The Mariners by the Numbers

The numbers and the club's win-loss record don't match up, but none of it is particularly good. Is there still hope?

Most pythag-style projection systems have the Seattle Mariners as a 33-36 team right now rather than the 30-39 record they own. It’s only a three-game difference, but those three games — three more wins, three fewer losses — could make the difference between the club competing in 2022 and one that fades away into the early-July night like a Richard Marx…