PHILADELPHIA — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray will have surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the season.
Seattle manager Scott Servais made the announcement before the Mariners played Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Ray, in the second season of a $115 million, five-year contract, was injured in his season debut against Cleveland on March 31.
He threw 91 pitches over 3⅓ innings and walked five, one shy of his career high. «In the second inning it felt a little tight, but it didn't seem out of the ordinary,» Ray said. «It was a cold night.
I just thought maybe it took me a while to get loose in that second inning. I didn't really think that much about it, but after that my arm started to tighten up a good amount.» Ray, 31, has been incredibly durable for most of his career.