SEATTLE — On the penultimate day of the 2023 regular season, the Texas Rangers clinched their first playoff berth since 2016.
This is a story about how the Seattle Mariners missed the postseason.
If you read any national coverage of baseball, you’ll know the theme of the season was how all the big spenders came up short. Splurge at your own risk. It takes discipline and patience, not just deep pockets, to build a winner. That’s why the teams running the top three payrolls in the sport will all spend October at home.