The vast majority of sports fans, especially diehard MLB fans, have at least some idea of how difficult it is to hit a baseball. But every now and then, a big league pitcher delivers a pitch that's so filthy and unhittable that it serves as a good reminder of just how hard it is to be a MLB hitter.

With their top three pitchers from 2024, at least in terms of FanGraphs’ WAR, all currently in various stages of recovery from injury, the Mariners need their healthy starters to help keep things going in the right direction.

Luis Castillo is now pitching for the Orioles. Though it might not be the one who first comes to mind. Baltimore acquired Luis F. Castillo, a right-handed pitcher who spent the previous two seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league,

Davis Martin allowed 2 runs in 7 1/3 innings, but the Chicago White Sox dropped their fifth straight in a 5-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Monday at Rate Field.

Luis Castillo’s seven-inning gem Monday night kept the Mariners in a position to win long enough for the offense to pull away from the White Sox late. Despite another strong overall pitching performance Tuesday night,

Castillo (4-3) yielded three hits over seven shutout frames while striking out five batters and picking up a win against the White Sox on Monday

"Arguably the second-best team in the AL is going to be adding two Cy Young-caliber pitchers," ESPN's Jeff Passan said of the Seattle Mariners.

Will Warren will toe the slab tonight in King County. His last start against the A's was by far the best of his young MLB career: a one-run masterpiece in which he pitched into the eighth inning. He'll look for two good outings in a row facing a Mariners lineup which Yankee pitching has held in check through the first two games of this set.