The Seattle Mariners enter the 2020 season with longest playoff drought across the four majors sports. They haven\u2019t made the playoffs in 18 straight seasons and barring some unforeseeable miracle, that streak will continue in 2020. After a last place finish in the American League West, the Mariners are hoping to just build some kind of foundation for the future. It\u2019s unclear whether they have the talent but that\u2019s what this year will be all about: finding those building blocks and adding to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TO WIN WORLD SERIES: +50000 This offseason, the Mariners made a few subtle transactions but nothing big enough to completely flip the organization around. The Mariners gave Marco Gonzales a contract extension for four years and $30 million, which is the best move for the pitching rotation after losing Felix Hernandez this past offseason. Taijuan Walker has made a return to Seattle for the 2020 season as the Mariners signed him to a one-year deal in attempt to fill Hernandez\u2019s spot for the time being. The Mariners also signed long time veteran Carlos Gonzalez to a minor league contract as the 34-year-old was with 2 MLB organizations during the 2019 season. Mitch Haniger was signed back to the Seattle Mariners after missing over half of the 2019 season due to injuries. The organization has invested in some young prospects over the recent years and have 5 prospects in the Top 100 for this upcoming season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They\u2019ll record an 80-win season and that\u2019s if absolutely everything goes right during the course of the season. For this upcoming season, the Mariners just don\u2019t have the roster to be able to compete with a difficult American League West division with the teams like the Houston Astros, who have won the AL West title for three straight years. This is a team that finished 23rd in team ERA, so if their pitching staff does somehow improve and their bats are alright, maybe they get into the neighborhood of .500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Seattle Mariners will surely find themselves at the bottom \u2013 or near the bottom \u2013 of the AL West standings as we have seen many times before. The Mariners can use this 2020 season to try and get some young prospects playing time allowing them to develop into great players who have a will to win for the organization. Guys like Shed Long Jr. look like they\u2019re on the rise but is there enough talent here beside him? A rebound year from Mitch Haniger would help but the former All-Star missed most of 2019. If he\u2019s not back to his former All-Star level, this team won\u2019t make much progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The organization has been in this position for a long time and it\u2019s hard to see how anything changes in 2020. They started 13-2 last year and then won just 55 games the rest of the way. To be fair, we\u2019re probably looking at something similar in 2020. 68 wins might even be high if things go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get the latest MLB baseball odds and information–follow BetOnline.ag on Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TO WIN AL PENNANT: +15000
REGULAR SEASON WIN TOTAL: 67.5 WINS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nOFFSEASON CHANGES<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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