Mariners, GM Jerry Dipoto agree to multi-year contract extension

Believe it or not, not every button Jerry Dipoto has pushed has turned out in the Seattle Mariners favor since they brought him in as their general manager in September of 2015.

But it certainly seems that way.

Some of the trades that have earned him the moniker of “Trader Jerry” have culminated in most of their biggest contributors this season, from Dee Gordon, Jean Segura and Mitch Haniger, to Marco Gonzales, Mike Leake and Wade LeBlanc – just to name a few.

And on Friday afternoon the Mariners announced that they agreed to a multi-year contract extension that will keep Dipoto running the team’s baseball operations for at least a few more years. His contract was reportedly set to expire at…