The best pitching staffs are collaborative.
And for the Seattle Mariners, with a deep stable of starting pitchers, that's exactly how it works.
One of the latest examples is pretty clear: Bryan Wood did George Kirby a solid.
A couple weeks ago, Kirby learned a new sinker grip that Woo taught him.
Since then, Kirby has had a pair of double-digit strikeout outings.
"George Kirby borrowed Bryan Woo’s sinker grip a few weeks ago," wrote Mariners beat writer Ryan Divish. "Took it into the game against the Angels and struck out 14. Tonight he had 10 in five innings."
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The Mariners' deep pitching staff is just one reason that Seattle has legitimate World Series dreams. There isn't a ton of drop off from one spot to the other, so as postseason series go on, the Mariners might have an edge when it comes to starting pitching.
That's particularly true if they keep making each other better.
Even without sharing pitch grips, pitching staffs can push one another. If a starter has a good outing one day, his fellow pitchers want to follow that up in the days ahead.
Lately, the Mariners have been nearly unbeatable, and that's in part because all their pitchers are dialed in.
It's been a special finish to the regular season, and it's this rotation that has a chance to make it a special postseason, too.
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