Why no outcry at the loss of Mallex Smith? Of course Smyly got inured and or was ineffective. He was a 2017 Mariner pitcher. Dipoto had to know, right? Just a bad year to bring in pitching. He should have stuck with Smith.
I can't look at this year as indicative of anything but having more than your share of things go seriously wrong. Not to say I liked every move (Silva 2.0?) but the outcome wasn't deserved from the roster. With that in mind, topping Z's "2 60-dayer" 2015 in wins by only 2 seems much more an accomplishment to me. He lost only Furbush and Scribner for any length. Aoki's 15 days here and there were likely creative ways to replace garbage output. Paxton for 15 was the serious loss. 2015 was just a crappy roster, they actually got to take the field most days. That's all that the 2017 roster should be jealous of.
The problem this year was that GOD said, "No, you don't get to play that roster!". Gnostic 'nough?