SEATTLE — Bryan Woo might rejoin the Seattle Mariners’ rotation someday subsequent week after an MRI on his proper arm got here again clear, basic supervisor Justin Hollander mentioned Wednesday.
Woo was scratched forward of his scheduled begin on Tuesday as a consequence of discomfort in his proper forearm. Woo didn’t throw his bullpen session this week and “did not really feel nice,” the day earlier than his scheduled begin.
Hollander mentioned that with the MRI confirming there is not any main points, Woo will resume his throwing program with a watch on being reinserted into the Mariners’ rotation someday subsequent week throughout their street journey.
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“Brian is [a] actually distinctive story. He simply would not have the quantity that main league pitchers have often established of their careers,” Hollander mentioned. “So we went and did an MRI to guarantee that we weren’t lacking something. However we do not anticipate a shutdown interval.”
Woo has been on a restricted pitch rely this yr due to what supervisor Scott Servais known as “arm stuff” after Woo’s begin towards the Los Angeles Angels on Might 31.
Woo spent the primary month of the season on the injured listing with elbow irritation. He returned on Might 10 and went 3-0 with a 1.07 ERA in his first six begins. Woo has simply 121⅓ innings on the main league stage and 112⅓ innings within the minors in his skilled profession.
“He simply hasn’t been by means of the issues that typical beginning pitchers have been by means of. He did not pitch rather a lot in school. He did not pitch rather a lot within the minor leagues,” Hollander mentioned. “For us, the No. 1 factor is he is wholesome. He is so good. He is so distinctive. We wish to be sure he is wholesome. Now that we have checked that field, it is about working … to construct a routine that works for him.”
Whereas Woo will seemingly be again subsequent week, nearer Andrés Muñoz ought to return someday this weekend after being slowed by some decrease again discomfort. Muñoz has pitched simply as soon as since June 4 and had an injection in his again earlier this week within the hope of relieving a few of his discomfort.
Servais mentioned he is aiming for Muñoz to doubtlessly be obtainable this weekend towards Texas.
Seattle can also be getting nearer to seeing first baseman Ty France and second baseman Jorge Polanco return. France is on the 10-day injured listing with a hairline fracture in his proper heel, whereas Polanco has been out with a hamstring damage.
France needs to be again quickly after his required time on the injured listing ends, Hollander mentioned, however will in all probability be coping with some stage of discomfort nonetheless within the heel. Polanco is more likely to be despatched out on a rehab project ought to he make it by means of some working exams this week.
