Meg Rowley

This is the promise of a Cole Young or a Colt Emerson, the Mariners defined by Coles and Colts for the next couple of years.

But to have guys who can help to supplement and lengthen that lineup, you know, this year they've gotten very little from Cal and

You know, when he was healthy, he wasn't hitting well.

Now he's hurt, although he's on his way back.

But Randy Rosarena has been great for them.

So, you know, if you can plug in other places, you have a little bit more durability in the run production.

I mean, I think that the injuries are the story of their season.

It's hard to decouple the underperformance from the way that they've been hurt, particularly in the rotation.

When you have like a load bearing Patrick Corbin, you're probably in a bad spot, which isn't to say that everyone has suffered that fate.

And I know that some of these injuries have been more serious than others, but it's really hard to look at their season and not think that if they were healthy, particularly in an AL to your point that has been

pretty mid, you know, I know that the East is a more challenging division than the AL West is.

But, you know, on a true talent basis, no disrespect to the Rays, like I would rather go in with the Blue Jays.

So I think it's really hard to look at their season and not just see that the injuries are really marring what we might expect.

You know, it would be nice if Vlad could hit, but it's also just like the depth of those injuries.

It hasn't just been in the rotation.

I mean, like...

We all miss Alejandro Kirk, right?

Like, we all want that guy back.

So I think that if they are able to get healthy and put a little run together, like, look at the Mariners.

They won eight games in a row.