As the 2016 MLB season approaches, SN's Jesse Spector will examine each team's outlook. Today: the Mariners.
2015: 76-86, fourth place in American League West
Key arrivals: OF Nori Aoki, RHP Steve Cishek, 1B Adam Lind, LHP Wade Miley
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Key departures: SS Brad Miller, 1B Logan Morrison, RHP Carson Smith, RHP Tom Wilhelmsen
Best-case scenario: The health concerns that reportedly scuttled Hisashi Iwakuma’s deal with the Dodgers and resulted in him returning to Seattle wind up being meaningless, while James Paxton and Taijuan Walker deliver on their potential, Wade Miley proves to be an inspired addition and Felix Hernandez is a Cy Young candidate, meaning that Seattle’s rotation is among the best in the game.