SEATTLE -- Taijuan Walker was sporting a boot on his sore right foot on Friday to help alleviate the tendinitis in his arch that has been nagging him the last month, but the Mariners hope to get the young right-hander back in their rotation later this month.
The news was also positive with long-injured lefty reliever Charlie Furbush coming out of the All-Star break as he's now thrown three Minor League rehab games and is finally making progress on the mound while working back from a year's battle with shoulder issues.
However, right-handed reliever Nick Vincent might be further away than expected after experiencing a setback with his mid-back strain while playing catch last week, so he remains shut down from throwing while waiting for that issue to calm down.