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Checking on the Mariners in Baseball-Reference’s 2020 Sim

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 12: Shed Long #39 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates hitting a three-run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning of the game on June 12, 2019 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Mariners defeated the Twins 9-6 in ten innings. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

Baseball-Reference has been running a regular-season sim for the lost 2020 season. While there isn’t anything inherently valuable about the sim, it is a lot of fun to track. But, how are the Mariners fairing?

As we write this, the Mariners have played 60 games and to say the results are surprising is an understatement.