After a 21-year postseason drought and some heartbreakingly close misses in recent seasons, the Seattle Mariners can finally say that they’re a playoff team again. As the second Wild Card club and No. 5 seed, the Mariners were driven by their pitching, while finally providing just enough on offense — especially thanks to likely Rookie of the Year winner Julio Rodríguez.
However, there’s no guarantee of the city of Seattle actually seeing its first playoff baseball since 2001. The M’s face quite a test, needing to win two out of three games at Rogers Centre to advance to a Division Series against Houston.