This week, Seattle Mariners followers received some actually unhealthy harm information.
On Monday, it was revealed that right-hander Bryan Woo will open the 12 months on the injured record with proper elbow irritation.
Meaning, in a best-case situation, that he’ll miss a minimum of a few weeks of motion.
Media and followers alike are already fearful about shedding a beneficial member of their rotation.
“That didn’t take lengthy. Mariners dip into their beginning depth as Bryan Woo will begin the season on the IL with proper elbow irritation. Identical state of affairs as final 12 months when he spent 18 days on the IL. Emerson Hancock will take his place within the rotation,” Shannon Drayer tweeted.
That did not take lengthy. Mariners dip into their beginning depth as Bryan Woo will begin the season on the IL with proper elbow inflammtion. Identical state of affairs as final 12 months when he spent 18 days on the IL. Emerson Hancock will take his place within the rotation.
The truth that the staff (on this case, basic supervisor Justin Hollander) has acknowledged it’s similar to final 12 months’s harm (the one which knocked Woo out of motion for 18 days) is considerably encouraging.
Nonetheless, elbow irritation must be handled with excessive warning.
The excellent news is that there isn’t any structural harm to Woo’s elbow.
Within the meantime, Emerson Hancock will take Woo’s place on the workers.
Hancock made his MLB debut in 2023 however wasn’t superb, with a 4.50 ERA in 12 innings of labor.
He’s a former first-round decide from the 2020 MLB Draft and has an important pedigree, though some folks assume his stuff has regressed since these days.
In any case, the Mariners are hoping Woo could make a clean restoration and return to the rotation pretty quickly.
If they will grasp with the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, they want him wholesome.