Power of friendship abandons Seattle, Mariners lose 3-1

the sun may be setting on this era of mariners baseball

The environment inside the Mariners clubhouse today was subdued. Last night’s news that Ty France had been place on irrevocable outright waivers came as a shock to many in the organization. No one was explicit about it, and if you’d asked they’d give all the right answers — “baseball is a business” and “this is how it goes sometimes” — but the atmosphere was no less real.

Ty, despite his struggles since his 2022 All-Star campaign...