Mariners have resources to make moves after 88-win season but it might not be in free agency

SEATTLE — Jerry Dipoto heard the concerns coming out of the Seattle Mariners’ clubhouse after the team was eliminated from playoff contention on the final weekend of the regular season.And while he acknowledged the comments made by Cal Raleigh, J.P. Crawford and others, the president of baseball operations for the Mariners doesn’t necessarily believe going out and signing high-profile free agents is the answer to make Seattle better than the other clubs in the AL West.“I don’t know that the solutions to our problems are big-name players. I’m not sure that we have big problems,” Dipoto said Tuesday, two days after the Mariners wrapped up an 88-win season that left Seattle two games shy of a playoff spot. “Would I like to have big-name players? Sure, I think we all would.”The conclusion to the Mariners’ season was a messy finish filled with missed opportunities and boiled-over frustration that emerged in the final days after the team fell short of a second straight trip to the postseason.Seattle went 12-17 over its final 29 games and 7-9 over its last 16 games, 13 of those against playoff teams. The Mariners were eliminated last Saturday, while Texas celebrated clinching its playoff spot in
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