Mariners lose, but young outfielders put on a show

Get out your #4MOM pocketbooks — because Braden Bishop did it again.On a not-very-springlike day in Seattle, the Mariners made their 2019 nighttime debut. And while the pitching staff chose to emulate the gross rain-snow mix coming down up near the 48th parallel, Seattle’s young outfielders — namely Domingo Santana, Braden Bishop, and Kyle Lewis — flashed just enough to remind us that springtime is, assuredly, just around the corner in a 7–4 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

Let’s start with a reminder: Spring training games don’t count. David Freitas admitted to as much in an in-game interview with the ROOT broadcasters, noting that starting pitcher Wade LeBlanc was “working on a few things”…