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- Updated: September 18, 2016
SEATTLE — Steve Clevenger’s goal of returning from a broken hand this season got sidetracked by a flexor strain in his right elbow as he was working back from his original injury, so the Mariners catcher now has reset his goal toward possibly playing winter ball and definitely being 100 percent ready for the start of Spring Training.
Clevenger hit .221 with one home run and seven RBIs in 22 games as Seattle’s backup to start the season, but he fractured the third metacarpal in his right hand when he got hit with a foul tip off the bat of the Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen on June 29 at Safeco Field.
After a two-month rehab at the team’s facility in Peoria, Ariz., and a few games as a designated hitter with Double-A Jackson, the 30-year-old was shut down again when his elbow issue prevented him from being able to throw. He’s back with the Mariners, but strictly to rehab with trainer Rick Griffin and his staff for the remainder of the season.
“My first week back throwing, it felt great and everything,” Clevenger said. “We were progressing very well, then I just hit a brick wall with my elbow. That’s kind of been the thing going on the last 3-4 weeks now. My hand feels good to swing and everything, but the elbow is not cooperating. If I’m not able to play catch or catch, there’s no point in being activated.”
Clevenger is back with the Mariners, hanging out between fellow catchers Chris Iannetta and Mike Zunino in the …
