“Boring” has become an accidental buzzword around the Mariners this spring, and it should be. Because boring baseball — clean at-bats, smart decisions, quiet versatility — is how good teams steal wins in the margins. Brendan Donovan isn’t the star Seattle dreams on, but he’s exactly the profile they’ve been starving for.
Josh Naylor leaned all the way into the label when talking about Brendan Donovan, calling his game “boring” in the complimentary, baseball-lifer way. The word choice is funny, but the idea behind it is exactly what Seattle has been missing: players who turn chaos into routine.