Can the Hurricanes score enough goals to win the Stanley Cup?
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Greg Wyshynski
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes swear they have enough offense on their team to reach the Stanley Cup Final.
“Easily,” winger Andrei Svechnikov said. “I think we got lots of offense. We got lots of the skill. The greatest thing is that we got the system as well.”
They swear the skeptics are wrong about their offensive challenges. Wrong about a team that has constantly seen its goal-scoring drop under head coach Rod Brind’Amour the later it gets in the postseason. Wrong about a team perpetually seen as the one that can’t score a critical goal to win a tight playoff series.
Wrong about a team that was limited to one goal in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Florida Panthers until Jackson Blake added a garbage-time power play marker in their 5-2 loss — their fifth straight conference finals loss to the Panthers, and 13th consecutive loss in the NHL’s penultimate playoff round, dating back to 2009.
The skeptics will note that Carolina tacitly acknowledged its offensive deficiency while trading for proven playoff scorers in each of the last two seasons — acquiring Jake Guentzel from the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2024, and the now-famous temporary addition of Mikko Rantanen in 2025 — neither of whom are on the current roster.
The Hurricanes believe, quite fervently, that there are enough goals in their locker room to finally play for the Stanley Cup under Brind’Amour this season.
“I’m very confident about that. I mean, we have a ton of skill,” center Sebastian Aho said. “We’ve got a ton of guys who can score goals.”
THE HURRICANES ARE a successful team by many measures. Since 2018-19, when Brind’Amour took over as head coach, they have a .654 regular-season points percentage, which is the third best in the NHL behind the Boston Bruins (.660) and Tampa Bay Lightning (.656).
Their defensive credentials are unimpeachable, as the Hurricanes are in a statistical tie with the Bruins for the best defensive team in the NHL during Brind’Amour’s tenure (2.62 goals against per game). Offensively, they ranked seventh in that span (3.22 goals per game), thanks to players like Aho, Svechnikov and Seth Jarvis.
Carolina has advanced past the first round of the playoffs in every season Brind’Amour has been head coach, including three trips to the Eastern Conference finals. Their defense has been fairly consistent to their regular-season performance during those 85 playoff games: 2.64 goals against per game. The Canes have earned their reputation as a puck-possessing team that absolutely hounds opponents.
“I don’t think really anybody enjoys playing Carolina,” Florida star Matthew Tkachuk said. “They’re a tough team to play against and they make it hard on you every game.”
But while Carolina repeated its regular-season success on defense, the same couldn’t be said for its offense. The Hurricanes averaged only 2.93 goals per playoff game in 85 playoff games under Brind’Amour.
A peek inside the numbers explains why. From 2021 to ’24, the Hurricanes averaged 3.39 goals per 60 minutes (all strengths) in the playoff rounds they’ve won. In the playoff rounds in which they’ve been eliminated, that scoring average drops to 1.91 goals per game.
There are plenty of theories on why this keeps happening to Carolina. The power-play efficiency has contributed to it: In the regular season since Brind’Amour took over, it converted at a 21.7% clip. That has dipped to 16.5% in the playoffs — although this postseason the Canes are converting better in the playoffs (27.8%) than the regular season (18.7%).
Quality of opponents is another: The Hurricanes’ playoff eliminations have come against two great defensive Bruins teams; twice against New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin; and once each against Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky, two of the best postseason goaltenders in recent NHL history.
Then there’s the “live by the shot attempt, die by the shot attempt” theory.
“Their style of quantity over quality, and throwing pucks at net from everywhere does not create enough high-danger chances. They don’t get enough traffic to the net prior to their volume shooting to generate rebounds or deflections,” one NHL analytics analyst said. “They aren’t patient. Teams know they volume shoot. They can plan their shot-blocking around that because it’s easy to pick that out.”
The Hurricanes have lost 13 straight games in the conference finals. That is not a misprint: 13 straight games, having been swept by the Penguins (2009), Bruins (2019) and Panthers (2023), and then losing Game 1 to Florida on Tuesday.
Brind’Amour said that in the face of that frustration, the Canes are who they are.
