Logan Gilbert appointed Mariner's opening day Starter | Marine

Peoria, arizona-in an organization full of talented start pitching, which extends from the major League list to the complex in the Dominican Republic, no pitcher has embodied the philosophy of the Mariners of pitching development and performance more than Logan Gilbert.

Gilbert became his fifth season with a big league and was rewarded for his hard-working work, his commitment to improvements and performance at the All-Star level.

On Saturday morning, a few hours before he took the hill for his fourth spring start, Gilbert was appointed the opening starter of the Mariners.

“I know you all or some of them, asked for the opening starter,” said Wilson. “We had the opportunity to find out yesterday that Logan Gilbert will be our opening starter this year. A very difficult decision, but Logan definitely deserves it, and we look forward to it and look forward to starting here on the 27^TH. “”

He was the best pitcher of the Mariners last season, was included in the all-star team of the American League and received the team's most valuable Pitcher Prize from the Seattle Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He set career marks in Starts (33), Era (3,23), Innings (208 2/3), quality starts (22), Strikeouts (220) and whip – walks plus goals over Innings (0.89).

His total innings and whip were the best in the American League, while he reached most of the starts and second place in quality and the opponent for a starter (.194). He was the first Marinser Pitcher to log more than 200 batteries since Hernandez in 2014.

In addition to Gilbert, Wilson also informed Luis Castillo, who took the ball on the opening day in the last two seasons that Gilbert would receive the honor this season.

“He was enthusiastic about Logan,” said Wilson about Castillos reactions. “And that's the kind of group we have. He was excited that Logan would be the guy. He remembers when he was told that he was the guy. So it is exciting for these boys to be together and to be as close as they are and to be happy for each other. “

This story is updated.