In Seattle, it’s dark and cold and rainy outside, and baseball is still far away, which means it’s the perfect time for dreaming. Years of poor drafting and development have kept the Mariners farm from ever enjoying a day in the sun, and the flurry of trades completed by Jerry Dipoto to prop up the MLB club have further thinned out an already threadbare farm system. This year the Mariners lost 36 players from the minors to free agency, the largest number in baseball by a good margin. 2016’s first-round choice Kyle Lewis has missed significant time with a devastating knee injury, and injuries also held out 2017’s first-round choice Evan White from extensive playing time.
If the Mariners had every first-round pick in the 2018 MLB draft: Picks 1-6
