The Mariners blew a three-game lead in the AL West, and find themselves on the postseason bubble after a dismal September. They headed into the final weekend of the season just one game out of the AL wild card. They trail the Astros by one game and the Blue Jays by two games.<\/p>\n
The Mariners host the Rangers for a three-game series to end the season, but the Rangers dominated the Mariners with an 8-2 record in 10 divisional games this season.<\/p>\n
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If the Mariners sweep the Rangers, they’ll put themselves in the best spot to secure an AL wild-card berth. They’re also rooting for the Diamondbacks and Rays this weekend to pummel the Astros and Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Mariners are +150 odds to make the playoffs. You can fade them at -180 odds. FanGraphs<\/em> projects that the Mariners have a 32.9% chance to make the playoffs.<\/p>\nThe Mariners joined the AL as an expansion team in 1977. In their franchise history, they advanced to the playoffs only five times including last year as a wild-card squad.<\/p>\n
The Mariners are a long shot to win the World Series at +3000 odds, and they’re +1500 odds to win the AL pennant. The Mariners have never won an AL pennant, and they’re the only team in MLB history that never appeared in the World Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Heading into the final weekend of MLB’s regular season, three teams are fighting for the final two spots in the American League wild card, including the Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, and Seattle Mariners. The Tampa Bay Rays (97-62) locked up the first AL wild-card spot, but they won’t have ace Shane McClanahan in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":291970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82963,1074],"tags":[87249,82752,81829,86884,83173,87988,87038,83174,87283,87300],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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