Seattle Mariners pitchers reflect on Luis Castillo’s impact

Sunday morning there were three packed moving boxes and a large equipment bag in front of Luis Castillo’s almost empty locker. “The Rock” was gone but the impression he left on his fellow Seattle Mariners pitchers will remain. Watch: Drayer breaks down Mariners’ Luis Castillo trade For Logan Gilbert, the realization Castillo had been with him for all but one year of his big-league career hit him when he was talking to his wife on the phone shortly after the news Castillo had been traded to the White Sox broke. “It’s sad,” he said. “He’s been the staple and the old guy and the vet and, gosh, he’s helped me more times than I can even count. So yeah, he’s a tough one to lose for sure.” For Bryce Miller, Castillo had always been there. “When I first came up, he was the main vet that I could look at and learn from and learn something from him while he was here,” he said. Castillo was the vocal leader you didn’t hear much about outside the Mariners’ clubhouse. His impact on the Mariners went well beyond the 126 games he pitched in. His acquisition in ’22 signaled it was go-for-it
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