Bucky Jacobsen, who will spend the spring working his way back from knee surgery, isn’t guaranteed a spot on the Seattle bench.
''He just started running, and you want to be careful with him,’' GM Bill Bavasi said. ''You’d like to go wire to wire without injuries, but you don’t, so you need depth in the majors or minors.’' If Jacobsen shows he’s healthy and still doesn’t make the team, it will only be because the Mariners refuse to eat Scott Spiezio’s contract. Jacobsen needs to be the club’s designated hitter against left-handed pitchers.
