Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here. Previous entry: Anthony Varvaro.  Next up, Rob Johnson. The last pitcher! Sean White is one of manager Don Wakamatsu’s favorite arms in the Seattle Mariners bullpen.  Last season he used him 52 times through the end of August.  During that span, White was almost brought into every [...]

M’s sign Josh Bard and Chad Cordero to minor league deals with Spring Training invites Apparently the Seattle Mariners aren’t confident in Eliezer Alfonzo being their “veteran presence” behind the plate, and have brought in Bard.  I figure Cordero is being brought back as a courtesy more than anything.  He showed very little last season [...]

You may look at the Seattle Mariners roster and think that, for the most part, they’ve got their 2010 bullpen in place.  David Aardsma is coming off his best season in which he was one of the top closers in baseball, Mark Lowe continued to improve and Sean White resurfaced as a solid setup guy.  [...]