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SEATTLE — Junior's back in Seattle, one more time.
Ken Griffey Jr. will return for a 22nd major league season, as he has agreed to a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners.
First baseman Russell Branyan, whose breakthrough season ended in a breakdown, has declined a one-year offer to stay with the Seattle Mariners.
Becoming the first major league player to win Gold Gloves in each of his first nine seasons, Ichiro Suzuki was awarded No. 9 Tuesday – and he now could give one to every position player on his team.
For a team that won 85 games and believes it can contend in 2010, the Seattle Mariners have as many holes to fill as any team in baseball – uncertainties at third base, left field and catcher, for starters.
The Seattle Mariners claimed right-handed pitcher Yusmeiro Petit off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.
The Seattle Mariners have claimed pitcher Yusmeiro Petit off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Mike Brumley, a former utilityman who has spent the last 12 years as a minor-league coach, manager and instructor, has been hired by the Seattle Mariners as a third-base coach.
Former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima agreed to join the Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Central League.
Ken Griffey Jr., whose return to the Seattle Mariners included battles with a painful left knee last season, has undergone surgery to remove a bone spur.