It’s easy to feel like the sky is falling for the Seattle Mariners and their chances of making the playoffs this season.

Luckily for the Mariners, their competition in the American League wild card race have yet to make them pay for their alarming skid.

Salk: Seattle Mariners’ new philosophies have come with tradeoffs

After falling victim to a three-game sweep by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first half of this week, the Mariners are 6-14 over their last 20 games. That includes five losses in six games on their current six-game road trip, and a dismal 2-12 record over their last 14 road games.

Before the Mariners’ struggles began in mid-August, they were 14 games above .500, buoyed by an initial 10-1 run after they added All-Star slugger Eugenio Suárez to their trade deadline haul that sta

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