Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto announced tonight the Mariners have re-signed right-handed pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma to a 2016 contract with vesting options for 2017 and 2018.
“We said from the start that Kuma was a priority for us,” Dipoto said. “Obviously, the developments from the last few days allowed us to get back in the game. It’s a credit to our ownership; to Howard Lincoln, to Kevin Mather, to our entire ownership group that we were able to get aggressive and find a way to bring Kuma back to the Mariners.