The Seattle Mariners are one of the hottest teams in baseball, and they’re not just making a strong push to make the playoffs but could soon find themselves in position to receive a bye past the Wild Card round.

That’s apparently not enough to significantly move the needle with the national media.

The stats behind Seattle Mariners’ post-trade deadline surge

In rankings released this week, both MLB.com and ESPN.com had tepid reactions to the Mariners despite the team having won nine of 10 games since the MLB trade deadline, including seven straight.

MLB posted its weekly Power Rankings article on Sunday , so the voting by the outlet’s contributors presumably closed before the Mariners capped off a second straight sweep with their 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays . But is that an ex

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