Kyle Seager News

SEATTLE _ A reported 10-year, $240 million deal between the Mariners and free agent Robinson Cano marks a stunning about-face for a franchise that for years kept overall payroll below past levels.

The hot corner has its share of superstars amongst baseball players - Miguel Cabrera , Evan Longoria , David Wright , Adrian Beltre , and Alex Rodriguez .

The Mariners are trying to make a game of it in the Robinson Cano Derby, and if they want the All-Star second baseman, they know they're going to have to go way, way above the Yankees ' $175-million or so bid.

The Mariners are a positive physical away from bringing Willie Bloomquist back to the Northwest: Didn't see this one coming, but it makes sense.

The season is several months away, but rosters are starting to take shape with winter meetings warming up and contracts being signed.

Willie Bloomquist is signing with the Mariners on a two-year deal for somewhere between $5-6 million.

September 22, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; Seattle Mariners first baseman JustinSmoak is congratulated by third baseman Kyle Seager after hitting a two run home run in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

Lowdown: Seager might be the best third baseman you've never heard of, thanks mostly to an especially deep class of third baseman in the American League in 2013.

After a solid 2012 season Kyle Seager of the Mariners was a solid target on draft day, even if he didn't have the cache of some of the bigger names in the game.

The Mariners know they must add offense and can't be too picky. Still, they strongly prefer to obtain righty heft.

Lloyd McClendon was hired as manager of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday, taking over a rebuilding job that Eric Wedge walked away from.

When the Mariners announced that Tigers ' hitting coach Lloyd McClendon would be taking over the giant Eric Wedge-sized hole in our hearts on Tuesday, reaction around the M's blogosphere was notably varied.

New Seattle Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon spent his childhood in Gary, Ind., birthplace of the fictional Harold Hill, the Music Man, and Michael Jackson, the music man so gifted he became known as the "King of Pop."