SEATTLE – The injuries to catcher Cal Raleigh and utilityman Brendan Donovan are the biggest ailments the Seattle Mariners are dealing with right now, but there are a few other players also on the mend.
Mariners general manager Justin Hollander on Friday shared updates on Raleigh, Donovan and more before the start of the club’s six-game homestand.
Mariners GM updates Cal Raleigh, Brendan Donovan injuries
You can read about Raleigh and Donovan here. Below is the latest on the Mariners’ other injured players, plus updates on a pair of prospects in the minors.
• Right-handed reliever Carlos Vargas (right lat strain) was set to have another MRI on Friday as “sort of a final check the box” before ramping back up on a throwing program. The team will have a better idea of the plan for Vargas moving forward once it receives the imaging results.
Vargas, who posted a 3.97 ERA over 77 innings in 70 appearances last season, last pitched in a game during spring training on March 23.
• Utilityman Miles Mastrobuoni (left calf injury) began a rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League on Monday and joined Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. He was X for X at the plate in three rehab games entering Saturday, which includes hitting a solo home run in his first game with Tacoma.
Mastrobuoni began the season on the injured list with a right calf strain suffered while playing for Team Italy during the World Baseball Classic. After beginning a rehab assignment with Tacoma in April, he injured the left calf.
• Infielder Will Wilson (left thumb fracture) is doing well in Arizona and could begin a rehab assignment next week. Wilson went 1 for 5 at the plate in two games with the M’s in late April, which included hitting his first big league home run. He’s been out since April 30.
• Minor league infielder Brock Rodden, who was placed on the 7-day injured list by Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday, is dealing with a hamstring strain, but it’s not viewed as a serious one.
“It’s not significant in that like it’s not like Grade 2 or Grade 3. I would imagine right now it’s something like that 7-to-14 day range. It’s not a six week (injury) or anything like that,” Hollander said.
The 26-year-old Rodden is ranked as the No. 18 prospect in the Mariners’ farm system by MLB Pipeline. In 51 games with the Rainiers this season, he’s produced a .263/.321/.439 slash line with a .760 OPS, seven homers and 14 doubles.
• Minor league left fielder/second baseman Michael Arroyo returned to the lineup for Double-A Arkansas on Tuesday after a brief stint on the injured list with a hamstring issue. In 38 games this season, Arroyo is slashing .253/.321/.393 with a .714 OPS, five homers and six doubles. The 21 year old is the Mariners’ fifth-ranked prospect and No. 48 in all of baseball, per MLB Pipeline.
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