The busy Mariners offseason has continued with the signing of former Rays closer Fernando Rodney to a two-year contract for $14 million, according to Baseball Tonight, which is further reporting that he could earn another million with incentives.
Rodney has been among the premier game-enders in the sports since 2012 with 85 saves and 158 strikeouts in 141 1/3 innings.
He will almost assuredly serve in that role with the Mariners, who struggled to shut down opponents upon the collapse of closer Tom Wilhelmsen in the second half of the 2013 season. Young Danny Farquhar had been expected to assume the closer spot.