George Kirby takes step in recovery; Dylan Moore named AL player of week | Mariners notebook

George Kirby, the right -handed Marine’s right -handed George Kirby, is about to return to Seattle this week and throw a Bloopian session, which is a step ahead of his right shoulder inflammation, which added him to the injured list to start the season.

According to a source of information about the club’s plans, if the Kirby throwing session is fine this week, the next step is to throw direct batting practice at T -Mobile Park during the upcoming home stand of the Marines.

In early March, Kirby was closed after he was suffering from his shoulders. The marines have been conservative of the recovery while throwing a session at the team’s facility in Arizona, and gradually provided extra time to rebuild power in his arm.

The 27 -year -old Kirby was one of the most sustainable baseball pitches in the last three season, with 89 starting and 3.43 Era after its first start in 2022.

In 2024, he tied 33 start for the league lead and threw 191 innings over his career.

At the place of Kirby, the marne has been used by Emerson Hancock and Louis F Castilo for two start.

Hancock withdrew from the first start to throw five solid strong innings in Cincinnati on Thursday, where he allowed two runs to run without a walk and four strikeouts, which retired 10 of the last 11 batsmen.

Hancock is in line to start Wednesday in Boston.

Moore named the El Player of Saturday

Marine Utility Player Dilin Moore was named the American League Player of the week on Monday. This is the first honor of his career.

In six games last week, the 32 -year -old Utility person had six runs with six runs, one double, three domestic runs, five RBIs and three stolen bases, which came to the base on an .407 clip, with 1.177 OPS .769.

Moore targeted the first lead of home runs of his career in Cincinnati on April 15, and later reached home again in the game as part of a three -hit game. In Toronto on Sunday, Moore added another lead of home runs as part of the first innings of the Marines.

In 2024, Moore won the Gold Glove Award at the Utility Position, playing six positions for the markers, scoring 2.4 won over the alternate (through the fan graph).