New graphic demonstrates why Seattle Mariners fans are so angry at the team’s ownership group

Heading into another long offseason, the frustrations of Seattle Mariners fans are pretty easy to understand.

1) M fans are upset because they support the only baseball team that has never appeared in a World Series.

2) M fans are upset that the current ownership group doesn’t seem to care about that fact and isn’t doing everything they can to change it.

Mariners fans would like to see the owners fully invest in the roster so they can capitalize on this historically good pitching staff and actually compete in the World Series.

While the M’s have spent in recent years on Julio Rodríguez, Luis Castillo and Robbie Ray, they have also seemingly forced the organization to play with one hand tied behind its back. The ownership group has clearly forced the team to work to a strict budget, leading to the termination of Ray’s contract. Jerry Dipoto also released commitments from Marco Gonzales, Evan White and Eugenio Suarez last offseason. Money was also a likely driving force behind not giving Teoscar Hernandez even a qualifying offer last offseason.

While the M’s let those players go, they brought in bargain guys like Tommy La Stella, AJ Pollock and Luis Urias from a playoff spot in 2022. They didn’t seem to make any real effort to sign Shohei Ohtani last time. offseason and do not appear willing to pursue Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman or Juan Soto this offseason.

M fans have long assumed that the ownership group is more concerned with making money than winning baseball games, and this new graphic from The Score’s Travis Sawchik only proves his point.

While Sawchick admits the numbers aren’t exact, he says the Mariners made about $374 million for the 2023 season. Then the organization pivoted and spent just 44 percent of that ($163 million) on players in 2024. That puts the M’s in the bottom half of the league’s revenue and payroll spending.

The Mets and Dodgers, who spent most of their revenue on player payroll, reached the National League Championship Series.

As the offseason progresses, M fans will once again look to John Stanton and Co. to spend. We’ll see if they really do it.

He sailors He missed the playoffs by 1.0 game last season.

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