February 6, 2012
Camp finds home in Seattle
By Reuters

Reliever Shawn Camp pitches against the Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Tex., April 26, 2011. (MIKE STONE/Reuters)

The Seattle Mariners have signed free-agent relievers Kuo Hong-chih and Shawn Camp to one-year contracts in a move to bolster their bullpen, the team said on Monday.

Financial terms were not released.

Kuo, who in 2010 became the first Taiwanese to make a MLB All-Star team, went 1-2 had a 9.00 earned run average in 40 games last season while hampered by elbow and anxiety problems.

The left-hander, 30, had spent his entire seven-year Major League career with the Dodgers before being released in the off-season.

Camp, 36, appeared in a team-high 67 games for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011, posting a 6-3 record and 4.21 earned run average.



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