Make no mistake, the Mariners have always wanted a varied offensive approach. By the time the M’s got to October, they were a power-driven lineup, but they didn’t build a homer-happy lineup by true desire, it just kind of happened. Cal Raleigh, Suarez and Randy Arozarena are impact-driven players, but they were supposed to be balanced out by contact driven-players, while also having the ability to get streaky hot themselves. J.P. Crawford and Cole Young went into massive second-half slumps, while Victor Robles was hurt most of the season.
