SEATTLE (AP) Coming off the team's first 90-win season since 2003, Seattle president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said Thursday the Mariners will spend this offseason trying to build on their unexpected playoff push.

The free agent market and the uncertainty around the collective bargaining agreement will determine how dramatic the spending is. But Dipoto said ownership has provided assurances he can be aggressive in improving the club.

"It's incumbent on us to go add where we can add, and improve where we can improve. And that's not lost on us," Dipoto said. "We'll visit every avenue to do that, whether it's the free agent market, it's the potential for trade. But we do have payroll flexibility and we're going to use it to go out and make the team better."