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- Updated: December 3, 2016
SEATTLE — The Mariners tendered contracts for 2017 to 32 players on their Major League roster on Friday, including seven arbitration-eligible players who would have otherwise become free agents.
The seven arbitration-eligibles are newly acquired shortstop Jean Segura, new first baseman Danny Valencia, center fielder Leonys Martin, lefty starter James Paxton, relievers Evan Scribner and Nick Vincent and catcher Jesus Sucre.
The Mariners had nine players already under contract, plus the seven arbitration-eligible players. The other 24 players on the 40-man roster haven’t accrued enough MLB service time yet to be eligible for arbitration, which means their contracts can be renewed at something close to the Major League minimum of $535,000 …
