Some of Dipoto’s best deals as the Mariners’ general manager have focused on the acquisition of an outfielder. Whether it be his first trade with the team in which he acquired Boog Powell from the Tampa Bay Rays or the first draft pick he made with the team in selecting Kyle Lewis, Dipoto has never sat on his hands when it’s come to his team’s outfield.
Many men have patrolled the grass at T-Mobile Park over the last five years; some carried over from the Zdruiencik era, but most acquired by the tireless Dipoto.