"One time Mariners reliever George Sherrill is on the verge of reuniting with the club nearly four years after going to Baltimore in the Erik Bedard trade.

The Mariners and Sherrill, who turns 35 in April, were said by a source to have reached an agreement in principle on a one-year, incentive-laden deal late Friday night. The deal was to have been finalized once Sherrill completes a physical and should be announced early this week.

Reports on Saturday said the deal was for $1.1 million guaranteed, but Sherrill had yet to leave for Seattle for his physical and final details of the contract were still being settled. The Mariners have said they are in need of a left-hander in the bullpen, something they've lacked in recent years in anything but a long-relief role."