There were a couple of years when I considered Raines the best player in the game. Man, could he play.
Dipoto couped the league on the Gordon thing. It was a great move, better than the Diaz conversion in my mind. But I would place the Segura/Haniger trade as his best move. It's actually Segura that makes that trade such a killer, in my mind. How many .300 hitting, good glove, 2-position All Star, MIF's do you find for $13M per? He still reminds me of a Clemente-lite at the plate.
I still like the Gamel get (a lot), too. And I believe the Dipoto thinks he found something very nice in Mike Ford. I do, too.
BTW, am I the only guy here who thinks that John Andreoli might challenge Heredia for the 4th OF spot? Heredia's .591 vR career OPS is pretty limiting (although he is interesting vs. LHP). He's kind of like Dyson, but with a wrong-way split. He's got a glove, I will give you that, but I see him as pretty expendable, considering the glovey guys we have in Tacoma. https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2018/2/21/17031188/meet-the-2018-mariners....