It’s December, which means it’s time for FanGraphs’ annual ZiPS projection for the Mariners for the upcoming season. Once again, Santa has opened his bag and revealed not the hottest toy of the season (that’s going to Dodgers fans), but an 85-90 win team that projects to be good but not good enough to win the AL West. You can read the article here, but here’s one sentence that really stuck out:
When your projected win total is in the 80s, efficiency has to go on the back burner; it’s not the time to pinch pennies.