Former first-round pick DeVante Parker will get another chance

Miami Dolphins he’s not a bust.The unlucky http://www.tampabaybuccaneersteamonline.com/matt-gay-jersey , underachieving receiver signed an incentive-laden, two-year deal Tuesday worth up to $13 million that replaces a $9.4 million fifth-year option on his original contract.The Dolphins had been expected to rescind the option for 2019 and let Parker become a free agent. But his agent, Jimmy Gould, said Parker loves Miami, wasn’t interested in testing the market, and is eager for a chance to blossom under new Dolphins coach Brian Flores.“It was always DeVante’s desire to remain in Miami, and especially with a chance to work with this new coaching staff,” Gould said. “It’s like a new start for him.”Last season Gould publicly questioned the competence of coach Adam Gase and complained about how Parker was used. Gase’s firing after the season opened the door for Parker’s return.The 14th player taken in the 2015 draft http://www.tennesseetitansteamonline.com/a.j.-brown-jersey , Parker has been plagued by injuries and has scored just nine touchdowns while making 31 starts in four seasons. Last year he had 24 catches for 309 yards and one score while missing five games because of finger and quadriceps issues.His new deal reflected the Dolphins’ thrifty approach to free agency as the market heats up. After missing the playoffs for the 15th time in 17 years, they have begun a reboot and youth movement under Flores and acknowledge it may take several seasons to build a winner.Rather than engage in a bidding war, they allowed Ja’Wuan James to depart this week to Denver, where he’s expected to sign a four-year, $51 million contract that makes him the highest-paid right tackle in the NFL.Miami also declined to overpay to keep last year’s leading rusher and receiver. Running back Frank Gore reached an agreement on a $2 million, one-year contract with the Bills, and receiver Danny Amendola accepted a $5.75 million, one-year offer from the Lions.The Dolphins did add tight end Dwayne Allen http://www.tennesseetitansteamonline.com/amani-hooker-jersey , who agreed to a $7 million, two-year contract. The Seattle Mariners signed general manager Jerry Dipoto to a multiyear contract extension on Friday, a reward for the club being on track to end the longest playoff drought in the four major professional sports in the U.S.

The agreement comes with the Mariners 24 games above .500, and striving to make the postseason for the first time since 2001.

”We’re obviously happy with the work he’s done so far and look forward to the next several years as well,” team president and CEO Kevin Mather said. ”We are having some success on the field, but when I said the work he has done so far, I’m referring to day one. We hired him Sept. 28, 2015 and he hasn’t stopped since the day he got here.”

Since the start of the 2016 season Taylor Rapp Jersey , Dipoto’s first full year, the Mariners have the eighth-best record in the majors at 220-192. Seattle’s 56-32 start through 88 games is tied for the second-best mark in franchise history. Only the 2001 team that tied the major league mark for most wins in a season with 116 victories surpassed the start of the 2018 Mariners.

”This is a no-brainer for me,” Dipoto said. ”I told you all when I got here that this was a dream job for me. It’s a great market in a city that is starved to win, with an opportunity to be creative.”

While there are still issues in the farm system, Dipoto has succeeded in making the major league product better. He has turned over a roster that had gotten old and added key younger pieces like Mitch Haniger, Jean Segura and Dee Gordon, who are major contributors in Seattle’s start to this season.

Dipoto also has locked up key parts of Seattle’s core for the next several seasons, either through club control through arbitration or long-term extensions. Seattle’s current starting rotation is under contract through the 2019 season and the only everyday player without club control beyond this season is designated hitter Nelson Cruz.

When Dipoto took over in 2015 Shareef Miller Jersey , the Mariners were looking for stability after a tough finish to Jack Zduriencik’s tenure with the club. Dipoto himself was trying to rebuild his own career after a less than amicable departure from the Los Angeles Angels amid conflict with manager Mike Scioscia.

Dipoto made numerous moves in his first year with Seattle, starting the roster churn that added more youth to the club. Seattle won 86 games in 2016 before backsliding to 78-84 last year amid numerous injuries to the pitching staff.

Seattle was thought to be a fringe playoff contender this year but is in the thick of the hunt nearing the All-Star break.

”My time here – the 2 1/2 years – has, I think, gone just as well as I hoped it could go, provided we finish strong,” Dipoto said.

”It takes a village to build a baseball organization, and we’ve got a pretty good village. This is a new day to move forward. The Mariners are playing very well. I’m thrilled for this group, but I’m more thrilled that this group has an opportunity to continue to do what they’re doing.”

With Dipoto locked up Germaine Pratt Jersey , the focus turns to manager Scott Servais, whose contract is up at the end of the 2018 season.

”Scott has been my partner for far longer than we’ve been here,” Dipoto said. ”Whether it be dreaming about what we wanted to create as a franchise, whether it be in player development and what we are doing in scouting, or now culminating with how to build a major league roster and how to guide it, I don’t envision a time where I’m doing my job without him doing his job.”

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