For the first time since at least 2013, the most important developments in the Mariners organization will be in the minor leagues, not in the majors. Today we kick off our season previews for the organization’s minor league affiliates, beginning with the stalwart Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. After several years of serving as a veteran repository, starved of MLB prospects, the R Squad will have several prospects to fawn over.
2018 in Review
66-73 (.475), 3rd of 4 in the PCL Pacific North Division, 12th of 16 in the Pacific Coast League
The Rainiers served admirably as a veteran-shuffle last year; however, that consistent shuttle sapped them of consistency, to say nothing of the dearth of high-ceiling prospects as a result of more than three years of dealing from the bottom of the system to accentuate the MLB roster.