Nothing like a clean sweep of the Rockies to put some wind back in Mariner fandom’s sails! April baseball is always so funny to me: no matter how grizzled of a fan you are, it can be nearly impossible to avoid succumbing to small sample size theater over the first month of the year. What felt like drain circling not even a fortnight ago has turned into that familiar cautious optimism, but tonight will be a big test, with the M’s facing off against 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes and his Brewers, who have gotten off to a fast start in 2023.