There may be no team in baseball that needed the All-Star break more than the Seattle Mariners.
Just a few short weeks ago, the team led the American League West by ten games and seemed on the brink of winning the division.
Flash forward to the All-Star break, and that lead is down to one, thanks to an offensive that has collapsed beyond all believable bounds and a resurgent Houston Astros team. The Mariners bellyflopped into the All-Star Break by losing three consecutive one-run games to the moribund Los Angeles Angels and have now eclipsed 1,000 team strikeouts before the season’s halfway point.
The Mariner’s +19 run differential is
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