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    Hernandez out 4 to 6 weeks with strained lat

    SPNW StaffBy SPNW StaffMay 14, 20194 Comments2 Mins Read
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    Felix Hernandez has a strained lat. / Alan Chitlik, Sportspress Northwest

    After some solid starts in his final year as a Mariner, Felix Hernandez is nearly at a full stop. The former ace, 1-4 with a 6.52 ERA and now the club’s fifth starter, has a grade-one (lowest-level) lat strain and will miss four to six weeks, manager Scott Servais said Tuesday.

    It’s the same injury that in March shut down Hunter Strickland, the successor to Edwin Diaz as closer. Hunter has barely begun throwing.

    “It’s not quite as severe as what Hunter Strickland had, but it’s disappointing for (Hernandez),” Servais said.

    Saturday in Boston, Hernandez, 33, gave up seven earned runs in 2.1 innings, his worst outing of eighth the season. He said after the game there were no physical problems, but Sunday admitted to discomfort. The Mariners put him on the 10-day injured list ahead of the diagnosis.

    In his first five games, he had a 3.91 ERA, but in his last three he managed just 13.1 innings and a 11.48 ERA.

    Besides Hernandez and Strickland, the Mariners also have two other pitchers on the IL, No. 4 starter Wade LeBlanc (oblique) and reliever Gerson Bautista (pectoral). LeBlanc made a 59-pitch rehab start with AAA Tacoma in Las Vegas and may return this weekend for a series against Minnesota.

    In the first game of his rehab assignment with the Rainiers Tuesday, 3B Kyle Seager (hand surgery) went 1 for 4 with a double and a walk. Seager is expected to return May 25, when he is eligible to come off the 60-day IL.
     

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    <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="2243269 https://sportspressnw.wpengine.com/?p=2243269">4 Comments

    1. Alan Harrison on May 14, 2019 11:12 pm

      Hm. 4-5 weeks could easily turn into 60 days. I wonder if there’s a special designation for those who require 60 days of injury time that might allow for another player to come onto the 40 man roster, say a 3rd baseman who himself is currently on such a list. Hm.

      • Kevin Lynch on May 15, 2019 11:40 pm

        Exactly, Alan! I think this will be a 60 day deal just to help get Felix through this season. What’s done is done and the king is done.

    2. 1coolguy on May 14, 2019 11:35 pm

      Maybe this would not have happened if Felix didn’t sit on his ass the whole off season.
      Don’t you think for $27 MILLION the M’s should have hired a personal trainer to work out this stiff every day? Apparently they have no hindsight.
      Felix and the M’s: Dumb and Dumber.

    3. coug73 on May 15, 2019 6:59 am

      A man got’s to know his limitations. Next man up. Good luck Felix on your come back.

      M’s have a lot of money on the sidelines.

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