Mariners oversleep alarms, lose to Giants 8-4

Spring training games aren’t about winning and losing, and what happens in the spring doesn’t predict the next six months. Everyone knows this. That being said, this year’s spring training might be a little closer to what the Mariners’ regular season looks like than in previous years—young players struggling and succeeding and struggling again while being overmatched by more veteran competition. That was the case today as the Mariners dropped another spring training game, bringing their record to 4-11, good for the bottom of the Cactus League and trailing just the Pirates and their .200 winning percentage for worst in spring training. Thankfully, the two best players for the Mariners today were two of the team’s young core who Mariners fans will get a steady dose of in 2020 and beyond.

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