Overview
- Seattle’s season ended when Eduard Bazardo surrendered a go-ahead three-run homer to George Springer in the seventh inning of Game 7 in Toronto.
- President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said the staff followed its baseline management process and voiced support for manager Dan Wilson’s decision.
- Wilson acknowledged accountability for the bullpen move, calling the defeat painful and saying the decision has weighed on him.
- Andrés Muñoz was available and later threw a scoreless eighth; the club viewed him primarily for clean-inning, late-game usage despite his strong postseason line.
- Dipoto cited Bazardo’s reliability over months, limited alternatives with Matt Brash’s prior workload, and Bryce Miller’s clean-inning role while noting that walking Springer carried significant risk.