The term “Baseball Christmas” is sometimes thrown around as a joking euphemism for the MLB Draft, a time when prospect hounds across the country get to learn the names of their potential new favorite players. For those who follow the draft closely, angling to predict who goes where leads to a payoff of excitedly following at least the first round, with the extra bonus that one of these players will now become a member of your favorite organization.
For the last several years, however, the Jerry Dipoto-led Mariners have gifted fans with the equivalent of socks for Christmas: functional, useful, solid, but not exciting.