Whenever you go 18-years between playoff appearances, fans are going to hard-pressed to trust that franchise. Mariners fans are no exception. And nor should they be. But in the angst of the longest postseason drought in North American sports, sometimes people spend entirely too much time worrying about things that aren’t an issue.
For the past 2 years or so, Mariners fans have turned their frustrations on the team to the longest-tenured player in the organization: Kyle Seager. And granted, Seager’s last 3 years have been a mixed bag. 2017 was a let down coming off his monster 2016.