With the big league club sputtering and no help in sight from either the farm or the trade market, the Mariners probably need to pronounce their 2015 season DOA. But while they can't afford to buy, and they shouldn't stand pat, a slash-and-burn isn't the answer either.
It's ten days before the MLB trade deadline, and the most-hyped Mariners team since 2002 has the worst record in the American League. Worse than the Astros, perennial cellar-dwellers and preseason afterthoughts. Worse than the White Sox, owners of the worst position player corps since 1980.