Referring to someone as a lame duck always seems particularly cruel. It’s better than being a dead duck, or the duck-related “quack”, or having your goose cooked, but it’s seemingly universally understood that we should avoid being waterfowl. Among many of the concerns entering 2018 was the uncertainty of direction for the M’s organization. Most pressingly, there was speculation that failure to break the playoff drought would spell the end of Jerry Dipoto’s tenure. We have an answer.
As is typical of the Mariners and much of MLB, the details of the contract are not publicly discussed, but multi-year means at least through 2020.