Checking in on Mariner fan confidence after the trade deadline

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports in his natural habitatPost-trade deadline is a good time to stop and take stock of how fans are feeling about the club. The Mariners were somewhat limited by what they could do at the trade deadline, but per our FanPulse polling, most fans were satisfied with what the club did with its limited resources:

How different the trade deadline might have looked for the Mariners if Domingo Santana’s bat hadn’t fallen into a tar pit, Austin Adams and Connor Sadzeck were healthy, Hunter Strickland had been healthy all season...sigh. What could have been. It stings a little extra because of one the M’s divisional rivals was widely hailed as winners of the trade deadline:

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