Mariners left-hander Marco Gonzales will have season-ending forearm surgery

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners left-hander Marco Gonzales will bear nerve surgical procedure and can miss the remainder of the season.

Gonzales may have surgical procedure Aug. 22 to decompress the anterior interosseous nerve in his left forearm. The 31-year-old hopes to get better by spring coaching.

“This comes after a lengthy process of trying to find answers,” Gonzales mentioned Sunday. “This gives me the best chance to move forward and get past this so it doesn’t happen any further.”

Gonzales was 4-1 with a 5.22 ERA in 10 begins. He hasn’t pitched since May 28, when he felt discomfort within the forearm after throwing 5 2/3 innings towards Pittsburgh. At the time, the Mariners thought Gonzales had a forearm pressure.

“It became harder and harder to get loose each inning,” Gonzales mentioned. “I felt some achy soreness in my forearm, in the middle of it. Basically ever since then each time I go to throw a baseball I feel this aching, sore pain in the middle of my forearm.”

Gonzales mentioned all through the summer time that each time he went via a remedy plan and began throwing, ache remained and the underlying trigger wasn’t clear. He labored with specialists over the previous few weeks in a course of he described as “popping the hood” when the problem with the nerve was discovered.

He has a $12 million wage subsequent yr within the closing season of a $30 million, four-year contract. The deal features a $15 million staff choice for 2025 with no buyout.