“Being in the position to be aggressive at the deadline to buy and play meaningful baseball games in September — that's what I would constitute to be a successful season this year." -- Mike Hazen, February 17th.
Mission accomplished, I would say. The team added pieces such as Tommy Pham and Paul Sewald at the trade deadline. And, now, with exactly a month left in the season after the first game in September, they are tied with the Giants for the final wild-card spot. Meaningful games will follow. How deep into September those will continue, remains to be seen.