They have been arguably the worst Big 4 North American sports franchise since their inception in the 70s. You just can't make this trade. It's similar to the White Sox' White Flag trade optically.
Sounds like the clubhouse is shell shocked and the Mariners are getting ass whooped by the Stros tonight. They aren't a good team, they have a -49 differential and one of the worst offenses in MLB -- but you just can't make this trade.
The long time critique of Dipoto is that he's basically just a tinkerer with no real vision. You can say what you want about how Hahn operates but you have to agree that when given the chance he was able to execute his vision for a contending WS roster over a 4-6 year time frame. What vision does Dipoto have other than sorta making these incremental moves season after season where the Mariners remain locked in a very White Sox esque 75-84 win pattern with no real chance via the farm to get over the hump to being an actual good team that can win 95 games and a WS?
There's just no there there for the Ms.