Last week our entire staff outlined who has felt like the most valuable player of the season to us. It’s an objective measurement, but if anyone (like Jake Mailhot did) made the case for RP Edwin Díaz as Seattle’s clear star, it’d be difficult to protest. But the Mariners are at an unenviable juncture. Their roster is built to compete now, yet the players on it have been unable to bust the blockade between Seattle and the playoffs. In 2018 Seattle has thumbed their nose at probability thanks, in large part, to the transcendent work of Díaz.
Edwin Díaz is the Mariners MVP. They may need to trade him to succeed
