NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings weren’t going to pass by without the Mariners making some sort of trade or signing or transactional move.
That’s not the way of general manager Jerry Dipoto and his almost obsessive need to better his ball club.
On late Wednesday night, Dipoto made his first and possibly his only trade of the three-and-half-day baseball circus.
The Mariners completed a minor deal, acquiring right-hander Chris Heston from the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. With the 40-man roster full, Seattle designated first baseman Richie Shaffer for assignment to make room for Heston.