No no no no!
I can’t be clearer to fans, media members and the various dreamers who need to see the Mariners call some of their most productive clients during the last 10 games of this crazy baseball season.
Why would you need to summon gold-plated youth like gardener Jarred Kelenic or right pitcher Logan Gilbert for a VERY brief appearance in Seattle?
I hear some of you say this, mathematically . . .
The Mariners are in a run for the pennant.
In fact, the 2020 season will end with 16 groups, more than part of the major leagues, worried about the postseason bubble.
It has been red (for good or worse) an agreement to reach the two most sensitive groups of the six National and American League Divisions, as well as some other wildcard groups in the league.
That’s right, Oakland has already escaped with the most sensible place in the American League West, but what gave the impression of being the Astros’ almost automatic position as the second team in the division fighting for more than two weeks.
Houston’s loose fall allowed the Mariners, despite a record well below 0. 500, to slip into the diversity of this No. 2 in the west.
And, of course, we all know the drought.
The Ms have the longest streak of playoff appearances (19 years) in one of North America’s leading sports leagues.
Sailor enthusiasts who have been suffering for a long time wouldn’t mind the extravagant 60-game season or the expanded playoffs, or ANY kind of asterisk that can accompany this probably endless series of futility.
Just to be in the playoffs . . .
Well, that would alleviate the itch of a 19-year-old, even if the Mariners quickly make it to the playoffs.
At least all the jokes would be over.
That said, calling Kelenic, Gilbert or any other real recruit who is part of the Mariners’ long term for this short mission would be crazy.
Hazelnuts.
First, Seattle to check Houston is pretty close to a wave.
For the record, the Ms deserve to move on to the Astros.
A qualifying tie would put Houston in the playoffs, as the Astros already have the season series between the two teams.
Consider. . .
Seattle is already three games away from Houston, so the Mariners deserve to beat the Astros in three games in the last 10 games.
Yes, the Astros are coming to Seattle for a three-game series, but to succeed in the playoffs, the Ms would like to sweep this series (they are 2-24 in their last 26 games against Houston), and wait for several more surprising results.
Seattle’s other games consist of dates with the torrid San Diego (3; now all at seattle Padres baseball stadium) and the Oakland PowerHouse (4).
Houston, meanwhile, receives a sad catch from Arizona (3) and the desperate Rangers (4).
Can we program all of Lourdes?
The Mariners would want a miracle.
ALTHOUGH you just think the Mariners have a crazy chance of catching up, bringing clients like Kelenic and/or Gilbert into the fray wouldn’t make sense.
Neither played above double-A level.
More. . .
Instead of forging seasons in the minor leagues this summer, they all worked on the club’s choice in Tacoma, as a member of the Mariners’ 60-man working group.
Kelenic, yes, he looks like one of baseball’s most productive clients in every inch.
Gilbert has also been good, running in the secondary fields he will want when, in spite of everything, he reaches the primary leagues; however, he has also had problems in the games within the team.
If one of those high-level youth were called, they would become official primary leagues and remain under the direction of the club (not eligible for the loose agency) until 2026.
but. . .
If you are not on the list of 28 M players, then enjoy the minor leagues during the first few weeks of next season (at least), before appearing with MarinersArray.
This club runs until 2027, when they deserve to be at the top of their careers.
The reconnaissance facilities, and the sailors themselves, are players with potential generational talent.
IN OTHER words, those are basic pieces of the task Seattle hopes to produce on a rival team, not just a pandemic, but season after season.
This new year can be so important.
Look, if you can assure me, a foolproof guarantee, that this normal season would be reduced to a game for that playoff position, and that Gilbert would brilliantly launch his 2020 live game, and that Kelenic would make a career at home. 9 to end the playoff drought, well . . .
We’d all point that out.
But in the genuine and genuine world, you would almost in fact lose seasons for each of the Mariners’ two long-term stars for . . .
¿Qué?
For a script that’s more implausible than buying a lottery ticket to plan your future?
And maybe a Caribbean island you’ll catch with those very good profits?
Sheesh!
Everybody calm down here, to win the lottery and give those talented young players a slightly more serious progression among the minors.
Then let them head to T-Mobile Park with the “appropriate” resumes.
They can delight us many “appropriate” seasons to come.
Email: scameron@cdapress. com
Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “Moments, Memories and Madness,” his decades-long memories as a sports journalist, takes a position every Sunday.
Steve also writes Zags Tracker, an observation about Gonzaga’s basketball, once a month during the off-season.