MLB News: Mariners Ink Arthur Rhodes to Minor League Contract

Rhodes made 276 appearances for Seattle from 2000-03, notching a 26-15 record with a 3.07 ERA.

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SEATTLE - Seattle Mariners executive vice president and general manager of baseball operations Bill Bavasi announced on Thursday that the Mariners have signed free agent left-handed pitcher Arthur Rhodes to a Minor League contract.

Rhodes also received an invitation to Major League camp with Seattle.

"Arthur Rhodes is coming to camp with a terrific opportunity to make this team," Bavasi said. "He is a veteran left-handed pitcher with a lot of late-inning experience who could possibly be a factor in the back end of our bullpen."

A native of Waco, Texas, who resides in Baltimore, Md., the 37-year-old Rhodes made his Major League debut in 1991 with the Orioles and spent his entire career in the American League prior to making 55 appearances with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006.

Rhodes has a career record of 75-60 with 30 saves and a 4.31 ERA in parts of 16 Major League seasons with Baltimore (1991-99), Seattle (2000-03), Oakland (2004), Cleveland (2005) and Philadelphia (2006).

Rhodes made 276 appearances for Seattle from 2000-03, notching a 26-15 record with a 3.07 ERA.

He made a combined 12 appearances for Seattle in the 2001 and 2002 postseasons.

Rhodes has a career record of 14-8 with six saves and a 3.27 ERA in 147 appearances at Safeco Field.

Rhodes tallied four saves and allowed 27 earned runs in 45 2/3 innings last year for Philadelphia.

He was 0-5, going 0-2 with a 3.81 ERA in 31 games on the road, 0-3, 7.32 in 24 appearances in Philadelphia.

Rhodes compiled a 3.47 ERA through his first 26 appearances.

He notched nine consecutive scoreless appearances from July 26th-Aug. 20th.

Rhodes didn't allow a home run until his 47th game of the season on Aug. 21st, snapping his 49-inning homerless streak dating back to 2005.

The Phillies were 37-18 in his 55 appearances.

He made his final appearance of the season on Sept. 9th at Florida, leaving the game with a strained left elbow.

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