Two years ago, frustration after a loss that eliminated his team from postseason contention, Cal Raleigh called out the Seattle Mariners' front office for not making the team better at the deadline.
“We’ve got to commit to winning," Raleigh said. "We have to commit to going and getting those players you see other teams going out (to get), going for it, getting big-time pitchers, getting big-time hitters. We have to do that to keep up. I think we’ve done a great job of growing some players here and within the farm system, but sometimes you have to go out and buy, and that’s just the name of the game.