Paxton sore, scratched from Tuesday start

ANAHEIM — A bruised left arm from a line drive off his elbow in his last outing continues to plague Mariners southpaw James Paxton, so the 27-year-old has been scratched from Tuesday’s start and could possibly land on the 15-day disabled list as the club continues scrambling its starting rotation.

Paxton has been one of Seattle’s best starters in recent weeks, with a 1.59 ERA over his last four games and a 4-5 record and 3.53 ERA in 13 starts since his midseason promotion. But recently acquired left-hander Ariel Miranda will get the ball in Tuesday’s 7:05 p.m. PT game against the Angels.

Paxton threw a bullpen session on Saturday, but was still feeling discomfort in the arm on Monday and manager Scott Servais and the training staff decided to delay his next outing.

“He feels a little tightness in that forearm,” Servais said. “He got smoked the other day. So we’re going to do the right thing and give him a little more time. He wants to go, he wants to take the ball, but we’ve got to do the right thing here. He threw his bullpen the other day at about 75 percent, but just listening to him and talking to [trainer Rick Griffin], we think it’s the right thing to give him a few more days and see where he’s at.”

The Mariners were already shy one starter with Taijuan Walker having been demoted to Triple-A Tacoma. Servais said no decision has been made yet on who’ll get the ball …

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