There comes a time when you can’t simply pitch around the mistakes made in the field or slug your way out of trouble.
Rolling out a defense each night that is uncertain to make the most routine plays is a capricious way to play baseball.
But this is the path the Mariners have chosen to go with for at least the start of the 2019 season and they, and specifically starter Mike Leake, suffered through those consequences in a 15-1 drubbing by the Rangers that turned absurd in the later innings Saturday night.
The errors were committed early.