Mariners can only watch as Eugenio Suárez gets the good vibes flowing again

A little over a year ago, the Mariners made a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks that brought Eugenio Suárez back to Seattle. A move that, for Mariners fans, felt right.

Suárez had already made his mark in Seattle. Thanks to his power at the plate combined with his personality, he became a fan-favorite during his first stint in the Pacific Northwest back in 2022-2023. His return resonated with fans while bringing a reliable and familiar bat to the middle of the lineup.

Now, more than a year later, Suárez is wearing a different uniform once again. After the 2025 season, he entered free agency, and the Mariners opted not to bring the third baseman back. Instead, Suárez signed with another team he was already familiar with, the Cincinnati Reds, and Seattle moved on without one of its biggest power hitters. And while the offseason decision made sense, right now it feels a little hard to watch.

Eugenio Suárez has finally brought the good vibes to Cincinnati

Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been a great season for Suárez or for the Reds. At 16.0 games back in the NL Central, October baseball in unlikely, but still Suárez has seen steady progress despite the odds.

An early-season oblique strain landed him on the 10-day IL. Following his return, Suárez struggled to find his rhythm. But as the season progressed, the 35-year-old started to look more and more like the hitter that Mariners fans know and love. By late July, Suárez himself felt the difference.

“Right now, I’m starting to feel a lot better," Suárez told MLB.com's Mark Sheldon. "My swing is in there. I just don’t want to try too much and put more pressure than this game already has on myself. I just try to do my best and my swing is going to be there at some point.”

Now in August, Geno's improvement has turned into a full-blown power surge. On August 6, he started his hot streak with a bases-loaded walk for an RBI. After that, he struck out twice, but still managed to hit a solo home run. From there, he delivered a much-needed two-run homer and went off with a 2-for-4 and a solo home run. But he wasn't done yet. As recently as August 13, Suárez drove in four runs against the Chicago White Sox,helping the Reds secure a 9-8 win.

Through the first nine games of the month, Suárez has already driven in 10 runs and hit four home-runs. He ended Thursday with a 1.078 OPS in August alone. His latest run marked his fourth homer in five games, and his ninth in the last 24.

Geno is showing the M's what they have been missing this season

So, Geno is hot again. The Mariners? Not so much.

What makes Suárez's recent surge so painful for Seattle is how desperately they have needed that kind of offensive power at the plate. Hindsight makes every roster decision look easier than it actually was, and at the time, the Mariners had good reason to move on from Geno, but that doesn't make watching him pile up home runs any easier.

The late power surge only twists the knife in the open wound that is the Mariners season. And many fans can't help but watch and remember just last year when Suárez helped power Seattle into October baseball. Even more painful, the memory of Geno's clutch grand slam in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays that saw their postseason dreams live on. A memory that is nothing more than a reminder of how far from good vibes Seattle has fallen.

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