New Details Emerge on the Contract Situation For Seattle Mariners' Exec Jerry Dipoto
Speaking on Seattle Sports 710 on Tuesday, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times offered some more insight into the future of Seattle Mariners executive Jerry Dipoto. Dipoto serves as the President of Baseball Operations.
The comments were relayed over by popular M's "X" user, @MarinerMuse:
Interesting note from the Divish interview on 710 today:
Salk asked about Jerry Dipoto’s contract, and Divish indicated that the Mariners and Dipoto agreed to some sort of short-term extension in August about 1-2 weeks before Scott Servais was fired.
Interesting note from the Divish interview on 710 today:
— Mariner Muse (@MarinerMuse) November 12, 2024
Salk asked about Jerry Dipoto’s contract, and Divish indicated that the Mariners and Dipoto agreed to some sort of short-term extension in August about 1-2 weeks before Scott Servais was fired.
Now, we don't know the exact length of time that Dipoto was given, but it was certainly something that gave him the freedom and power to move on from Servais. The thought had been that both parties with free agents after the 2024 season and that both could be replaced after the season. Evidently, Dipoto was extended and given the control to make moves he felt were necessary. The team fired Servais and hired former M's catcher Dan Wilson as his replacement. Seattle still missed the playoffs by 1.0 game.
Dipoto has been with the Mariners since the 2016 season and has only produced one playoff berth. It's not for lack of trying though, as the M's have been one of the most active teams in baseball over his tenure.
Despite the playoff berth in 2022 and a number of other "near misses," the fanbase has grown tired of the underachieving. On a short-term deal, Dipoto likely has a sense of urgency to get things done this offseason, but the question will be if ownership green lights the kind of spending necessary to make those things happen.
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