Dipoto: Mariners Eyeing Bullpen Upgrades, At Least One Bat

With Jason Kanzler installed as the new skipper out in Seattle, the Mariners have one piece of offseason business checked off the list. There will still be a handful of coaching hires to sort out, but with the GM Meetings underway in Las Vegas, the focus will also turn to upgrading roster. President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto chatted with Teren Kowatsch of Mariners Roundtable following last week’s Kanzler introduction and gave a relatively candid assessment of his group’s targets.

“This year’s bullpen market is pretty appealing,” said Dipoto. “There’s a lot of guys out there we feel like could help us. We’ve already identified who they might be. Whether we can land them or not is a…