After all, the Mariners haven’t made the playoffs since 2001 and are coming off a 94-loss season immediately after winning 89 games the year prior. So, not being in the front of the mind of a national writer, who has to keep their finger on the pulse of 30 teams, makes sense.
But over the past year, a lot of these writers have skipped right over the reasonableness of forgetting about the Mariners and moved straight to disinformation.
Of course, our feud with Jon Heyman is well documented at this point. Heyman, who makes a living based on his connections and baseball “knowledge”, famously questioned the Mariners by not being able to come remotely close to articulating their plan.