks just the third time in franchise history that’s happened, with Rodríguez and Kelenic joining Alvin Davis (27 HR, age 23) and Jim Presley (10 HR, age 22) in 1984 and Alex Rodriguez (23 HR, age 21) and José Cruz Jr. (12 HR, age 23) in 1997.
LET’S GO DEFENSE!…the Mariners defense is the best in the American League by Outs Above Average (12) this season, ranking 2nd in the Majors behind only San Diego (16)…Seattle’s .990 team fielding percentage is tied for best in the Majors with San Diego, New York-NL, Tampa Bay and Arizona.
STELLAR DEFENSE AT THE CORNERS…third baseman Eugenio Suárez (54 G) and first baseman Ty France (53 G) both have not committed errors this season…France has the most total chances (421) in the Majors among players with no errors…Suárez has the most total chances (132) among Major League third basemen with no errors…Geno’s 6 Outs Above Average are tied for 3rd-most among all positions in the Majors this season.
J.P. THE CATALYST…J.P. Crawford has been one of the best shortstops in the American League this season…he’s accumulated 1.7 bWAR, 3rd-most among AL shortstops…Crawford’s 108 OPS+ also ranks 3rd among AL shortstops…in 52 games this season, J.P. is batting .253 (45×178) with 30 runs, 11 doubles, 3 home runs, 22 RBI and 29 walks…his 29 walks lead the Mariners.
BEST IN THE WORLD AT WHAT THEY DO…the Mariners pitching staff leads the Majors in several categories this season, including FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement (10.0), WHIP (1.17), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.59), walks-per-9 innings (2.50), home runs-per-9 innings (0.82) and Fielding Independent Pitching (3.39)…Seattle pitchers have also allowed the fewest walks (135) and home runs (44)…Seattle pitchers lead the Majors in opponent on-base percentage (.292), slugging percentage (.360) and OPS (.652)…Mariners starting pitchers rank 2nd in the Majors in fWAR (6.8), trailing only Minnesota (6.9)… Mariners relief pitchers rank 2nd in the Majors in fWAR (3.2), trailing only Baltimore (3.7).
SEVEN OF THE TOP 50…the Mariners have 4 pitchers who rank in the top-19 in the American League in fWAR…Luis Castillo (1.9 fWAR) and tonight’s starter Logan Gilbert are tied for 6th…George Kirby (1.4) is tied for 11th, while Bryce Miller (1.2) is tied for 17th…Seattle relievers Trevor Gott (0.9, T30th), Matt Brash (0.8, T34th) and Paul Sewald (0.8, T34th) also rank in the top-50 in the AL in fWAR…the Mariners lead the AL with 7 pitchers who rank in the top-50.
MILLER’S MONTH OF MAY…Bryce Miller made his Major League debut on May 2 at Oakland, setting a franchise record for strikeouts (10) in a debut…in 6 May starts, the 24-year-old right-hander went 3-2 with a 3.00 ERA (12 ER, 36.0 IP) with 3 walks and 31 strikeouts…so far in the month of May, Miller leads AL rookie pitchers in fWAR (1.2), wins (3) and starts (6)…he also leads in WHIP (0.75), walks-per-9 innings (0.75), strikeout-to-walk ratio (10.33) and home runs-per-9 innings (0.50) among AL rookies with at least 20.0 IP since May 1…his 3.00 ERA ranks 2nd to Logan Allen-CLE during the month.
AS YOU MAY KNOW…Julio Rodríguez comes into play with an 8-game hitting streak (5/22-c)…he’s batting .471 (16×34) with 7 runs, 4 doubles, 3 home runs, 10 RBI and 1 stolen base during the streak, getting on base at a .486 clip, slugging .853 with a 1.339 OPS…7 of those 8 games have been multihit efforts, but…DID YOU KNOW?…that if Julio hits safely in his next game, he would tie a career-high 9-game hitting streak?…Rodríguez put together a 9-game streak from June 27-July 5 last season, batting .343 (12×35) with 10 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 8 RBI and 1 walk with a 1.168 OPS during that streak…the Mariners went 7-2 during Julio’s 9-game hitting streak last season, and have a chance to do the same with a victory tonight.
