As a nexus between the lost Mariner season of 2019 and the hoped-for breakthrough in 20xx (we’ll get back to you on that one), Monday looms as a critical day.
It’s the start of MLB First-Year Player Draft, which the Mariners hope is an impetus to push forward, and help sustain, their grand rebuild plan.
Now this is where Mariners fans begin to involuntarily twitch, remembering the vast and spectacular drafting failures that short-circuited past attempts to construct a winner.
No need to re-litigate that mess, but just as a refresher, with top-12 picks between 2005-14, the Mariners wound up with – please hold your catcalls until the end — Jeff Clement (No.