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Seattle Mariners: The streak stops here (maybe)

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 7:29 p.m. ET

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Mariners fans have endured 16 long, sad, frustrating years since their team last reached the postseason. The franchise's glory days—Griffey and the Big Unit, A-Rod and Ichiro—resulted in four playoff appearances from 1995 to 2001, but since then Seattle has mostly been a blip on the radar, with only six winning seasons in that time. But after finishing 86-76 last year, this season's edition looks like one that is finally ready to break through. Led by the power of sluggers Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz, the offense led the AL in runs last season, and with the all-around excellence of third baseman Kyle Seager, a strong rotation fronted by longtime ace Felix Hernandez and a bullpen anchored by the electric arm of Edwin Diaz in the ninth inning, Seattle's drought may be coming to an end. 

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