Despite a gut-wrenching Game 7 loss in the American League Championship Series, the future looks bright for the Seattle Mariners.
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Franchise cornerstones Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez are locked into long-term deals. The club’s talented starting rotation is still young, with four of their five starters age 28 or younger. And the M’s boast one of the best farm systems in baseball, with a slew of highly touted prospects appearing in various top-100 rankings.
But that being said, pitching health is perhaps the biggest variable in baseball. And the Mariners found that out the hard way this season.
After their top five starting pitchers combined to make 149 starts in 2024, that number dipped to 128 this year, as Br