Last Series on the Road for the Mariners

The Mariners are now coming down to the end with nine games remaining on the schedule for this season. The team’s final three with the Angels on the road; so the Mariners will have six remaining games at home ending next Sunday October 4.

The Mariners, the media, and the fans all know that this season has been a disappointment all the way around. The Mariners would have to win seven out of the nine games to make it 81-81 which we all know will be hard to do. We can only hope they win maybe five out of the nine games making it 79-83. Even if the Mariners won all nine games the only satisfaction we would get out of this season is they went out on a big bang.

We can look again for another October watching other teams in the playing in the playoffs instead of the Mariners. We can hope next season the Mariners will have a better one and can finally make the playoffs. There was news today that the Mariners are down to two candidates for the General Manager position former Angel’s general manager Jerry Dipoto and assistant general manager of the New York Yankees Billy Eppler. In both cases they sound like pretty good choices with Dipoto he knows the American League West Division very well and I am sure knows the Mariners roster pretty good. If they pick Eppler we can say the Mariners stuck to the Yankees again. Whoever they pick seem to me to be a very good choice. I expect the Mariners will announce the choice of the General Manager during the playoffs and before the World Series if he they do not announce before the season ends.

What would be really nice is to stick it to the Angels this weekend in Anaheim. The Mariners have done well against the Angels this season. The players certainly have the incentive to do so since many of them excluding the four chore players are fighting for a position on next season’s roster. I am sure the bullpen is where the biggest change will happen next season since it was the area the Mariners had the most difficulty during the season. I would not be surprised to see the Mariners make several trades during the off-season. Some of those trades could include top prospects to get a few veteran players in. I could see coming the way of the Mariners a new outfielder possibly in center field, a first baseman, catcher, veteran starting pitcher, and finally a veteran reliever who could be a closer.

I look forward to the closing of the season along with the playoffs, the naming of the new general manager, and new players. Of course, we do not know whether manager Lloyd or the coaching staff will be back. I am sure that Edgar Martinez will return as hitting coach regardless of who the manager will be. So we will see an exciting off season and we hope a really great 2016. A season we expected this year. Go Mariners.