SEATTLE -- As I said on the latest edition of the 'Refuse to Lose' podcast, I didn't have much of an issue with the Dan Wilson pitching decisions that have Seattle Mariners fans fired up from the weekend series with the Cleveland Guardians.

I would have gone to Gabe Speier earlier in the seventh inning of Saturday's eventual loss, but I also can rationalize staying with Eduard Bazardo. I can also rationalize sticking with Speier on Opening Day instead of going to Matt Brash.

But there is one decision that Wilson made, that I'm sure was at least partially pre-planned, that I would like to see change. And it had to deal with the offense on Saturday night.

If you recall, the Mariners led 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. There was a runner at 2nd and two outs for Rob Refsnyder. The Guardians pulled lefty Joey Cantillo in favor of righty Matt Festa, and Wilson pinch-hit for Refsnyder with Dominic Canzone.

As Wilson explained after the game, he was trying to leverage another scoring opportunity and he saw a chance to bury the Guardians early by getting up 3-0 or even 4-0 with Canzone's power. That makes absolute sense. The problem? Canzone got out, and the M's were on their heels the rest of the night.

By the time the order got back to Canzone again, the Guardians had brought in another lefty. Wilson then pinch-hit for Canzone with Ryan Bliss. Bliss ended up taking two at-bats, including one incredibly high-leverage at-bat with a runner at second in the bottom of the ninth inning. It's no knock on Bliss, but he's barely played in the last calendar year, that's not a great spot for him.

So what would I have rather seen?

I don't want to get in the habit of pinch-hitting for Refsnyder, Victor Robles, Luke Raley or Canzone the minute a same-handed pitcher comes in, especially early in a game. If you do that, you make yourself vulnerable later.

Had Refsnyder hit in the fourth, then Canzone would have been available for the late-innings.

Even though it would have been later in the game, could Canzone have seen one lefty in the mid-innings to help keep himself available later as well? After all, Bliss came up against righty closer Cade Smith in the ninth. If Canzone had stayed in the game earlier, that could have been him.

Say what you want about Mitch Garver, he hits left-handed pitching. Perhaps he could have taken the Bliss at-bat that came up against a lefty in the mid-innings. So much of not wanting to use Garver is about burning your backup catcher, but this whole scenario was happening in the DH spot. Garver could have stuck in the DH spot and still been available to catch should something have happened to Cal Raleigh, at least until he needed to get hit for later (potentially).

So, if you're asking me about which M's moments I'm most offended by from the weekend, it's not the pitching - it's this one. I hope the Mariners get comfortable letting Refsnyder hit vs. righties or Canzone hit vs. lefties, especially early in games.

The Mariners start a new series on Monday with the New York Yankees. First pitch is 6:40 p.m. PT.

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