CHICAGO — Maybe the Mariners should have tried this whole “step back” plan a long time ago. It seems to have yielded better early results than in the seasons where they actually believed they were putting together a roster that could make a run for the postseason.
The Mariners have had good starts to seasons in the history of their organization, though it often feels like that was rarely the case. The 6-2 start in 2009 was a decade ago.
But there has never been a start to a season like this in franchise history.
It started with a quick two-game series sweep of the A’s in Tokyo, which now feels like a month ago.