They can’t be worse, can they?
The Mariners last season made a case for having the worst offense in major-league history. Or maybe just the worst in generations.
Either way, the bottom line was this: They were beyond awful. Seattle scored 513 runs in 2010, while the next-worst American League team scored 613. Yes, Seattle was 100 runs worse than awful.
But what about this year? Have the Mariners improved their lineup? Have they improved enough to get the team anywhere near .500, short of having Felix Hernandez or Michael Pineda pitch every day?
Let’s take a look:
Historically bad
First, we need a little context. We need to understand how woeful the Mariners’ offense was in 2010, in order to figure out how far they have to go.