Steve Cishek’s rehabilitation from hip surgery that will hopefully lead him back to the Mariners’ bullpen has taken him from San Antonio to El Paso to Little Rock to Tulsa and finally back to Seattle. Through those stops in the scenic south with Class AA Arkansas and Class AAA Tacoma, Cishek has never felt right in his mechanics or with how he was performing. He made five appearances, giving up two runs on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts in four innings pitched.
He had hoped to be back with the Mariners, but a lack of command with his pitches and a feeling of not being right with his mechanics has delayed that estimated time of arrival.