The Mariners are no longer limiting the piggyback to just Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller. Kamil Krzaczynski / Imagn Images The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here ...

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Well, some would say that didn’t take long. The Seattle Mariners’ piggyback plan always sounded like something that was going to need a second explanation before it ever fully settled in. There was ...

The Mariners need to win baseball games. Manager Dan Wilson has adopted a novel way to accomplish that goal. And yet not everyone is happy about it. During a 9–2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday ...

After Monday’s drama surrounding the Seattle Mariners piggyback plan with Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller, the team said they discussed the idea moving forward with the pitchers. Prior to Tuesday’s ...

The Seattle Mariners enter Wednesday's contest against the Athletics at 27-29 and winners of two straight games against their division rivals. With a win on Wednesday, the M's will vault over the A's ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In two turns through the Mariners’ piggyback pitching plan, Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller have combined for a 2.12 ERA, allowing four runs on 10 hits, with five walks and 21 ...

On Monday, the Seattle Mariners continued their piggyback pitching approach with Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo. The Mariners first tried this plan last week against the Chicago White Sox, where the ...

The Seattle Mariners grabbed a 9-2 win over the Athletics on Monday night, moving to 26-29 and creeping within 1.5 games of first place in a wide-open AL West race. Even with the uneven season, ...

Even when it worked, it didn’t really work. On paper, the Mariners’ piggyback pitching plan actually worked pretty well, with an unnatural tag team of Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo surrendering two ...

The Seattle Mariners are trying something unconventional, and so far, it’s creating one of the more fascinating pitching experiments in baseball. Instead of shifting to a six-man rotation after Bryce ...