It’s not the type of experience that Mitch Haniger prefers to relive, but it’s a situation he has dealt with before in his career and understands the process of a return.
In 2017, he got off to a promising start to his first season with the Mariners, but it was interrupted by injury, or more specifically injuries. A badly strained oblique suffered in late May, a setback in that recovery and a 95 mph fastball off his face from Jacob de Grom in late July derailed a promising season, causing him to miss 60 games.
And now in 2019, a gruesome injury has derailed another season for the Mariners’ All-Star right fielder.