Folk-Hero Dae-Ho Lee Is Grateful For His Time With Mariners

When GM Jerry Dipoto initially brought Lee to Seattle on a minor league deal, he had this to say:

“Dae-Ho gives us another potential right-handed power bat in the first-base competition,” Dipoto said. “He has performed at a very high level of production in both Korea and Japan, and we are excited to see how that translates to our team.”

Dipoto nailed it on the head. Lee had been a great talent over the decade and a half he played between the Nippon Professional Baseball League and the Korean Baseball Organization.