Indulge me for a minute, if you will. In my fantasy football league, one league member grew infatuated with trades this season. He made six swaps in three weeks, overhauling his whole team and inundating my phone with negotiations and trade proposals. To a certain degree, it worked — he managed to put together a really solid team with a bunch of great players. But there was one trade that he sincerely regretted, and if he hadn’t pulled the trigger, he’d be in the playoffs as opposed to watching from home.
I mention this not to bore you but to instead draw parallels to Jerry Dipoto and the Seattle Mariners.