Although the Mariners have the longest playoff drought in MLB, this rant will be a positive one. The addition of the second wild card spot will be the main focus of this piece.
The point of the 2nd wild card spot is simple; to add drama to the baseball season and encourage more teams to not rebuild and pursue a playoff spot. Even though the Mariners haven’t claimed one of those spots in 15 years, it still has benefited baseball in the northwest.
2014 & 2016 were great years for Mariners baseball even though we couldn’t quite make the playoffs.