I think what we're seeing is Dipoto's uncompleted plan-which leaves him anxious. He's dropped us some clues. Gamel was always in the plan for LF, but Haniger and Vogelbach are not his Plan A. That's why we've seen such heavy links to Napoli and McCutchen and others for those positions. Segura probably doesn't fill the gap, but the market for outfielders may not be to his liking at the moment, and he's willing to take a risk because the cost of plan A outweighs the risk. Regarding the pitching-no mystery here. Here's a list of guys that have either been reported as available, been rumored to be on the block, or could otherwise make sense for the team trading them away and for the M's:
Robbie Ray, ARI
Patrick Corbin, ARI
Shelby Miller, ARI
Zach Greinke, ARI
Michael Pineda, NYY
Chris Archer, TBR
Drew Smyly, TBR
Jake Odorizzi, TBR
Alex Cobb, TBR
Jose Quintana, CHW
Zach Davies, MIL (Haven't heard anything about it, but MIL may listen as they rebuild)
Junior Guerra, MIL( Same as above)
Ervin Santana, MIN
Sonny Gray, OAK
Gio Gonzalez, WAS
Matt Shoemaker, LAA
Mike Leake, STL
Scott Kazmir, LAD
Danny Duffy, KCR
Ian Kennedy, KCR
Drew Pomeranz, BOS
Collin McHugh, HOU
Mike Fiers, HOU
Jerad Eickhoff, PHI (Not sure if he's available. Maybe for the right price.)
Anthony Desclafani, CIN
There's a "hit" in there somewhere, if not on this list, then elsewhere. This list just shows that there are options.