The 2018 regular season is down to the final three weeks. There is some drama in the American League for wild card spots and some curiosity about who will win the AL West, but the winners of AL East (Red Sox) and AL Central (Indians) were decided about two months ago.
Over in the National League, everything is still in flux. No division has been decided. So despite all the tanking across MLB, there will still be some drama before the postseason — just not in Seattle.
As always, these are real questions from the unique collection of people that follow me on Twitter …
Yes, general manager Jerry Dipoto was rewarded with a multiyear extension on July 6 just after the team had won nine out of 10 games to improve to 56-32.