“You guys are going to talk about it, but what do you want to do? You’re not going to change your game. That’s not going to work. I know it doesn’t work. I know that you could try to go and open up and start taking risks or doing different things. That is not going to be the answer,” Brind’Amour said Wednesday. “We go over it over and over: How are we going to create more scoring chances and give up less? That’s the game. That’s what you’re trying to figure out.”
Looking at their 2023 elimination by the Panthers, one sees that the Hurricanes’ shot volume in the earlier rounds (65.7 shot attempts per 60) and in the four-game sweep (65.4) wasn’t all that far off. Their expected goals per 60 minutes improved from 2.9 in the first two rounds to 3.1 in the conference finals. But their offense fell off a cliff — 2.93 goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 in the first two rounds, down to 0.9 goals per 60 minutes in the conference finals.
One major difference between that series and this one for Carolina: that Andrei Svechnikov is healthy for the latter series.
And he could be the difference-maker they need.
SVECHNIKOV WAS 22 YEARS OLD in 2023. He had scored 30 goals in 78 games in the previous season. He had 55 points in 64 games for a Hurricanes team that would finish with 113 points in the standings. But then disaster struck: Svechnikov tore his right ACL in noncontact fashion on March 11, 2023. There were just over a dozen games left in the regular season. One of the Hurricanes’ biggest offensive difference makers would not be available in the postseason.
“That’s probably the hardest thing in my life, to be honest. Just to go with the boys throughout the whole season and just not able to help them in a playoff,” Svechnikov told ESPN. “It was so hard to come to every game. I remember the feeling sitting in the car and kind of thinking about it: ‘I don’t want to even go to the rink to watch it.'”
As hard as it was, Svechnikov watched his teammates beat the Islanders in six games and eliminate the Devils in five games. Then came the Panthers. Carolina was swept, but the margin of victory in each game was a single goal. They scored only three total goals in the first three losses. Their offensive evaporated.
Svechnikov doesn’t like to think about whether he could have been the difference in some of those close defeats.
“Maybe not, maybe yes. Who knows? But all I’m trying to focus on right now is this series and don’t worry about what’s happened in the past,” he said.
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Andrei Svechnikov puts Canes on the brink with late goal
Andrei Svechnikov lights the lamp to give the Hurricanes a lead late in the third period.
Jarvis was unwavering in his belief that Svechnikov could have made a different then and could make on now against the Panthers.
“You see what he’s done in the playoffs so far,” he said. “The way he impacts the game, not only scoring but the plays he makes with his physicality and his speed. It’s definitely a force we missed when he played them last time.”
Svechnikov has 10 points in his first 11 playoff games this season, including a team-leading eight goals. His impact has been palpable, from his Game 4 hat trick against New Jersey to all but bury them, to goals in three straight games in eliminating Washington — including the game-winner in Game 4.
“He has been phenomenal for us for the first two rounds here, and we’re going to need that to continue,” forward Jordan Martinook said. “He could be a game-breaker. When he’s playing physical, he’s hard to contain.”
Captain Jordan Staal has seen Svechnikov mature as an offensive force, and has been impressed with his consistency during this current run.
“He’s just been great. No question about it,” said. “He’s been on it every night. Being physical. Shooting the puck. Being the playoff player we know he can be.”
Carolina has been certainly searching for that “playoff player.”
THE SWEEP BY THE PANTHERS in 2023, with the margins of defeat so infinitesimal, left the Hurricanes searching for ways to finally advance past the conference finals.
Not exactly known for NHL trade deadline blockbusters — especially ones for players that could leave in free agency — Carolina traded for Pittsburgh winger Jake Guentzel in 2024. He won a Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2017, and has established himself as a dependable postseason performer.
With nine points in 11 games during the 2024 playoffs, he lived up to that billing, but it wasn’t enough to get Carolina past the Rangers in the second round. He opted not to sign with Carolina, who traded his rights to Tampa Bay for a third-round pick. Guentzel had six points in five games for the Lightning in their first-round loss to the Panthers.
New GM Eric Tulsky, who replaced Don Waddell after he left for the Columbus Blue Jackets, took an even bigger swing this season in trading leading scorer Martin Necas in a package to land Mikko Rantanen, the Colorado Avalanche star and pending free agent who was at a contract impasse with the team.
Tulsky made the case that, from a systems perspective, Rantanen was an ideal fit.
