Mike Zunino hoped to play on Saturday. That won’t happen. And he won’t play on next Saturday either.
What was first hoped to be a minor issue in his side is now a trip to disabled list. The Mariners announced they had placed their starting catcher on the 10-day disabled list on Friday afternoon with a left oblique and recalled catcher David Freitas from Class AAA Tacoma.
The move is retroactive to March 27 since he didn’t play in Thursday night’s season opener at Safeco Field.
Zunino first felt the discomfort in the final swing of his batting practice of the Mariners’ workout on Wednesday.