Parque To Join Mariners

Lefty Jim Parque has not pitched in a major league game since 2003. That could change, since he agreed Friday to a minor league contract with Seattle and will be at the Mariners' spring training camp later this month.

The 31-year-old Parque, who has a career record of 31-34, quit the game while rehabbing a torn labrum in his left shoulder, halting a seven-year career spent mostly as a Chicago White Sox starter before a stint with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2003.

If he makes it back to the big leagues, he would get a $450,000, one-year contract with a chance to earn more in performance bonuses.

[Seattle Post]