SEATTLE -- Jerry Dipoto has a reputation as one of the new-wave "analytics" guys, but the Mariners' general manager doesn't consider sabermetrics being all that cutting edge anymore. For Dipoto, there is another wave coming in baseball -- better mental training for players -- and he intends to get in front of it.
Which is why his eyes light up when asked about Andy McKay, a sports psychologist from the Rockies who will be Seattle's new director of player personnel.
Dipoto raised some eyebrows when he signed up Scott Servais, who has never managed or coached in the Majors, to be his first skipper.