“We play a system that has us battling for pucks along the walls, trying to make plays at the net front and he’s just one of the best in the league at some of those things,” he said at the time.
Tulsky said the Hurricanes’ identity could be seen in the way that Staal performs, driving play with his size and strength in Brind’Amour’s system. “Mikko can do all of that, but with really high-level skill to go with it,” the GM said.
Rantanen arrived at the same time as former NHL MVP Taylor Hall, whom Carolina acquired from Chicago. The intentions were clear: Bolstering the offense of a team that’s needed more of it in the playoffs.
“Ultimately, one of the things that we felt our team could stand to have was a little bit of an upgrade in skill and offensive punch,” Tulsky said.
What happened next was a defining moment of the 2024-25 season. Rantanen told the Hurricanes he would not sign a contract extension with them. Rather than have him for a run at the Stanley Cup before he left for free agency, the Hurricanes traded him to Dallas for a return package that included promising young forward Logan Stankoven.
Through 13 games, Rantanen led the Stanley Cup playoffs with 19 points.
“It definitely changes things when you have a guy like that, a star player. It changes the identity of your team,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “I think we’ve been built around four lines and waves of pressure and work. Probably more like a Carolina-type identity. I think when you add a player like that, you have to take on a little bit of a different identity.”
Stankoven didn’t really see the parallels between his old team and the Hurricanes. He also didn’t think Carolina needed a one focal point player to find success in the postseason.
“The great thing that I’ve noticed so far is we’re not relying on one line to score goals. If you look at our lineup, we have everybody scoring goals and contributing at different times, which is great,” he said. “Obviously it’s awesome to have star players. Edmonton’s got [Connor] McDavid and [Leon] Draisaitl and on and on. We do have star players too, but everyone kind of chips in at the right time and that’s what you need to get through the playoffs.”
This is the prevailing message from the Hurricanes in the playoffs. Like in previous runs, it’s not about the individual, but the team solving their offensive challenges.
“I think all four lines have contributed at times in these playoffs, and that’s what you need,” Hall said. “I feel like that’s my role is to come in and play good Hurricanes playoff hockey, play the right way and whatnot, but we have to get contributions offensively from up and down the lineup. It’s just not going to work if it’s one or two lines carrying us.”
“It’s definitely all four lines,” Aho said. “You’ve seen it already in these playoffs: It’s not one line that carries the production. it’s the whole lineup. That’s how we’ve been built. We like it that way.”
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Sebastian Aho slots in a goal for Hurricanes
Sebastian Aho answers with the Hurricanes’ fourth goal of the second period to tie the game 4-4 vs. the Devils.
History hasn’t been kind to the Carolina offense late in the playoffs. Game 1 against the Panthers didn’t inspire much confidence from the box score, although Jarvis believes they generated enough looks to feel good about the series.
“I’m not concerned. It’s going to come,” he said. “Obviously, we have to find different ways, but like I said before, it’s about executing and that’s something we’ve been preaching. We know when we get the chances that they’ll go on eventually go in.”
Like his teammates, Jarvis doesn’t buy the idea that this Hurricanes team can’t score enough to finally play for the Stanley Cup under Brind’Amour.
“I have all the confidence in the world [about our offense]. More than enough. I think everyone’s bought into the way we play, which might be a little bit different from years past,” he said. “I love where our team’s at right now.”
Despite not having a Jake Guentzel or a Mikko Rantanen on the ice?
“We got everyone we need in this room,” Jarvis said. “Everyone wants to be here. That’s what we love.”
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Alden Gonzalez
Max Muncy returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ lineup on Monday, Aaron Judge was back in the New York Yankees‘ batting order on Tuesday, and with that, the two teams that met in last year’s World Series — and had been underperforming to varying degrees in recent weeks — received valuable reinforcements for the stretch run.
They’re far from alone.
Now that the trade deadline has passed and less than two months remain in the regular season, contending teams throughout the sport are counting on key players returning from injury in the days and weeks ahead, hoping they might make the difference between missing out on October and winning it all. And given the landscape, which many consider as wide-open as ever, they just might.
Below is a look at some of the most impactful players on their way back.
