With a total of four trades spanning over the past week, the Mariners added much needed depth to a lacking bullpen and beefed up their offense with a new starting centerfielder.
Seeing the Mariners strictly add at the deadline is something we haven’t witnessed since 2014, when the M’s acquired Austin Jackson and Chris Denorfia. This was the first time the Dipoto regime has gone all-in at the end of July and for good reason.
Dipoto’s teams over the past two years have been around league average at the deadline. This has put them in an awkward position of not being willing to designate themselves as either buyers or sellers.