Kim Ng, Jerry DiPoto, Jack Zduriencik, Jerry LaCava

The Seattle Mariners are down to four candidates to become their new general manager, and Kim Ng remains in the running to become baseball's first female GM.

Ng, the assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers will get a second interview along with Milwaukee Brewers executive Jack Zduriencik, Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jerry DiPoto and Toronto Blue Jays assistant general manager Tony LaCava.

The 39-year-old Ng has had her job for seven seasons and was assistant to New York Yankees' GM Brian Cashman before that.

Seattle became the first major league team with a US$100 million player payroll to lose 100 games. The Mariners began the year expecting to win the American League West but finished 61-101, their most losses since 1983. 

DiPoto, 40, became the Diamondbacks' director of player personnel in August 2006. He was a scout in 2003 and '04 for the Boston Red Sox and was the director of player personnel for the Colorado Rockies in '05. The former relief pitcher played for three major league teams from 1993-00. 

LaCava, 47, had a scouting background with the Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos and Cleveland Indians before joining Toronto. 

The new general manager will have authority to hire Seattle's manager.