The Seattle Mariners' offseason wishlist includes adding a left-handed power reliever.

Jerry Dipoto is looking for "a legit late-inning presence."

Adding a reliever would give the Mariners another option in the late innings and the chance to use a pitcher for more than an inning.

"In a way," Dipoto said, "this is a return to the way that it used to be. It wasn’t until the eighties that teams began to save their best reliever for the end of the game."


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