48 Alex Colome RP

Colome (illness) picked up his 28th hold of the season Monday against the Astros, striking out one across a perfect inning.

Colome ended up missing just one game with an illness. The 29-year-old reliever owns a 3.18 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 71:19 K:BB across 65 innings with the Rays and Mariners this season. He'll continue to fill a setup role for Seattle down the stretch with Edwin Diaz locked in as the closer.

Colome is under the weather and may not be available for Monday's game against Houston, Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.

It's unclear as to when Colome began to feel sick, but the issue isn't expected to keep him out for long. He'll be considered day-to-day moving forward.

Colome recorded his 25th hold in a win over the Orioles on Monday, firing a scoreless eighth inning in which he allowed a hit and recorded a strikeout.

Colome has been a mostly reliable setup option for manager Scott Servais, although he's prone to the occasional blow-up. The 29-year-old had just allowed four runs (three earned) against the Athletics on Saturday, and he'd also been touched up for a pair of earned runs against the Dodgers on Aug. 18. However, Colome has settled in otherwise since the calendar flipped to July -- even factoring in the aforementioned hiccups, he's posted a 1.82 ERA, .217 BAA, 1.09 WHIP, 92.4 percent strand rate and 30.0 percent strikeout rate over the 24.2 innings encompassing his last 24 appearances.

Colome earned his 16th hold with a scoreless eighth inning in a win over the White Sox on Sunday. He has a perfect ERA across 6.2 innings over seven appearances in July.

The early portion of Colome's tenure in Seattle was rocky to say the least, as he generated a 6.75 ERA over 10.2 innings in June, his first full month in a Mariners uniform. However, he's hit his stride as a setup man in the current month, and he's actually put together eight consecutive scoreless appearances dating back to his final June outing. Colome has whittled his ERA back down to 3.95 after it hit 4.86 as recently as June 27, and despite the hit his fantasy value took when he lost his closer's role in the trade from the Rays, he's partly made up for it by racking up holds at a healthy clip.

Colome, who earned his eighth hold with a scoreless eighth inning during which he recorded two strikeouts against the Orioles on Monday, sports a 5.87 ERA across 7.2 innings over nine June appearances.

Colome has been more good than bad during the month, as the five earned runs he's allowed have come over three appearances. He's logged seven holds overall in June, although he was also charged with a blown save last Wednesday against the Yankees. Colome seems to be adjusting fairly well to a setup role behind closer Edwin Diaz, but it's worth noting he's seen increases in both flyball (22.7 percent to 37.0 percent) and hard contact rate (24.2 percent to 33.3 percent) since arriving from the Rays via trade on May 24.