The Mariners opened the season with a fortuitous one-run win against the Indians. The Mariners had a winning record through the first month of the season but the jury was still out. That’s the problem with the opening months of the season. Players are getting gelled into their new teams and kinks are still working themselves out.
In April it’s too early to predict how well a team will do and the teams sitting in first may be flukes. The teams in last may make a surge, you just don’t know. Through May 4th, the M’s were 18-13 after a home loss to the Halos.