Kammala wannan jumla: Ban da lokutan 1998 da 1999, Mariners sun kasance masu fafatawa a kowace shekara don taken AL West daga 1995 zuwa 2003. Lokacin, duk da haka, ya ga faduwar Mariners daga rikici. Tare da jerin tsofaffi, Mariners sun shiga cikin All-Star Break tare da rashin nasara na wasanni 9, da kuma rikodin 32<unk>54 (.372) wasanni 17 a bayan Texas Rangers na farko. Bayan hutun All-Star, ba su iya watsi da mummunan yanayin ƙungiyar su ba, Mariners sun ba ƙungiyar cikakken gyara, suna cinikin Freddy García zuwa Chicago White Sox don Miguel Olivo, Jeremy Reed, da Mike Morse da kuma motsa tsofaffi da 'yan wasan da ke fama da su daga tsakiyar mataki (mafi mahimmanci, sakin Gold Glover da masoya da aka fi so John Olerud) da kuma saka sama da ƙaramin ƙaramin kira-up a cikin jerin mutane 25. Karshen kakar wasa ta kasance ta hanyar Ichiro ta karya rikodin kakar wasa guda na George Sisler na 257 hits (kammala tare da 262) da kuma abubuwan da suka nuna girmamawa ga ritaya na Mariner icon Edgar Martínez. Kwanaki bayan karshen kakar wasa, Mariners sun kori kocin Bob Melvin. A ranar 20 ga Oktoba,, Mariners sun sanar da sanya hannu kan Mike Hargrove, wanda ya jagoranci Cleveland Indians a gaban Mariners a cikin
1995 ALCS, a matsayin sabon manajan su. A cikin lokacin hutu, Mariners da Bavasi sun ba magoya baya da 'yan jarida na gida mamaki ta hanyar sanya hannu kan manyan' yan wasa biyu, Adrián Beltré na uku da kuma Richie Sexson na farko, wanda ya kawo karshen wasu zarge-zarge daga magoya baya cewa kungiyar tana shirye kawai ta sanya hannu da cinikayya.