Laurila: Jerry Dipoto on the Mariners’ new direction
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on November 12, 2015:
Jerry Dipoto has a plan. Importantly, he also has the autonomy to implement it. Free from the shackles of Anaheim, he’s now able to do his own thing, with his own people, in Seattle. That’s good news for Mariners’ fans.
Dipoto is doing more than simply replacing Jack Zduriencik as Seattle’s general manager. He’s enacting philosophical change. The erstwhile Angels GM is a former player with a scouting background, but he’s also one of the most analytically inclined front office executives in the game. The Mariners will be many things under Dipoto’s leadership; backwards isn’t one of them.
Dipoto shared his vision for the team during this week’s GM meetings in Boca Raton.
Read the full article here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jerry-dipoto-on-the-mariners-new-direction/
Originally published: November 13, 2015. Last Updated: November 13, 2015.