SEATTLE (AP) — Bryan Woo could rejoin the Seattle Mariners' rotation sometime next week after an MRI on his right arm came back clean, general manager Justin Hollander said Wednesday. Woo was scratched ahead of his scheduled start on Tuesday due to discomfort in his right forearm. Woo did not throw his bullpen session this week and “didn’t feel great,” the day before his scheduled start.
Hollander said that with the MRI confirming there’s no major issues, Woo will resume his throwing program with an eye on being reinserted into the Mariners' rotation sometime next week during their road trip. “Brian is (a) really unique story. He just doesn’t have the volume that major league pitchers have usually established in their careers,” Hollander said.
“So we went and did an MRI to make sure that we weren’t missing anything. But we don’t anticipate a shutdown period.” Woo has been on a limited pitch count this year because of what manager Scott Servais called “arm stuff” after Woo’s start against the Los Angeles Angels on May 31.
Woo spent the first month of the season on the injured list with elbow inflammation. He returned on May 10 and went 3-0 with a 1.07 ERA in his first six starts.
Woo has just 121 1/3 innings at the major league level and 112 1/3 innings in the minors in his professional career. “He just hasn’t been through the things that typical starting pitchers have been through. He didn’t pitch a lot in college.
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