AL West: Searching in Seattle

Seattle Mariners

An inconsistent offense that crashed in September and finished middle-of-the-pack in both scoring and OPS gets most of the blame for the club's failure to make the 2023 postseason. And at least at this point in the winter, things look even bleaker following the potential loss of free agent RF Teoscar Hernández and trades of LF Jarred Kelenic and 3B Eugenio Suárez. The club got bottom-rung production all last season from its 2B and DH spots—and at least right now it has even more work to do in fielding the MLB-ready offensive depth that's needed to compete with the likes of TEX and HOU in 2024. Fortunately there's still some time before pitchers and catchers report.

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