At first glance, the title for this article might seem a bit confusing. What logjam in the starting rotation? The Mariners should be adding to the rotation if anything. Of course General Manager Jerry Dipoto has been adamant that the Mariners won’t be adding to their starting rotation this offseason. He’d rather lean on the young starters to fill the back end of the rotation.
During the spring training luncheon a few weeks ago—yes, we’re heading back to that well—Dipoto made a number of contentious statements about the state of the Mariners. One of the more baffling was his assertion that the Mariners would be better off giving innings to their young, affordable starters rather than signing one of the many free agents still available.