Does anybody actually want to win the AL West right now? That is not exactly the kind of question a division should be inviting 40 games into the season, but here we are. Just look at the current shape of the race: Athletics 20-18 Mariners 19-20 Rangers 17-21 Astros 16-23 Angels 15-24 That’s not a division race so much as a group project where nobody wants to present first. Nobody has grabbed the AL West by the throat. And nobody has played clean enough baseball to make the rest of the group feel like it missed its window. For the Mariners, that is both a gift and a warning. Seattle’s start has been frustrating. The Mariners have spent the first chunk of the season looking like a team that knows what it is supposed to become but has not quite figured out how to look that way every night. The pitching has had its bumps. The lineup has had its quiet stretches. Injuries have interrupted the version of the roster they expected to roll out. Cal Raleigh is still hitting under the Mendoza Line.…