SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners have signed general manager Jerry Dipoto to a multiyear contract extension, a reward for the club being on track to end the longest playoff drought in the four major professional sports in the U.S.
The agreement comes with the Mariners 24 games above .500, and striving to make the postseason for the first time since 2001.
"We're obviously happy with the work he's done so far and look forward to the next several years as well,'' team president and CEO Kevin Mather said. ``We are having some success on the field, but when I said the work he has done so far, I'm referring to day one.