Mariners Hypothetical: Imagining a Healthy Pitching Staff

Over the last few weeks, I have been focusing a lot on trades that the Mariners could make. Should they be buyers? Should they be sellers? What kind of prospects would I be okay with seeing the team deal away in order to try and get better. What level of trade piece would I want them to go after? A second baseman? Pitching? A former MVP? Pitching and a former player? The questions are endless.

Instead, I wanted to take a break to think about what could’ve been. Who doesn’t like doing that. Whether it be the person you never asked out, the time you wished you would’ve tried out for your college team, or even wondering if you should’ve ordered the double chocolate cake. Life is full of what-ifs. It applies to the Mariners as well.

What-ifs can grab ahold of your mind, and the Mariners have done it to me.

What if. What if the Mariners had a healthy pitching staff this season? I know that injuries are a part of sports, a part of baseball, and more so than any other group in sports besides NBA All-Stars in the 2021 playoffs, they’re a part of pitching. But for now, I’m pulling a trick most people do for MLB the Show and am turning injuries off.

If the Mariners had been healthy all year. I mean all year, from training camp all the way to now, what would their team look like on the mound and in the bullpen? How much different could things be this season?

We jump in by starting on the mound, and looking at the starting rotation if they were 100% healthy.