Luis Castillo reacted to his stellar effort against the Houston Astros in the Seattle Mariners' victory on Friday night.

Had the Astros not suffered an alarming number of injuries -- five players who were in their Opening Day lineup are on the shelf -- Brice Matthews would still be manning second base at Triple-A Sugar Land.

The Brewers seek to stretch their winning streak to 11 games as they open a three-game interleague series against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.

No matter what, Luis Castillo is a good starting pitcher. You see the velocity, you see the ground balls, the command is at least decent, those things are there. He’s a good pitcher.

As Luis Castillo came set for what he thought would be his final pitch of the night, he had his trademark fist clench ready to roll. He was on the cusp of clearing his seventh scoreless inning, had fl

In this MLB mock trade, the Boston Red Sox send star third baseman Alex Bregman to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for ace Luis Castillo and key offensive depth, shaking up the playoff race before the 2025 trade deadline.

Castillo doesn't appear injured, just ineffective. He averaged 97.1 mph on his sinker and 96.9 mph on his four-seam fastball. He was up to 98.3 mph with the sinker and 98 on the four-seamer.

When the Mariners unveiled how they’d roll out their rotation for this weekend’s huge series vs. Houston to start the second half -- opting for Luis Castillo, then rookie Logan Evans, with Sunday marked as TBD -- it evoked more perplexity than anything.