Did you notice it’s cold still in the PNW? The Seattle Mariners surely have through their first 19 games.
Their hitters are running a .227/.304/.372 line with a 96 wRC+ thus far through 728 plate appearances, the same number Ichiro had in 2002 (he went .321/.388/.425 with a 118 wRC+, if you were curious). A 96 wRC+ implies the M’s have been merely a tick below-average at the dish thus far, which is mostly accurate. The frustrating thing of so many of these early losses has been that just a single additional hit in the right moment would have made the difference.