Scott Servais-Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners have had a pretty strong season so far. Though they are 8 games back and their chance at the Wild Card seems to be getting smaller and smaller, Scott Servais deserves a pat on the back.
The Mariners have a pretty interesting story. They haven’t been to the postseason in 17 years, and own the longest playoff drought in North American pro sports. The last time they saw the lights of October was 2001, a season in which they won an astounding 116 games. They’d go on to lose the ALCS four games to one to the Yankees.
This season, however, they’ve made great strides towards erasing that drought, and Scott Servais is the biggest reason why.
They may not make the postseason this year (mathematically, they can, but the Astros and A’s are going to make it difficult) but next season or even the year after that may be their time to win it all.