Expected return date: The injury to Álvarez’s right hand has featured plenty of drama and required a lot of patience. The Astros initially diagnosed it as a muscle strain in early May and began the process of ramping him up by late June. Then came lingering pain, prompting a visit to a specialist and the revelation that the outfielder was dealing with a fractured bone. Perhaps, though, there is a light at the end of this tunnel. Álvarez resumed hitting off a tee and taking soft toss a couple weeks ago and hit on the field at the team’s spring training facility on Tuesday. The Astros are going to be really careful this time around, but there is hope he can help them down the stretch.
What he means to the team: The Astros lost Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker over the offseason and have received just 121 plate appearances from Álvarez — and a paltry slash line of .210/.306/.340 — yet they’re on pace for their eighth American League West title in nine years. You would be hard-pressed to find a more impressive development this season. When healthy, Álvarez is on par with Judge and Shohei Ohtani among the game’s most imposing hitters. Given how well the Astros have pitched, plugging Álvarez back into the middle of their lineup — with an ascending Jeremy Peña, a better-of-late Jose Altuve and what they hope is a rejuvenated Carlos Correa — could put them in the conversation for the best team in the AL, if not all baseball.
Expected return date: Right-hander Assad, out all year with a left oblique injury he reaggravated around late April, made his third rehab start on Wednesday, looking sharp while pitching into the fifth inning. His next step could be joining the rotation. Taillon is right behind him. The 33-year-old right-hander has been dealing with a right calf strain for a little more than a month but pitched three innings in a Triple-A rehab start on Sunday. He gave up seven runs, but he also came out of it feeling healthy. That’s all that matters at this point. Cubs starters not named Matthew Boyd and Shota Imanaga have combined for a 4.63 ERA this season. And at this point, there is no outside help coming.
What they mean to the team: The Cubs did not land the controllable front-line starter they desired before the trade deadline. The starter they did acquire, Michael Soroka, pitched two innings in his debut on Monday, then landed on the injured list with right shoulder discomfort. Now, the Cubs need to make up for what they lack in their rotation internally. Assad fashioned a 3.73 ERA in 29 starts last year and was effective both out of the rotation and in the bullpen in 2023. Taillon, a proven innings eater who consistently pounds the strike zone, is probably as good a complement to Boyd and Imanaga as the Cubs can get.
Expected return date: Bieber, who had Tommy John surgery, has not taken the mound in a major league game since April 2, 2024, but the former Cy Young Award winner’s return is approaching. The right-hander made his fifth rehab start — and first since being acquired by the Blue Jays — on Sunday, striking out six batters across five innings. He’ll make another start on Saturday, then perhaps one more after that. Then the Blue Jays will see if they can get the front-line starter they envisioned when they unloaded promising pitching prospect Khal Stephen to pry Bieber from the Cleveland Guardians last week.
What he means to the team: The Blue Jays are counting on several offensive contributors returning in the not-too-distant future, including George Springer, Andrés Giménez and, they hope, Anthony Santander. But Bieber is the wild card. If he’s close to what he was even after winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2020 — a guy who put up a 3.13 ERA and struck out 459 batters in 436⅔ innings from 2021 to 2024 — he can join Kevin Gausman and José Berríos to form a really solid rotation trio in October. But the initial returns from Tommy John surgery can be tricky. Just ask Sandy Alcántara.
Expected return date: Bohm took a sinker to his left side on July 12 and later learned he had suffered a fractured rib, but the 29-year-old third baseman has been hitting ground balls and taking batting practice and will now venture out on a rehab assignment. He could return to the Phillies’ lineup this month. Nola went on the injured list for the first time in eight years because of a sprained right ankle in mid-May, then was diagnosed with a stress reaction in one of his ribs a month later. Now, Nola is finally on his way back. He went 3⅔ innings in his second rehab start on Wednesday and will make one or two more before rejoining the rotation.
What they mean to the team: Bohm and Nola have served as catalysts while these Phillies have ascended to near the top of the sport in recent years, and it’s hard not to see them having a massive say — good or bad — in October. The Phillies need them to be healthy, but they also need them to be better. Bohm was slugging just .391 before going down. Nola, meanwhile, carried a 6.16 ERA through his first nine starts — one year after receiving Cy Young votes. The Phillies’ rotation has been one of the game’s best this season, and it can handle an ineffective Nola if it absolutely has to. But the offense needs Bohm’s production.
