Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is out of the lineup for a second straight day with lingering pain in his right side. The team has not moved to put him on the IL, awaiting results of imaging he had done yesterday.<\/p>\n
Raleigh first felt the pain after Friday night\u2019s game, and said he became concerned when his soreness didn\u2019t abate as usual the next day, causing him to alert the training staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust trying to play it safe,\u201d said Raleigh. \u201cIt was just a little sore, and I think they\u2019re trying to be precautionary with it, play it safe rather than let things linger\u2026As an athlete you\u2019re always using your core, so you just want to be smart, right? You don\u2019t want something that could be a day or two to turn into weeks or a month.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raleigh said there was no specific moment that triggered the pain – not a particular throw or swing or catch or foul tip – just general soreness that he initially shrugged off at the time as the usual postgame dings and dents before realizing the pain intended to linger.<\/p>\n
Manager Dan Wilson said that Raleigh had imaging done, but the results of the MRI are still pending. \u201cOnce we get some feedback and understand where he\u2019s at, we\u2019ll make decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
For his part, Raleigh said he woke up today feeling \u201ca lot better\u201d and has gradually been improving since Friday night. \u201cCompared to where it was feeling post-game Friday and yesterday early, very positive, very encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCal is continuing to make strides,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cHe\u2019s got a little soreness in his side, and we want to make sure of where we\u2019re at\u2026he\u2019s going to test it a little bit today and see where he\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although it sounds like concern levels are low, the Mariners are being hyper-vigilant with Raleigh, given the nature of the injury – obliques are notoriously tricky, as Bryce Miller or Luke Raley will attest – the punishing position he plays every day, and how early it is in the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, looking at it, it\u2019s May,\u201d said Raleigh. \u201cTrust me, I want to be out there. But obviously, thinking about the team and the long-term picture and thinking about the guys in there [the clubhouse], taking a day is probably best for everybody, including myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
The only pain bigger than the one in his side is having to sit out of a second straight game, something that\u2019s difficult for a grinder like Raleigh, who prides himself on his iron-man constitution and ability to play through the nagging bumps and bruises that are synonymous with being an everyday catcher. But he says he has to put his \u201cego and pride\u201d aside, and ensure he\u2019s not hurting the team in the long run.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the moment you hate it, but down the line, I think it\u2019ll pay dividends\u2026It sucks at the time, but you just have to try and be smart and think of everybody else in the clubhouse and not just yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it\u2019s not what I want to be doing, but better safe than sorry in this scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is out of the lineup for a second straight day with lingering pain in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,269706,99],"class_list":["post-622301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-seattle-mariners-injuries","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}