The Seattle Mariners are exercising their $7 million club option on closer Andres Munoz for the 2026 season, The Seattle Times reported Tuesday.

A two-time All-Star, Munoz has been one of the top closers in the majors in the past two seasons, saving 60 games while posting a 1.92 ERA and holding batters to a .160 average. This past season, he went 3-3 with 38 saves while allowing just two home runs in 62 1/3 innings. In the postseason, he helped the Mariners reach Game 7 of the ALCS with 8 1/3 scoreless innings.

Unfortunately for the Mariners, Munoz wasn't called upon in what turned out to be the key moment of their season. Leading 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 7, the Toronto Blue Jays put two runners on base with one out. Manager Dan Wilson brought in Eduard Baza

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