What do you think the Mariners are going to talk about on their plane ride back to Seattle tonight? The TV shows they’re watching? What the weather will be like for this upcoming seven-game homestand? Why furniture is so expensive? How the name Peggy is somehow short for Margaret? And how do airplanes even work, man?
If they’re not openly talking about it, several players are at least thinking about the fact that they’ll have two new teammates when they touch down. With news breaking today that prospects Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert will make their MLB debuts on Thursday, today’s Mariner game felt a bit like a Christmas Eve where all the presents are in plain sight, just hidden behind thin layers of wrapping paper.