Whether you like it or not, Jerry Dipoto made a bold move and acted on it. He took a perennially-losing Mariners franchise and set them back even more. Dipoto clearly was not a fan of the horribly-ranked farm and prioritized future studs over under-achieving veterans with fat contracts.
Or maybe he realized that he had stars but they couldn’t get it done together. With no shortage of departures this last offseason, let’s check on our old guys and grade their 2019 season so far:
The first casualty in Dipoto’s offseason sale, the Big Maple had an exciting start to his offseason.