http://www.marinerlocker.com Seattle Mariners Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mariners have signed 36-year old switch-hitting 3B/2B/DH Carlos Guillen to a minor league deal. Guillen played in 28 games for the Tigers last year and he was 22 for 95 (.232 avg, .633 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 3 homers, 13 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Guillen ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/02/02/the-seattle-mariners-sign-carlos-guillen/ The Seattle Mariners are going to have a lot of competition for rotation spots behind Felix Hernandez and Jason Vargas this spring. The Mariners have a motley crew ready to compete for jobs in the starting rotation as they have a guy from Japan, some veterans trying to get ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/31/the-seattle-mariners-are-going-to-have-a-lot-of-competition-for-rotation-spots-in-2012/ The Mariners have signed 37-year old righty reliever Brian Sweeney to a minor league deal. He pitched in 33 games (9 starts) in AAA and Independent ball last year and he was 6-5 with 1 save, a 4.21 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP. He last pitched in the ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/27/the-seattle-mariners-sign-brian-sweeney/ Major League Baseball has suspended 25-year old righty reliever/starter Chaz Roe for the first 50 games of the 2012 season due to a positive test for amphetamines. Roe pitched in 33 games (10 starts) in AAA-ball for the Mariners last year and he was 0-7 with 2 saves, a ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/26/the-seattle-mariners-lose-chaz-roe-for-the-first-50-games-of-the-2012-season/ The Mariners have signed 30-year old lefty starting pitcher Oliver Perez to a minor league deal. Perez pitched in 16 games (15 starts) in AA-ball last year and he was 3-5 with a 3.09 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. Perez last pitched in the majors back in 2010 ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/24/the-seattle-mariners-sign-oliver-perez/ The Mariners have signed 37-year old righty starting pitcher Kevin Millwood to a minor league deal. Millwood pitched in 9 games (all starts) for the Rockies last year and he was 4-3 with a 3.98 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP. He has now pitched in 423 games (415 ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/23/the-seattle-mariners-ink-kevin-millwood/ The Mariners have added more pitching than hitting this winter, so they still have some work to do before the 2012 season begins. They have went the trade route and to Japan (for free agents) to try to improve the teams so far this winter. Here is a ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/15/the-seattle-mariners-still-have-some-work-to-do-this-winter/ The Seattle Mariners have acquired 22-year old righty swinging C/DH Jesus Montero and 24-year old righty reliever/starter Hector Noesi from the Yankees for 22-year old righty starting pitcher Michael Pineda and 19-year old righty starting pitcher Jose Campos. Jesus Montero came into the 2011 season as the Yankees' #1 ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/14/the-seattle-mariners-acquire-jesus-montero-from-the-yankees/ The Mariners have signed 33-year old righty reliever Aaron Heilman to a minor league deal. Heilman pitched in 32 games (0 starts) for the Diamondbacks last year and he was 4-1 with a 6.88 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP. He has now pitched in 477 games (25 starts) ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/10/the-seattle-mariners-sign-aaron-heilman/ The Mariners have signed 30-year old righty starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma to a 1-year, $1.5 million dollar deal with a possible extra $3.4 million bucks in incentives. Iwakuma pitched in 17 games (all starts) last year for Rakuten in Japan and he was 6-7 with a 2.42 ERA and ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2012/01/05/the-seattle-mariners-sign-hisashi-iwakuma/