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00:00Let's stay with the Mariners, but let's talk about some pitching as well, because while
00:06they are atop of their division currently, as I speak, two of their top names are not
00:11performing.
00:12Luis Castillo, another by-low candidate, Joe, what kind of deal would it take to prime Luis
00:16Castillo?
00:17Yeah, I think Castillo's one of these guys you look at, and if you have pitchers that
00:21have overperformed in the first half, I think maybe you look to cash in on somebody like
00:26Luis Castillo, who is kind of underperformed.
00:28Over his last seven games, he's got an ERA of 4.50.
00:33That's not Luis Castillo.
00:34The whip is still good, though, at 1.15, and that's why I'm buying.
00:38The strikeout rate is still pretty good, 36 strikeouts in 40 innings, again, not quite
00:42to his level.
00:44So it hasn't been a great stretch for him.
00:45He's had some up-and-down starts, but he's only 31 years old.
00:49He's still a really good pitcher.
00:50He is 7-9 this year.
00:51He's taken some tough luck losses early on.
00:54So I think if you look at the overall picture, you look at the win total, the win-loss record,
00:58it's underwhelming this year.
01:00You look at the ERA sitting at 3.72.
01:04That's not really where you want to see him.
01:06Typically, he's a 3.56 ERA guy for his career.
01:10So all the other underlying metrics are pretty much right in line.
01:13His career whip is 1.18.
01:16His whip this year is 1.18.
01:18So Castillo's pretty much that same guy.
01:19He's had some bad luck in some bad situations, and the Cleveland Guardians in particular
01:24really handed it to him on several occasions this year.
01:27They seem to have figured him out.
01:29But if Luis Castillo is anything, he's a buy low right now because you know how good of
01:34a pitcher he is.
01:35I do think the Mariners have no choice, especially with an injury to Julio, to be aggressive
01:38on that market.
01:39Hopefully, with the All-Star break, which Julio wasn't going to anyway, he's not making
01:43the All-Star team this year, you look ahead and you say, OK, let's fortify this lineup.
01:47Let's get Julio back healthy.
01:49And then you have Castillo hopefully making a really good run here in August and September.
01:53That's what I'm looking for from Julio and from Luis Castillo as well.
01:57We'll see you next time.
01:58Bye.
01:59Bye.
02:00Bye.