Seattle Mariners fans' relationship with owner John Stanton has been rather complicated. On the one hand, the Mariners have built a pretty exciting young core of pitching, locked up Julio Rodriguez, and their payroll has ticked upward since the rebuild. However, actual investment in the Mariners' roster has increased very slowly, Seattle has missed the playoffs two years in a row, and the general fan sentiment around Stanton's promises to deliver a contender has been "believe it when we see it."