Don’t worry, nobody wants to win the AL West
The Mariners aren’t playing great baseball yet, but so far the division remains in reach
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 10: Seattle Mariners mascot Mariners Moose waves a flag after the game against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park on October 10, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Ben VanHouten/Seattle Mariners/Getty Images) | Getty Images If you are a MLB team, you’ll have fallow stretches. Let’s consider the 2025 season: The World Series winning Los Angeles Dodgers went 10-14 in the month of July, but still secured their division with a 93-69 record en route to MLB’s first repeat title winner in 25 years.
April 10-May 7 saw the Toronto Blue Jays go 8-15, en route to a 94-68 record, the AL East crown, and American League Pennant. From June 30-August 5, the 94-68 New York Yankees went 12-19, a . 387 win percentage.
MLB’s best regular season club, the Milwaukee Brewers, were 97-65 overall but went 8-14 from April 23-May 17th. Twice, the 96-66 Philadelphia Phillies fell 5. 0 games back in the NL West in a year they’d wear its crown by 13 games.
The first time came after a five-game losing streak including a sweep at the hands of the Mets, part of a 5-10 stretch from April 10-25th. The second was more dire, a 2-10 run from May 29th thru June 10th which saw them swept by the Brewers and their intrastate competitors in Pittsburgh. They dropped 7.
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