Expected return date: Burger is navigating his second stint on the IL this season, this time because of a left quad strain, but he has played in a couple of rehab games and could return before the end of the Rangers’ current homestand. Carter, an outfielder, was shut down with back spasms on Saturday, and though there’s currently no reason to believe it’s a serious injury, it’s worrisome when you consider how back issues plagued him in 2024.
What they mean to the team: The 2025 Rangers do everything well except the one thing they felt they could do best: hit. And while the offense has been a lot better lately, the Rangers could use more production from Burger and Carter in hopes of grabbing a playoff spot in a wide-open AL. Burger has slashed just .228/.259/.401 in his first year in Texas, but could at the very least platoon with fellow first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who has been a godsend since signing a minor league deal in early July. Carter, a rookie sensation during the stretch run of the team’s championship season in 2023, was slashing just .238/.323/.381.
Expected return date: Gasser, the 26-year-old left-hander who excelled in his first five major league starts last year, is in the late stages of his recovery from Tommy John surgery. His fourth rehab start came Sunday, during which he threw 16 pitches in the game and 19 in the bullpen. The Brewers are building him back up as a starter, so he still needs to increase his pitch count. But he’s on track to join a loaded Brewers pitching staff before the end of August. So is rookie All-Star Jacob Misiorowski, who suffered a bruised left shin last week but isn’t expected to miss much more than the minimum amount of time. Outfielder Jackson Chourio, who landed on the IL with a hamstring strain last week, could be back by the end of the month, too.
What he means to the team: The Brewers acquired Gasser as part of the package that sent former closer Josh Hader to San Diego in summer 2022 and watched him shine as a rookie in 2024, putting up a 2.57 ERA with one walk in 28 innings. But then his ulnar collateral ligament gave out, triggering a long rehab that is finally reaching its conclusion. The Brewers see him as a starter long term, but there might not be room for him in the 2025 rotation. If that’s the case, he can be an impact lefty out of the bullpen. The Brewers acquired only one traditional reliever in Shelby Miller before the trade deadline, largely because they believe starters like Gasser, Chad Patrick and Tobias Myers can help them out of the bullpen when it matters most.
Expected return date: It has been a long, slow climb back for Greene and the right groin strain he suffered, for a second time, on June 3. The right-hander seemed to be approaching a return in July, but he experienced lingering pain and had to shut it down once more. Now, though, his return seems imminent. Greene navigated a third rehab start on Sunday, during which he struck out seven batters in 3⅓ innings, and is scheduled to ramp up to 80 pitches on Friday. After that, he could rejoin the rotation. With Nick Lodolo shut down with a blister that materialized on his left index finger in his Monday start, the Reds need Greene now more than ever.
What he means to the team: Here’s what Greene has done since the start of last July: 1.92 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 133 strikeouts, 30 walks, 112⅔ innings. Those are the numbers of not just a traditional front-line starter, but of one of the best pitchers in the game. The Reds have hung around all year, getting better starting pitching than they probably anticipated, but less offense than they hoped. They’ve underperformed their projections, but they still sit just three games back of a playoff spot. Greene — and Lodolo, who might require only a minimum stint on the injured list — could make the difference.
Expected return date: For the better part of two months, questions swirled around the state of King’s health and whether he would pitch at all this season. The 30-year-old right-hander was dealing with a thoracic nerve issue in his right shoulder, an exceedingly rare injury for a pitcher. He simply had to wait for the pain to subside, with no idea when it would. Now, though, he is on the doorstep of returning to the major leagues. King threw 61 pitches in 3⅓ innings in a rehab start on Sunday, allowing six runs but also striking out five batters. His next start is expected to come this weekend against the Boston Red Sox.
What he means to the team: Padres general manager A.J. Preller put together an epic trade deadline, upgrading at catcher, adding two competent bats to the lineup and, most notably, landing another impact arm for the bullpen. His starting-pitching additions, though, were depth players; JP Sears and Nestor Cortes are not expected to make playoff starts. What the Padres need is for King — their Game 1 starter in last year’s postseason, their Opening Day starter this year and owner of a 2.59 ERA in his first 10 starts — to join Dylan Cease, Yu Darvish and Nick Pivetta in the rotation to truly make this one of the most well-rounded teams in the sport. It seems that will happen.
