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Yes...the Mariners have at least 16 roster spots filled next year for 1.8 mil or less per slot.  I'll walk through it once again:
Catchers:
Rob Johnson (400K)
Adam Moore (400K)
Infielders:
Jose Lopez (1.6M)
Jack Hannahan (400K - I'm assuming they stick with him)
Bill Hall (small amount of 8.6M)
Matt Tuiasosopo (400K)
Outfielders:
Dustin Ackley (1.5M - including prorates signing bonus)
Michael Saunders (500K) or Ryan Langerhans (700K arbitration estimate)
Franklin Gutierrez (1.5M arbitration estimate)
Starters:
Ryan Rowland-Smith (450K)
Brandon Morrow (400K)
Doug Fister (400K)
Swing Starters:
Luke French (400K)
Garrett Olson (500K)
Chris Jakubauskas (400K)
Relievers:
David Aardsma (1.2M arbitration estimate)
Mark Lowe (450K)
Shawn Kelley (400K)
Sean White (400K)
Robert Manuel (400K)
Josh Fields (400K)
Cesar Jimenez (400K)
etc etc etc
By my estimation we have:
C1, C2, 2B, 3B, LF, CF, RF, OF4, IF5, spare bat, 3 starting rotation slots and possibly a 4th, and the entire 7-man bullpen signed for free or darned cheap.  That's 20 out of 25 roster slots if we can dump Johjima off to Japan somehow.  SS is expensive, Felix is getting expensive, Silva is expensive and might get SP5 if he can do ANYTHING...otherwise he's just 12 million worth of fat and sitting at home, and 1B and DH will be filled by free agency with Carp an option if we want to save money to acquire someone like Dunn.