`Complicated`: GM discusses optioning Heredia
(MLB.com Seattle Mariners)

Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto understands the negative reaction from many fans to sending outfielder Guillermo Heredia down to Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday and instead keeping aging veteran Ichiro Suzuki on the roster. But Dipoto said keeping Ichiro at this point isn`t about public relations, rather managing the 25-man roster as best as possible through some tricky scenarios.