Seattle Mariners fans held their breaths when pitcher Felix Hernandez took a line drive flush on his forearm Monday in his first Cactus League start.
But Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said Wednesday that Hernandez escaped serious injury and is expected to miss only one spring start.
Talking on the Wheelhouse Podcast, Dipoto said, "It was one of those moments that stops your heart a little bit. But once we got some feedback from the training staff and doctors and ultimately took three sets of images to make sure he's in a good place, I was very encouraged when he walked in yesterday with minimal swelling, the pain was down, and there were no obvious signs of a fracture or break.