After four years on the job, including an incredible 116-win season but without any pennants, Pat Gillick resigned today as GM of the Seattle Mariners. He'll remain with the M's as a "consultant," however, and I'd be surprised if he took another GM position at his age. His Seattle tenure probably helped him erase the bad taste from his time in Baltimore, and IMO helped secure his credentials as a worthy Hall of Fame inductee. He served the franchise well, staying competitive without mortgaging the future; a few less injuries to his young pitchers, or maybe picking up Shannon Stewart down the stretch one year, and it all might have played out differently.
So who takes the reins in Seattle? If I were Billy Beane, I'd be checking the fax machine outside Paul DePodesta's office right now.
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