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Seattle Mariners' Injury Updates on Raleigh, Moore, Munoz and Murfee

The Mariners catcher appears OK after getting an MRI on his neck on the M's super-utility player could be back by the end of a 10-game homestand.

Brady Farkas

Seattle Mariners' Injury Updates on Raleigh, Moore, Munoz and Murfee
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The Seattle Mariners, off to a frustrating 22-24 start to the season, got some good injury news on multiple fronts on Monday.

Jen Mueller of Root Sports has all the information, starting with catcher Cal Raleigh, who is in the lineup on Monday night.

Raleigh in the lineup. Had an MRI on his neck today. Showed no structural damage. He'll continue to get treatment.

That's certainly good news, as Raleigh is one of the most powerful-hitting catchers in baseball. The switch-hitter hit 27 home runs a season and delivered one of the biggest hits in franchise history, when he homered to end the team's playoff drought, which had stood since 2001.

He's out to a .233 start this season with seven homers and 22 RBI.

Mueller also has an update on utility player Dylan Moore, who has been out with an oblique issue, saying:

Dylan Moore feels good after 3 rehab outings in Everett. He'll play in Tacoma starting tomorrow. The team is hopeful he can rejoin the club this homestand but they are cognizant he didn't have spring training.

Moore is a key piece for the Mariners. He has the versatility to play each position on the field (except catcher) and was being counted on to provide a right-left platoon with Kolten Wong at second base. Now that Jose Caballero seems to have taken the position over, Moore can play anywhere on any given night.

He is a career .225 hitter against LHPs. That may not seem like much, but he's a career .198 hitter against righties, so that is a significant difference.

The 30-year-old signed a three-year contract worth $8.875 million this offseason.

Mueller also has an update on relievers Penn Murfee and Andres Munoz:

Penn Murfee had a PRP injection last week. The team expects that he and Andres Munoz (who also had PRP) will go on rehab assignments soon with the hope they could both rejoin the team toward the end of the next road trip.

Munoz burst onto the scene last year, pitching in 64 games and registering a 2.49 ERA. He struck out 96 batters in just 65 innings. 

Mueller also said that pitcher Easton McGee will likely need Tommy John surgery and that first baseman Evan White "underwent surgery today to release the tendon that's impinged in his hip joint and clean up scar tissue. The team anticipates it will be about 3 months before he begins any baseball activity."

In addition to these injuries, the team has lost starting pitcher and former Cy Young winner Robbie Ray for the season. He underwent Tommy John surgery after making just one start this season.

The Mariners are starting a 10-game homestand on Monday night against the Oakland Athletics. Luis Castillo will start Game 1 of the series against Kyle Muller.

The Mariners enter the series in fourth place in the American League West.

First pitch is scheduled for 9:40 p.m. ET. The M's swept the A's in their first series this year, in Oakland.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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