Seattle Mariners Farm Teams Had Great Success This Year

All seven teams in the Seattle Mariners minor league system made the playoffs this year.

While the Seattle Mariners big league club has had a roller-coaster season, their minor league system has had tremendous success this year. All seven minor league teams in the Mariners’ organization made the playoffs.

The big league club hasn’t made the playoffs since 2001, the longest streak in baseball. They gave their fans hope early in the year when they started out 15-11 and moved into first place on May 3. They kept their first place standings for a few weeks, but were caught by the Rangers at the end of May. After battling with the Astros for second place over the last few months, the Mariners are in the midst of a tough stretch that has dropped them to 12.5 games back of Texas in the AL West.

In the meantime, the Tigers, Royals, and Yankees have moved past them in the Wild Card race. The Mariners currently sit five games out of the second Wild Card, with five teams ahead of them. Unless they can put together a strong stretch run, they’ll once again be watching baseball on TV in October.

When it comes to their farm system, the Mariners were not highly rated in the pre-season. ESPN’s Keith Law had them ranked 28^th out of the 30 MLB teams, with just one player in his Top 100 list. That player was outfielder Alex Jackson, ranked 95^th. It’s nice that he’s still in the top 100, but he fell from his previous ranking of 20^th, so even the good news was bad news.

With that in mind, it’s nice that the Mariners’ minor league teams had success this year, but they are still a team greatly in need of minor league talent.

Here is a glimpse of the Mariners’ playoff-bound minor league teams

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