Expected return date: Kopech, nursing a right knee injury, has been throwing bullpen sessions and is expected to be activated once he’s eligible to come off the 60-day injured list in late August. Left-hander Scott, dealing with elbow inflammation, has also been throwing off a mound and doesn’t seem far off, either. Yates’ situation, though, is a little hazier. The 38-year-old right-hander had been dealing with lower back pain for a couple weeks before landing on the IL at the start of August. There is no timetable for his return, though it seems possible that he, too, can be back before the end of the month.
What they mean to the team: The Dodgers have once again absorbed a slew of injuries throughout their staff, having already deployed 38 pitchers — one year after setting a franchise record by using 40. Their bullpen has led the majors in innings for most of this season. At the deadline, though, the front office acted conservatively, adding just one bullpen arm, right-hander Brock Stewart, along with reserve outfielder Alex Call. The approach showed confidence in the arms the Dodgers have coming back, especially in the bullpen. But Scott and Yates, their two big offseason signings, have combined for a 4.21 ERA this season. Right-hander Kopech, meanwhile, has appeared in just eight games. They’ll have a lot to prove.
Expected return date: Optimism around Meadows emerged on Monday, with some light running in the outfield — a subtle sign he is progressing once again toward a rehab assignment. Meadows, 25, missed the first two months of the season with inflammation in his upper right arm that he later learned was a product of issues with his musculocutaneous nerve. He spent most of June and July in the lineup, then landed on the injured list once more, this time because of a right quad strain. The hope is that he can be back playing center field before the end of August.
What he means to the team: Meadows accumulated 11 outs above average in center field from 2023 to 2024 despite playing in only 119 games. In that stretch, he also stole 17 bases, provided a .729 OPS — with fairly even splits against lefties and righties — and accumulated 3.1 FanGraphs wins above replacement. As the Tigers march toward their first division title in 11 years and vie for a first-round bye, they find themselves longing for Meadows in several ways. The hope is that he’ll be a much better hitter than he showed earlier this season, when he slashed .200/.270/.296 in 137 plate appearances.
Expected return date: Megill has been absent from the Mets’ rotation since the middle of June because of a right elbow sprain but threw 20 pitches in a simulated game at Citi Field on Sunday. He is expected to extend to two innings in another session on Thursday. A rehab assignment will follow shortly thereafter, putting Megill on track to potentially rejoin the Mets’ rotation later this month. Megill was solid before going down, posting a 3.95 ERA in 14 starts, and the Mets’ rotation could really use some of that right now.
What he means to the team: When Megill got hurt on June 14, the Mets’ rotation easily led the majors with a 2.82 ERA. Since then, the group has posted a 5.12 ERA, ranked 26th. Lately, it has only gotten worse. The Mets have lost eight of their past nine games, and in that stretch, the starters have allowed 34 runs (32 earned) in 43⅔ innings. Sean Manaea, Frankie Montas, Clay Holmes and Kodai Senga have all had their struggles, to varying degrees, of late. And though Megill certainly can’t fix that alone, another capable starter would certainly be welcomed.
Expected return date: Miller, limited to just 10 starts this season, cruised through his first rehab start on Friday, tossing four scoreless innings, and is scheduled to stretch to five innings on Thursday. Given that he has gone on the IL because of right elbow inflammation twice this year, requiring a cortisone shot and a platelet-rich plasma injection, the Mariners will play it safe — Miller will make two more rehab starts before being activated. Robles dislocated his left shoulder while making an incredible catch in San Francisco on April 6 and is way ahead of schedule. He’s expected to begin a rehab assignment next week and could return before the end of August.
What they mean to the team: Robles is the Mariners’ leadoff hitter and spark plug. Over a 77-game stretch after Seattle signed him as a free agent last summer, he slashed .328/.393/.467. And if he can produce something close to that, a Mariners offense that added Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suárez before the trade deadline and has received a dominant season from Cal Raleigh will be as deep as it has been since Jerry Dipoto took over baseball operations 10 years ago. The Mariners haven’t received as much from their rotation as they would have expected this year, but a staff of Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo, Bryan Woo, George Kirby and Miller — 12-8 with a 2.94 ERA while healthy last year — still rivals the best in the game.
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