Dipoto Accepts Seattle GM Job

[m0nkey]

hHow many of us will be gone by 2017

[ten ocho recon scout]

teenage girls bet avatars.

Men bet cash.

$2500

theres a jared from subway joke in there somewhere

[ten ocho recon scout]

Jared?

dammit!

[ten ocho recon scout]

Hollywood's straigt flexin' with this bet.

MOTHER GOOSE YOU P*SSY!

[Docwaukee]

At the time that Jerry quit, my initial instinct was to be really pissed off at him.  To bail out mid season from a team in the playoff hunt just before the trade deadline would either make him a complete jerk or alternatively, it would mean the situation was horribly toxic.  I wanted to believe some of this was on Jerry and that the front office situation didn't suit him yet wasn't really that bad.  

 

A guy that walks away from his team like that would surely not be considered to ever be a GM or anywhere near a front office right?  

 

So to me, this just confirms that the dynamic Arte created was a mess and incompatible with maintaining an appropriate GM/manager relationship.   It remains to be seen whether the more unconventional setup will work out.  

 

While I still don't blame Jerry for deciding to exit from a toxic situation, it still takes two to tango.  But the industry didn't punish him for it so good for him.  

 

He not stepping into a low pressure situation in Seattle.   They have over 70mil committed through 2019 and Cruz is signed through 2018 (84mil committed).  So they have created a window that they are going to want to take advantage of and my guess is that they aren't going to want to spend a ton more money.  They have some interesting prospects, but their depth is considered pretty poor and their top guys really struggled this year.   I imagine they think they should be competitive next year.  I actually feel like their offense has more parts than their pitching staff.  

[Sciosciapath]

Dipoto would've been better off with a younger, lower payroll team like the Rockies.

The Mariners have too many deep rooted problems like a high payroll, poor player development, etc...

I'm guessing he'll pack up his office a lot sooner this time around.

How would Dipoto be able to sign former Rockies rejects if he worked for the Rockies? Does not compute

[Guest]

How would Dipoto be able to sign former Rockies rejects if he worked for the Rockies? Does not compute

His strategy would change to getting Arte Moreno to pay Angels rejects to play for the Rockies.

[Guest]

How would Dipoto be able to sign former Rockies rejects if he worked for the Rockies? Does not compute

He'd sign former Diamondback rejects and get fleeced by the Cardinals. If that fails, he can always go back to the well and sign a Sugarland Skeeter.

 

Dipoto doesn't mess around. He'll assemble a team filled with Josh Walls and Yoslan Herrerras to crush the Angels and shame Mike Scioscia.

[halomatt]

Well played halomatt. Well played indeed.

Edit: Actually that's Slider.

Fail.

Damn.  Oh well, best intentions and all.  

[disarcina]

ah, I don't join the DiPoto haters group --

 

I wish him well, -- OK - not that well because he's gone to a Division rival and will use his knowledge of the Halos organization and what he learned about the rest of the AL West against us - but I never dis-liked DiPoto -- I think he got the Halos GM job in a situation that was doomed from the start -- Scioscia calls the shots, not the GM.

 

Scioscia still will with the next GM as well, regardless of what is said publicly about the issue.

 

Oh well, Good for DiPoto.

[Lou]

I was right

teenage girl it is

[Chuck]

I've made my opinions known on Dipoto already so I do not wish to discuss this topic any further.

[Ohtaniland]

I've made my opinions known on Dipoto already so I do not wish to discuss this topic any further.

 

 

We understand Chuck. Lol

[NrM]

read through the first few pages.. bunch of nonsense gibberish.. click to see 11 pages.. yeah I'm not reading anymore.

 

The Mariners and Angels are pretty similar, except the Angels have Mike Trout.

Mariners are kind of ****ed tbh.

 

Also pretty damn unusual for Cruz to have by far his best season at the age of 34(now 35). Just waiting for his suspension any day now.

Edited September 30, 2015 by Poozy

[seenoevil]

To the Jerry haters saying he will never find a GM job again. 

 

 

Oh well he's a GM a few months later after he left lol

 

You can't touch this!

 

 

[Lou]

1. Who are all these people who said he would never get another job?

 

2. That was the ghey

[Chuck]

To the Jerry haters saying he will never find a GM job again.

Oh well he's a GM a few months later after he left lol

You can't touch this!

Jerry Dipoto snapped the Mariners 6 game losing streak today. He's off to a good start.

[Inside Pitch]

Jerry Dipoto snapped the Mariners 6 game losing streak today. He's off to a good start.

 

 

Technically ...  didn't a guy he released (OMalley) drive in a guy he traded away (Trumbo) to win the game?  Either way..  it's funny.

 

Is it too early to see if he wants to be reunited with CJ Wilson?

 

[angelinkc]

If I was chuck and got a good offer, I would have a king Felix jersey tomorrow. Cool to be a fan but my team loyalty Can be bought.