Emotionally, we’re all there to some degree right now. The team’s well-documented failure to build a passably deep rotation has already bitten them in the face in late April—Elías/Paxton Teej, Marge Sog, take your pick and they’re already short on arms before the 30-game mark thanks to a commitment to a six-man rotation and unwillingness to spend in the free-agent market. But wait: we have oooooone shiny arm stashed in Tacoma...
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...no. We’re tempted too, but the Mariners won’t, and moreover, they shouldn’t.