Mariners hold their own against one of baseball's best and creep closer in WC race

Best Pitcher: Bryan Woo

6.2 IP, 89 P, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

After 18 starts, Woo's 2.36 ERA has proven him to be an elite part of the rotation. Hampered by injury, who knows what he'd be able to achieve this year if he was fully healthy. In his start against the Padres, he took a perfect game into the seventh inning before a home run by Fernando Tatis Jr. broke the game open. He also had 12 whiffs (seven against his four-seam fastball) and 18 called strikes (ten against his four-seam fastball). While still his secondary weapon, his sinker has taken a big step forward as well, going from a .314 wOBA in 2023 to a .255 wOBA in 2024.

His sweeper has also made big improvements over last year, especially with limiting hard contact. He had a .457 slugging percentage against it last year while he's managed to allow batters to slug just .063 against it this year.

Honorable Mention: Andrés Muñoz

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Muñoz was perfect in his sole save opportunity, picking up his 20th of the year. He struck out Jurickson Profar and Manny Machado before getting Jake Cronenworth to ground out. Muñoz had some brutal outings in August including back-to-back blown saves against the Tigers and Dodgers but he's been consistently stellar outside of those instances. His whiff rate of 39.1% is in the top percentile of qualified pitchers while his strikeout rate of 33.2% is in the top 4%.