TORONTO — The return to health of the Mariners’ starting rotation won’t be happening in the near future. On Saturday morning, the team announced that Hisashi Iwakuma — the fourth starting pitcher of their projected to rotation to be placed on the disabled list — would be out four to six weeks with right shoulder inflammation.
Iwakuma was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Wednesday in Philadelphia after shoulder discomfort wouldn’t allow him to make his scheduled start on Thursday in Toronto. He returned to Seattle to undergo a MRI and others tests and meet with team orthopedist Dr.