Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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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.
