12: RHP Dan Cortes and C Chris Gimenez were not offered 2012 contracts. Dec. 13: Signed 11 players to minor league contracts for the 2012 season, including OF Darren Ford, RHP Matt Fox, LHP Steve Garrison, RHP Jarrett Grube, LHP Sean Henn, RHP Josh...

Of interest is that we're right back to having Gimenez, Jaso, Miguel Olivo, Adam Moore and Guillermo Quiroz. If healthy, Jaso and Olivo are locks for the bigs. The Mariners seem to like Gimenez quite a bit. They just brought in Quiroz. It makes you...

Defensively, Gimenez threw out six of 20 basestealers and didn't have a passed ball in 152 innings behind the plate. His return gives the Mariners four catchers on their 40-man roster, joining Olivo, Adam Moore and newly acquired John Jaso. The club...

The Mariners have signed 30-year old righty swinging catcher Guillermo Quiroz to a minor league deal. Quiroz played in 76 games in AA-ball for the Padres last year and he was 60 for 250 (.240 avg, .684 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 5 homers and 44 RBIs. ...

Probably, and he'll get that shot, even if it's a slim shot. And if he doesn't make the Mariners' bullpen, he'll join the Rainiers and probably be their closer again. There are worse lives to live. There are people who work with bees. Guillermo Quiroz...