MARINERS STARTER – RHP LOGAN GILBERT
2023 MLB Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 3-2 3.60 10/10 60.0 45 24 24 10 69 6
Home 1-2 3.04 4/4 26.2 15 9 9 2 31 4
Road 2-0 4.05 6/6 33.1 30 15 15 8 38 2
vs. NYY 0-0 0.00 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career MLB Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 22-13 3.75 66/66 365.0 327158 152 87 371 42
Home 7-10 3.72 31/31 174.0 160 74 72 27 175 22
Road 15-3 3.77 35/35 191.0 167 84 80 60 196 20
vs. NYY 1-1 7.16 3/3 16.1 18 13 13 5 12 4
ABOUT LOGAN GILBERT…
- The 26-year-old right-handed pitcher is scheduled to make his 11th start of the season and 1st against New York…he will also make the 67th start of his MLB career and 4th career start against the Yankees.
- Selected by Seattle in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft; signed by Mariners scout Rob Mummau.
- Spent 3 seasons at Stetson (FL) University, 2016-18…in 2017, was ASUN Pitcher of the Year and ASUN 1st-Team All-Conference.
- Was named the 2022 Mariners Most Valuable Pitcher by the Seattle Chapter of the BBWAA.
LAST TIME OUT…W#3 in 10th start of the season against Oakland on 5/25, tossing 8.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 3 hits (1 HR) with
6 strikeouts.
CAREER-HIGH INNINGS…matched his career high in innings pitched in his last outing against Oakland with 8.0…this was the 2nd time he has pitched 8.0 innings in a game, the first time coming in his last regular season start of 2022 also against Oakland.
7 STRAIGHT STRIKEOUTS…he struck out 7 consecutive batters from the 2nd4th innings on 5/8 against Texas…the streak of strikeouts tied a franchise record shared by Mark Langston (6/15/84) and Luis Castillo (9/7/22)…Logan finished the game with a season-high 10 strikeouts which is 1 off from his career-high.
K MORE WALK LESS…his 6.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranks 3rd in the Major Leagues and 2nd on the Mariners among pitchers with at least 10
starts this season…he trails only George Kirby who has a 8.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
FOURTH TIME AROUND…had a perfect game through 6.0 innings during his outing on 5/8 at Texas before allowing a leadoff single in the 7th…became the 4th Mariners pitcher this season to carry a no-hitter into the 6th inning…he joins Luis Castillo, Bryce Miller, and Easton McGee.
STRIKEOUT STREAK…in each of his first 7 starts this season, Gilbert recorded at least 6 strikeouts…this marked the first time in his career that he has pitched 7 straight games with 6+ strikeouts…the 7-game streak is tied for the 4th longest streak among starting pitchers in the Majors this season with Zac Gallen-ARI.
KEEPING THE BASES CLEAN…has only allowed 55 baserunners through his first 10 starts this season which ranks 1st among Mariners pitchers with at least 10 starts…he ranks ahead of Luis Castillo (66)…his 55 baserunners allowed are tied for the fewest in the Major Leagues among pitchers who have made at least 10 starts this season with Tyler Wells-BAL.
AMONG MARINERS GREATS…with his 8 strikeouts in his outing on 4/18 vs. MIL Logan passed Randy Johnson for the 3rd most strikeouts through a pitchers first 60 Mariners starts with 330…he trails only Félix Hernández (351) and Erik Hanson (349).
ON A ROLL…Logan’s 69 strikeouts so far this season ranks second among Mariners starting pitchers…he trails only Luis Castillo (76)…his 34 strikeouts in March/April was a new career high to start the season.
QUALITY AND QUANTITY…has recorded six quality starts this season which ranks 2nd on the team and trails only George Kirby (8)…had 16 quality starts in 2022 the 3rd most among Mariners starting pitchers and tied 16th in the AL with Dylan Cease-CHW and Shohei Ohtani-LAA …he trailed only Marco Gonzales and Robbie Ray who each had 18.
DECISIONS, DECISIONS…is 3-2 on the season…his 5 decisions this season are tied for the 7th fewest in the Major Leagues among starting pitchers with at least 10 starts…he also is tied for the 3rd most decisions among Mariners starting pitchers with Bryce Miller and Marco Gonzales.
