The Mariners are stuck with a difficult decision heading into 2019: Should they blow it all up and start over or add pieces to try for a postseason run? The front office's answer seems to be somewhere in the middle.
In his time as general manager of the Mariners, now heading into a fourth season and beyond thanks to a midseason multiyear contract extension, Jerry Dipoto has been many things in discussing the future of the organization — both immediate and beyond. He’s been open, direct, decisive and very, very verbose.
There was always a plan, a direction and a philosophy to the changes he would make.