The Seattle Mariners learned on Monday that young starting pitcher Bryan Woo will begin the season on the injured list due to elbow discomfort. Fortunately, Seattle believes Woo will be able to throw again within the next ten days.
The Seattle Mariners received devastating news on Monday: rookie starting pitcher Bryan Woo will begin the season on the injured list due to elbow inflammation.
However, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times says that Woo has averted the worst-case scenario and may restart pitching soon.
Per Divish:
He didn’t feel great while warming up for his last bullpen and couldn’t get loose.
He underwent a MRI and it came back clean with no damage to the UCL repair.
Mariners GM Justin Hollander said this is similar to when Woo went on the IL last season.
With no structural damage, the hope is that Woo can get the inflammation out of the elbow in 7-10 days and resume throwing
Even though Woo’s MRI came back clean, it’s still troublesome to see this injury rear its head for the second consecutive season. Seattle traded away both Robbie Ray and Marco Gonzales this offseason and has built the roster on the strength of its pitching, so an immediate testing of that depth is not ideal.
Woo, 24, made his Major League debut last season and finished 4-5 with a 4.21 ERA. After Ray and Gonzales were injured, he was called up and pitched 87.2 innings, keeping Seattle in postseason contention until the final weekend of the regular season.
In his absence, the Mariners plan to add Emerson Hancock to the rotation. He will join Luis Castillo, George Kirby, and Logan Gilbert.
The Mariners kick off the season against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night at T-Mobile Park.
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