It feels weird to enter a new season feeling not just confident in a Seattle Mariners offense, but excited. This is, after all, a team that didn't rank higher than seventh in the AL in scoring between 2017 and 2024.
The Mariners jumped to fourth in the Junior Circuit in scoring last year, and there was more than just one thing driving the improvement. The team's 238 home runs were the third-most in MLB. but the M's were also third in stolen bases and top-10 in walks.
There are nonetheless reasons to be worried about a potential offensive downturn in 2026, for which the big one relates to the power front.