Because the Mariners are playing their first two regular-season games against Oakland in Japan, they will become the first major league franchise to hit the field for spring training. Pitchers and catchers report to the club's Peoria, AZ., complex Saturday, with position players arriving Friday.

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The Mariners, who have signed 17 players to minor league contracts, Monday signed a pair of veteran relievers to major league deals. RHP Shawn Camp and LHP Hong-Chih Kuo agreed to one-year deals. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Mariners designated  for assignment C Chris Gimenez and OF Mike Wilson.

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Two great things happened Wednesday for Kansas City designated hitter Billy Butler.

One was that he was able to visit the school at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and meet kids who were under treatment or whose siblings were being treated.

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The Mariners brought back infielder Carlos Guillen, 36,with a minor league contract Wednesday. Most recently with the Detroit Tigers, Guillen played for the Mariners from 1998-03.

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Hisashi Iwakuma had plenty of options.

Why Seattle? The 11-year veteran of the Japanese major leagues had a number of big league suitors this winter. He chose to wear a Mariners uniform a year after he couldn’t work out a deal with the Oakland Athletics.

Credit Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik and the dinner he had with Iwakuma in December.

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The Mariners have signed 37 year-old RHP Brian Sweeney, a career reliever, to a minor league deal, according to MLB.com. The Mariners have yet to announce the signing, which apparently does not include an automatic invitation to spring training.

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While it seems as if the Mariners did next to nothing this off-season to fix a team that lost 95 games, that's not the way to look at it.

They saved $214 million by not signing free agent Prince Fielder.

When is the last time you saved $214 million?

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By now, the dwindling knot of fans still caring about the Mariners has examined Jesus Montero nearly down to the colonoscopy and found the 22-year-old to be an exciting young hitting prospect.

Underscoring the judgment was none other than Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who told reporters in a New York teleconference Monday that Montero "may very well be the best player I’ve traded.”

BUT (there's always upper-case BUTs when talk turns to Mariners trades) can he catch?

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The Mariners completed their acquisition of catcher Jesus Montero and RHP Hector Noesi from the New York Yankees Monday, more than a week after the trade was first reported. In the swap, the Mariners sent RHP Michael Pineda and minor league RHP Jose Campos to the Bronx.

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The Mariners apparently will sign 15-year veteran Kevin Millwood to a minor league contract and invite the 37-year-old right-hander to spring training. When the Mariners officially announce the signing, expected this week, it will mark the 14th player the club has signed to a minor league contract this winter.

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