I wrote “Devil’s Advocate” with confidence in the Mariners. Their lead was six games above Oakland for the second wild-card spot. I thought Oakland’s 17-4 run would dwindle back to their typical .500 ways. Now, the A’s are 25-7 in their last 32. Even worse, Seattle has dropped 7 of their last 10 and are just 1.5 games ahead of Oakland.
With Tampa Bay and Los Angeles as the next closest teams roughly ten games behind, it seems as if the Mariners will have to duke it out with the A’s for a trip to the Wild Card Game.