Ichiro Suzuki, who has been playing professional baseball since his Pacific League debut in Japan as an 18-year-old in 1992, could have a spot on the Seattle Mariners' Opening Day roster in March.
Per Greg Johns of MLB.com, M's general manager Jerry Dipoto said Thursday that "Ichi will be on our team when we go to Tokyo. He'll be an active player."
The 45-year-old Suzuki is a baseball legend who took the league by storm when he joined the Mariners in 2001. He won the American League's MVP and Rookie of the Year that season and proceeded to make the All-Star team every year through 2010.