Here’s how bad it’s getting for the Mariners regarding their injury-depleted rotation: First baseman Danny Valencia didn’t start Saturday because of a hand injury, which could have a domino effect that reaches the rotation.
Manager Scott Servais said Valencia suffered the injury Friday on a slide at third base on a triple in the second inning. The injury is believed to minor — Valencia played all 10 innings in Friday’s loss — but he wasn’t in Saturday’s lineup.
The Mariners compensated by shifting utilityman Taylor Motter from second base, where he had been filling in for injured Robinson Cano, to first base.