Eduard

Bazardo

Bazardo didn’t even get an out before giving up Donovan Walton’s walkoff homer. He only had the 10th with a one-run lead tonight because Andrés Muñoz was unavailable after working the previous two days. Bazardo, who was outstanding last season and for the first three months of this year, has given up three homers and nine runs over 1 2/3 innings in his last four appearances. His ERA has jumped from 2.10 on July 10 to 2.97 on Aug. 29 and 4.04 now.

There was understandably cause for corner when Muñoz left Sunday’s contest against the Nationals with lower back tightness. The 27-year-old closer, who has struggled this season overall, appears to be feeling better. He’ll presumably be available to handle any save chances during a three-game series against the Orioles at T-Mobile Park.

Muñoz was brought in to get some work despite the Mariners trailing by seven runs, and he faced just two batters before exiting with a trainer. The Mariners are calling the 27-year-old day-to-day, but it’s obviously plausible that the team will need to make a roster move if Muñoz is unavailable for the coming few days. Jose Ferrer, Gabe Speier and Eduard Bazardo would likely see the save chances for Seattle.

The 27-year-old right-hander was brought in to start the eighth inning just to get some work in. He wound up facing just two batters, walking Jorbit Vivas and giving up an RBI double to Jacob Young before being visited by the training staff and ultimately removed. It’s unclear exactly what occurred here, but the Mariners should have an update on Muñoz’s status after the game concludes. With Matt Brash also shelved, either Jose Ferrer or Eduard Bazardo would be the next man up to see save chances if Muñoz is forced to miss any time.

The joke would be that Bazardo has made the flight from Tacoma to Seattle quite often, but it’s like 45 minute drive, depending on traffic. Bazardo will be a low-leverage option for the Seattle bullpen in this stint and any others that come across.

Bazardo heads back to the minors to allow Seattle to bring up a fresh reliever for Saturday’s game against the Mets.

Bazardo will bolster Seattle’s relief depth heading into Thursday’s game against the Tigers. The 28-year-old righty has posted a lackluster 6.62 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 21/8 K/BB ratio across 17 2/3 innings (13 appearances) this season for the Mariners.

With Bryan Woo set to return from the injured list on Friday, someone needed to get the boot from the active roster and unfortunately Bazardo pulled the short straw this time around. He’ll continue to hone his craft at the Triple-A level until he’s needed once more.

Bazardo provides the Mariners with a fresh bullpen arm heading into Tuesday’s game against the White Sox. The 28-year-old righty has made five relief appearances this season for the Mariners.

Bazardo is back to Triple-A with Tayler Saucedo activated off the 15-day injured list. The right-hander will likely be back with Seattle at some point this summer.