It isn’t a bluff and he isn’t playing coy. Jerry Dipoto, at least in his two plus years as general manager of the Mariners, has shown little evidence of doing either. In fact, he’s been quite the opposite. In his own verbose way, he’s been more than willing to share his general plans about his team and its roster construction, specific to needs and how to fill them.
In recent weeks, he’s said on his podcast and in radio interviews that the “heavy lifting” of building his team’s 40-man roster had been done and that his projected 25-man roster was largely set for when pitchers and catchers report to Peoria, Ariz.