After stints with the Orioles, Dodgers and Braves, left-handed reliever George Sherrill, an All-Star in 2008, returns to the Seattle Mariners.
The last time he was with the Seattle Mariners, George Sherrill remembers reading the trade rumors.
Mariners players stretch before drills Sunday as Seattle opened spring training workouts for pitchers and catchers in Peoria, Ariz.
Until Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers open their spring camp, the biggest story in the Cactus League for the Japanese media is Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma.
PEORIA, Ariz. – It’s not that there’s less of Justin Smoak this spring, it’s that what’s there is put together differently.
Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, right, from Japan, greets pitching coach Carl Willis during baseball spring training Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
PEORIA, Ariz. Carl Willis has never had more pitchers in a spring camp than this year, when the Seattle Mariners take a look at 35 of them in 39 days before flying to Japan.
The Seattle Mariners open spring training for the 2012 season when pitchers and catchers report to the team’s facility in Peoria, Ariz., today. Here are some of the bigger issues facing the team.
Just because the Mariners aren’t supposed to contend for a playoff berth in 2012 doesn’t mean it’ll be a free-pass summer for general manager Jack Zduriencik.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez will fly nearly 12,000 miles and start an exhibition game in between his first two regular-season starts in 2012.
When the Seattle Mariners open spring training to pitchers and catchers on Sunday they’ll have 35 pitchers to look at – and 39 days in which to do it.
The Seattle Mariners added a pair of veteran relievers to their roster Monday, signing left-hander Hong-Chih Kuo and right-hander Shawn Camp – and designated outfielder Mike Wilson and catcher Chris Gimenez for assignment.
The Seattle Mariners have signed relief pitchers Shawn Camp and Hong-Chih Kuo to one-year contracts.
Reaching back for a player they first acquired in 1998, the Seattle Mariners signed free agent infielder Carlos Guillen to a minor league contract Wednesday and invited him to spring training.
The Seattle Mariners signed infielder Carlos Guillen to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training Wednesday.
The Seattle Mariners agreed to trade right-hander Michael Pineda to the New York Yankees for catcher Jesus Montero on Friday, a swap involving two young stars under the age of 23.
