Just getting back? Here’s the Mariners’ offseason, recapped

I try to encounter the world as it is, not as I’d like it to be. So even though I think it’s inexplicable that some of you don’t check Lookout Landing every day of the offseason, I know you’re out there. So in case you missed it, here’s a rundown of how the roster’s changed since Jeremy Peña’s 18th-inning home run put us all out of our misery last October. If you just want the upshot, here it is. For everything that happened to get us here, read on.

In classic Dipoto fashion, the biggest moves were trades

Mariners send RP Erik Swanson and future-RP Adam Macko to Toronto in exchange for OF Teoscar Hernández

The last time we saw Teoscar Hernández, he hit two home runs in Game 2 of the Wild Card Round.