Like the first rays of morning light after a long, dark night of the soul, the first glimmers of baseball—and summer, and warmth, and lingering Safeco sunsets—appear today. The Mariners will play the Padres in a game that does not matter, at all, and I personally couldn’t be more delighted.
For the first time this season...
The Mariners are playing about half their projected regular lineup. The Padres are playing...I am embarrassed at how few of those names I recognize. I was hoping we might get to see some of the top Padres prospects in action—Luis Urias, Fernando Tatis—but instead we get Javy Guerra, who had a wRC+ of 61 last year.