During the Mariners season wrap-up press conference Tuesday at Safeco Field, general manager Jerry Dipoto was asked if Shohei Otani intrigues him as much as “the Japanese Babe Ruth” intrigues everybody else.
“Yes,” answered Dipoto.
Could he elaborate?
“No.”
Is Otani’s team still playing?
“Yes.”
Would he acknowledge the process to acquire Otani was an unusual situation?
“Yes.”
Had the typically voluble Dipoto ever given so many one-word answers?
“Probably not,” he said with a laugh, breaking the string of one-word answers with a two-word answer.
Dipoto and manager Scott Servais spoke for about 40 minutes Tuesday, addressing what needs to be fixed so that the Mariners can remain on the field after the regular season, instead of talking about the next one.