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Mariners Sign Hong-Chih Kuo
TUESDAY: Kuo's $500K guarantee increases to $1MM on the active roster, and he can earn another $2.25MM in incentives, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
MONDAY: The Mariners signed lefty reliever Hong-Chih Kuo to a one-year, Major League contract, tweets Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times. Kuo has passed his physical, notes ESPN's Jayson Stark. The Mariners will have to create a spot on the 40-man roster for Kuo, who is represented by Octagon.
Kuo, 30, allowed an earned run per inning in a difficult 2011 season with the Dodgers. With a 1.96 ERA, 10.6 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, 0.37 HR/9, and 5.8 H/9 in 170 innings, Kuo had been one of the game's most dominant relievers over the three prior seasons when healthy. He had a DL stint for an anxiety disorder last season, and in October endured his fifth career elbow surgery.
Kuo, a native of Taiwan, will again team up with Mariners offseason acquisition George Sherrill. They'll presumably be setting up closer Brandon League.
After Kuo was non-tendered by the Dodgers in December, they continued to show interest, as did a few other unknown West Coast teams. As our free agent tracker shows, Mike Gonzalez and Arthur Rhodes are now the top available lefty relievers.
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