The Mariners signed 10 minor league free agents on Tuesday, including former major leaguers Jesse Foppert, Rey Ordonez and Tony Torcato.

Foppert pitched with San Francisco from 2003-05 and was traded to the Mariners as part of the Randy Winn trade. Ordonez played shortstop with the Mets (1996-2002), Devil Rays (2003) and Cubs (2004); and Torcato spent time as an outfielder with the Giants (2002-2005).

Foppert, who was injured most of last season, was one of four players signed who had played in the Seattle system in 2006. The others: Cibney Bello, Renee Cortez and Jared Eichelberger.

The Triple-A free agents: Cortez, RHP; Jesse Foppert, RHP; Ordonez, INF; Torcato, OF and Brant Ust, INF.

The Double-A free agent: Bello, RHP.

The Single-A free agents: Josh Kite, LHP and Michael Wagner, RHP to Wisconsin; Eichelberger, RHP, to Everett.

Daren Brown, who managed the Seattle Mariners’ Double-A team in 2006, was named the Tacoma Rainiers manager on Monday.

Brown, 39, led the San Antonio Missions to a 60-78 record. He has managed in the Mariners system for six years and spent three years managing in an independent league. His lifetime record is 551-427.

Brown, whose teams have qualified for the postseason four times, becomes the 26th manager in Tacoma history and the fifth manager since Tacoma became the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate in 1995. He replaces Dave Brundage, who was fired after the season after one season.

Brown began his professional career as a pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He reached the Double-A level in 1992 and 1993 before becoming a player/coach for the Amarillo Dillas in the independent Texas-Louisiana League in 1994. In addition to being the Dillas’ pitching coach from 1994-1997, Brown was named the league’s Most Valuable Pitcher three times (1995, 1997-98). He compiled a 60-24 record for the Dillas.

Brown’s father, Paul, pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1961-1963 and 1967.

Former Tacoma Rainiers manager Dave Brundage, who was fired by the Seattle Mariners last month, was hired to be the Atlanta Braves' manager at Triple-A Richmond.

Brundage, 42, becomes the 26th manager in Richmond’s franchise history. Brundage spent 12 seasons in the Seattle Mariners player development system, nine as a manager. His overall minor league managerial record is 653-605 (.519).

Brundage spent one season managing the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League. The Rainers were 74-70 in 2006, finishing second in their division.

Brundage came to Tacoma following a very successful tenure at Double-A San Antonio. In five seasons at San Antonio he guided the Missions to the playoffs four times and won back-to-back Texas League championships in 2002 and 2003. In 2003, Brundage was named the Texas League Manager of the Year and Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America. The Missions sported the second-highest winning (88-51, .633) percentage in all of minor league baseball in 2003, highlighted by an 18-game winning streak, the longest in the minors that season.

Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki today won his sixth consecutive American League Gold Glove Award.

Ichiro, 33, has won a Gold Glove in each of his first six Major League seasons. He finished fifth in the American League (min: 140 games) with a .992 fielding percentage, making just three errors in 376 chances this season (364 putouts), playing both right field (121 games, 120 starts) and center field (39 games, 38 starts). Ichiro ranked tied for 11th in the American League with nine outfield assists.

Over 938 games since 2001, Ichiro's .994 fielding percentage is the highest among Major League outfielders who have played in more than 450 games. He has made 14 errors in 2,195 career chances with 59 outfield assists. Ichiro won seven consecutive Gold Glove Awards while playing for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan.

Today's announcement extends the streak of a Mariner winning a Gold Glove to 20 consecutive seasons, the longest current streak in the Majors. Atlanta and Texas hold the next longest streaks at 15 years. Seattle's streak dates back to 1987, when pitcher Mark Langston became the first Mariner ever to win a Gold Glove.

The Rawlings Gold Glove Award is presented annually to 18 players, one for each position, in both the American and National Leagues. Winners are chosen by Major League managers and coaches.

The AL Gold Glove team:

Kenny Rogers, Detroit Pitcher
Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit Catcher
Mark Teixeira, Texas First Base
Mark Grudzielanek, Kansas City Second Base
Eric Chavez, Oakland Third Base
Derek Jeter, New York Shortstop
Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Outfield
Torii Hunter, Minnesota Outfield
Vernon Wells, Toronto Outfield