The Seattle Mariners left Fenway Park on Sunday with a losing streak of 15 games even with their two best pitches going in Felix Hernandez and Michael Pineda. It's not going to get any easier as they head to Yankee Stadium. They have a legitimate chance of losing an abysmal 20 games in a row.
I haven't followed the Mariners much except when they play the Red Sox. Outside of Ichiro and Justin Smoak (Maybe Dustin Ackley down the line) they have nothing going offensively. The thing that surprises me in this losing streak is that they've actually won 43 games and they aren't the worst team in the AL. I know a team is never as bad or as good during a long streak but this team must have been winning with Smoak and mirrors (see what I did there.)
They have had some decent pitching this year. You can add the injured Erik Bedard to the two I mentioned previously. It's time for Seattle to sell every piece they have, even if that includes Ichiro and King Felix. They play in a weak division and within a couple of years can be right back in the mix. If you hear me in Seattle, time to wave the white flag and start over.
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