MLB

Mariners’ 2025 Success Raises a Question: Could Dan Wilson Take Seattle to Its First World Series?

Under Wilson’s guidance as manager, the Mariners won their first American League West title since 2001, and many of the core players are returning.
0
Mariners’ 2025 Success Raises a Question: Could Dan Wilson Take Seattle to Its First World Series?
Mariners manager Dan Wilson watches batting practice prior to Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Oct. 10, 2025. Steph Chambers/Getty Images
Donald Laible
|Updated:
0:00

The Seattle Mariners are going to be just fine in 2026.

Dan Wilson came in third place in MLB’s American League Manager of the Year voting for 2025. Cal Raleigh, the Mariners’ All-Star catcher, was the runner-up to New York Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge for AL MVP honors. Seattle went to seven games in the AL Championship Series with the Toronto Blue Jays, just missing out on the franchise’s first-ever World Series appearance. The club went 90–72 and won the AL Western Division for the first time since 2001. Mariners’ baseball is trending in the right direction.

Donald Laible
Donald Laible
Author
Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.