Two years ago, it took until the day before Thanksgiving for Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto to get the Hot Stove off to a roarin’ start, when he dealt for Jean Segura and Mitch Haniger in one of his finest moves to date.
This offseason, per the Seattle Times’ Ryan Divish, it appears that Dipoto doesn’t want to wait that long:
Sources: The Mariners are working to finish a trade that would send catcher Mike Zunino and outfielder Guillermo Heredia to the Rays in exchange for outfielder Mallex Smith. Deal could be finalized in the next day.