Analysis: What to expect from the Mariners at the 2018 MLB Winter Meetings

One of the most likely pieces the Mariners could move is right-hander Mike Leake, right, talking with GM Jerry Dipoto. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)The 2018 MLB Winter Meetings get under way Sunday in Las Vegas, but GM Jerry Dipoto didn't wait to get started. The Mariners have already made five major moves. That doesn't mean there aren't more to come.

LAS VEGAS — Could it happen again?

Ten years ago, the last time the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings were held in Las Vegas, the Mariners were part of one of the biggest trades in the history of the four-day festival of speculation, rumors and occasional meetings.

Then-general manager Jack Zduriencik, who had just been hired, was in the…