Heading into this week’s homestand against the Oakland A’s and the Detroit Tigers and next week’s series versus the New York Yankees, the Seattle Mariners’ record stood at 22-24. As it seems to be an annual ritual in the Pacific Northwest, the Mariners tend to start the season slowly. There’s not really an easy explanation. Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe it’s the travel. Who knows? But believe it or not, the Mariners’ record heading into this week was better than at the same point last season, a season that saw the franchise break the longest playoff drought in the four major sports at that time. (That honor
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