Was general manager Jerry Dipoto too enthusiastic in leading the Mariners unsuccessful pursuit of Shohei Ohtani?
It’s appearing that an understated, Less Is More strategy might have been a more effective method of wooing the two-way Japanese star to Seattle than Dipoto’s determination to strike up the band.
“We want to sell the Seattle experience,” Dipoto said a few weeks ago. “What it means to the Japanese-American, our culture and how this organization has trended — and trended positively — when we have a star Japanese player. He’s talented. He’s gifted. He’s going to make some team a lot better.