Castillo’s only blemish on the scoreboard was an RBI single from Jonah Heim in the fourth inning. He dealt with some traffic as seen in four hits and two walks, but he was able to wiggle out of all but that one jam. Castillo has now only allowed just one run over his last 12 innings, and his ERA has dropped to a very solid 3.29 in the process. Castillo will get the Blue Jays at home next week if the Seattle rotation doesn’t change.

There’s probably more of this coming from Castillo, whose velocity is down about one mph from last year and three mph from his peak. His strikeout rate is currently 19%, compared to 24% last season and 27% the two years before that. He’s really only a mixed-league option in his home starts. Next up, though, is an outing in Toronto.