For the first time since Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's rookie season, the Seattle Mariners are AL West champions. The Mariners clinched their first division title since 2001 with Wednesday night's 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies ( box score ). Seattle secured a postseason berth Tuesday night . Now they're division champs.
"We're not done yet," MVP candidate Cal Raleigh said after clinching a postseason spot (via MLB.com ). "Obviously we'll enjoy this moment, celebrate. Like I said, we've got bigger things on the horizon."
Seattle's 23-year division title drought was the fourth-longest active drought in baseball. Only the Rockies and Miami Marlins , neither of whom has won a single division title since joining the league as expansion teams in 1993, and Pittsburgh Pir