For a brief, glorious stretch, the Seattle Mariners were listed among the elite in all of Major League Baseball. Riding high off their trade deadline moves, they looked like a team on a mission. Ten wins in their first eleven games of August gave fans reason to believe the front office’s gamble had paid off. Momentum was building, the vibes were immaculate.
Then came reality in the form of a haymaker.
The Mariners’ road trip has been anything but smooth sailing. It started with a gut-punch series loss to the Baltimore Orioles, a team that’s been duct-taping a rotation together all season.