The M’s have gradually fallen out of playoff seeding during that time. In a time where it couldn’t get worse, they gave MLB’s worst club just their 41st win this season. Even though the manager can’t play nor control his player’s performance, you need to point fingers at the top. This team looked like a wild card sure-fire earlier this season. Tonight was one of the many recent games that their heads have looked anywhere but in the game.
It would be unfair to pin 100% of this struggle on Servais but he is the controller of this Mariner domain at day’s end.