It felt like last year the Mariners would play .500 for stretches, then have a losing streak. The problem was they never seemed to have the hitting or pitching at the same time to create the winning streaks to match. So far this year it seems like they have a much better chance to rattle off 5 or 7 wins in a row, especially when they get Paxton and Kuma back. I don't think this team is headed for 95 wins, but I do think the Mariners can match their losing streaks with winning streaks this year, which is a big step forward. They seem to be getting there, and that is encouraging. I think the players are relatively close to realizing that they can be good too. I could actually see this team going on an Oakland A's style rampage through a month if they could somehow get Paxton/Kuma back and stretched out along with 3 or 4 hitters heating up at the same time.