So far the 2021 Mariners have been a happy surprise, over-performing pre-season expectations and providing moments of genuine excitement and delight. It seems greedy to hope for even more in the second half of the season but hey, it’s okay to be a little greedy sometimes. It’s hard to predict what this team will do on any given night, but we took a staff poll on our best guesses for the second half of the season (and you can vote too, because who doesn’t love a poll?).
At the trade deadline, the Mariners are:
Both buyers and sellers
Just “buyers” got one vote and “neither” got a couple from our more nihilistic staff members, but the majority of staffers expect to see the Mariners both adding talent for the future while dealing away from positions of strength.