Mike Sweeney News

The old-guy market may not be so hot this offseason, so Gary Sheffield is making sure he's not one of the old guys shut out of the 2010 season.

Some interesting Mariners prospects have been added to the team's 40-man roster, including two players making noise this week.

Tomorrow is the start of the free-agency period, where the Mariners can window-shop for some of the bigger names from other teams.

Baseball's shopping season begins in earnest today when teams are allowed to negotiate with all 171 players who filed for free agency.

The Hot Stove portion of the baseball season is in full swing and the Mariners have several holes to fill before the start of Spring Training.

Ichiro, left, and Ken Griffey Jr. slap hands as teammates carry them off the field after the team's 4-3 win over Texas put the final touches on the Mariners' turnaround season.

Mark Lowe is living his dream as a major league relief pitcher, but that dream became something special this year when he played on the same team as his childhood idol, Ken Griffey Jr.

Adrian Beltre and Mike Sweeney were among the 79 players that didn't waste any time and filed for free agency today on the first day they could do so.

The end of the World Series means the start of a new "season" for seven Mariners.

UPDATE 4:07 P.M.: The union just released the list of players that filed for free agency today.

Free agent Matsui says he might like to join his pal Ichiro in Seattle next year.

Ken Griffey Jr. made $3.5 million last season with Seattle while batting .214 with 19 homers.

For the past three years, Mariners reliever Mark Lowe was an interested spectator at the annual Hutch Award luncheon held at Safeco Field.

What David Aardsma loved most about the Seattle Mariners of 2009 was the hope they carried into 2010.

SOMETIMES acceptance is found in the strangest places, at the oddest times. So, sure, Raul Ibanez noticed when the paying customers at Citizens Bank Park began chanting Rauuuul earlier in the year and how loudly they cheered when he hit that walkoff homer against the Padres in April.

Credit GM Jack Zduriencik with bringing in players who realize it takes togetherness - along with talent - to achieve a common goal.

Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. is carried around the field by Ryan Langerhans and Matt Tuiasosopo after the Mariners' 4-3 win over the Rangers.

If this truly is the end for Ken Griffey Jr., the standing ovations were appropriate, the curtain calls necessary.

Zach Greinke likely gets the memento, but Felix Hernandez got the moment. A day after Greinke, the Kansas City ace and Cy Young Award favorite, finished his season by working six difficult innings for a Royals team forced to serve as a doormat for the hard-charging Twins in Minnesota, Hernandez occupied a prominent place in the sun at Safeco Field.

The Mariners took a victory lap around their stadium following their season finale.