ESPN's Jeff Passan told Brock and Salk, "I firmly believe the Seattle Mariners can win a World Series this year." Here are the reasons.

The Seattle Mariners are one of many teams sniffing around Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez at the trade deadline.

With about 60 games left, the Mariners are five games back of the Astros in the AL West. Adding one of the best sluggers in the game is the kind of move that would inch the team closer to finally overtaking the team that has tortured them for the past decade.

2013: The Mariners beat the Astros by a score of 4-2 despite only managing to get one hit in the game. They scored two runs in the sixth on a pair of walks, a sac fly, and two passed balls, and another two in the seventh, with Michael Saunders’ two-run double scoring Mike Zunino and Justin Smoak, who had both walked.

The Mariners have had a stinging share of hindsight over each of the past two offseasons -- perhaps more than any team in baseball -- when it comes to reflecting back on the 162-game gauntlet and examining how if just one game swung a different way,

The Seattle Mariners acquired cash from Kansas City for minor league catcher Julio E. Rodriguez, not to be confused with Seattle's three-time All-Star center fielder.

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“The Mariners have their best chance of making the World Series since 2022, the last time they won 90 games,” wrote Bowden. “As far as major needs, they appear to be just one impact bat away, and the Diamondbacks’ Josh Naylor would be the perfect fit.