Matt Brash Dealing With Lat Inflammation; Injured List Decision to be Determined

TL;DR

Matt Brash is experiencing lat inflammation, and a decision regarding his placement on the injured list is pending. The Seattle Mariners are set to begin a homestand against the Kansas City Royals following a successful road trip.

Key points

Matt Brash is experiencing lat inflammation.
Decision on injured list status is pending.
Mariners begin homestand against Royals.
Mariners had a 5-1 record on recent road trip.
Brash exited game against Twins after two pitches.

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Matt Brash Dealing With Lat Inflammation; Injured List Decision to be Determined

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners are back in the Pacific Northwest for a six-game homestand, which begins in game one of a three-game set against the Kansas City Royals at 6:45 p.m. PT on Friday at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners will enter the series with a healthy amount of momentum after a 5-1 mark on their recent six-game road trip. However, the M's weren't able to get through the series against the St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins without some losses.

Right-handed high-leverage reliever Matt Brash was pulled two pitches into his outing against the Twins on Wednesday.

Brash was visibly uncomfortable after his pitches and was dealing with "right side discomfort," per postgame comments from manager Dan Wilson. Brash said he had been dealing with discomfort the entire week but Wednesday was the worst it had felt.

The 27-year-old righty was optimistic that the injury wasn't a serious concern and his early exit was precautionary and it seems like he was correct in that assessment.

Before Friday's game against the Royals, Seattle general manager Justin Hollander provided updates on Brash.

According to imaging, which Hollander and the Mariners received the results of almost right before the former's news scrum in the home dugout at T-Mobile Park, Brash currently has light inflammation in his right lat.

The good news is that there didn't appear to be anything structurally wrong according to the images.

An injured list stint and the length of it is still to-be-determined, per Hollander.

"As I told him after the game in Minnesota, what feels like a long time down in a moment can actually not feel like like anything at all if you're safe and don't miss more time," Hollander said Friday. "The year he ended up having Tommy John (in 2024), when we first thought he was going to be down until June, we were all kind of crestfallen. 'What are we going to do without Matt until June?' And then come June, we would have been thrilled to have Matt, knowing we weren't going to have him until the following May in all likelihood.