As the Mariners have sagged out of the brief fever-dream of playoff contention, I have steeled myself for a barrage of losses while willing them to crawl back inside the Top 10 for draft picks. I don’t know enough about the class yet to know what number will be the cutoff between elite and merely very good, but any time you’re picking in the Top 10 you’re upping the odds significantly. However, it is much more fun to recap wins than losses, and it is especially the most fun when said win is spearheaded by the young Mariners who will largely be a part of the team for some time to come.
Mariners remind you they can be fun, too, use young core to defeat super-fun Padres, 4-1
