ARLINGTON, Texas — What the Mariners hoped to be just minor hamstring discomfort for shortstop J.P. Crawford now appears to be something closer to strain.
Kept out of Saturday’s starting lineup because of the tightness in his left hamstring, Crawford underwent a MRI and the results were concerning enough that he will fly back to Seattle immediately to have team doctors have examine him.
“J.P. is going to be down for a while,” manager Scott Servais said. “I don’t know how bad it is. They are going to talk about it. They want to run him through some more tests when he gets back there and see where he’s at.