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The Mariners have had a few good Washington classes right in their backyard in recent years, and have pursued almost no one. That's the Rays business, it seems, or the Phillies. Last year, you had six prospects in the state rank in BA's top 200 and the M's got none of them. This year they had thirteen names in the top 500 and picked one of them, then signed a 26th rounder out of Edmonds CC. If the M's were actually trying to load up regionally, they'd have to pursue the big names instead of using one or two picks a year to go local.