Mariners #19 Prospect Could Potentially Miss Entire 2018 Season Due To Shoulder Problems
Left-handed pitcher Anthony Misiewicz was one out away from getting through 4 scoreless innings in his 2018 debut for AA Arkansas when he noticed something didn't feel right. After a lengthy mound visit, he was taken from the game and sent to the locker room for testing. That was April 7th.
It is now April 13th, and the Mariners #19 prospect just found out that he's suffering from shoulder inflammation. Misiewicz, 23, has been shut down indefinitely and there is no real time table for his return.
After getting drafted in the 18th round by the Mariners in 2015, he made his pro debut in Everett (A-) as a 20 year old and had a 2.14 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP in just under 50 innings that summer. The following year, he spent the entire year in A+ Modesto with mixed results. In 2017 he was traded by the Mariners to the Rays along with infielder Luis Rengifo for C Mike Marjama and RHP Ryan Garton. He pitched some in AA that year but didn't have the sucess he had in rookie ball his first professional year.
This offseason, the Mariners traded some of the international signing bonus money they originally acquired for Shohei Ohtani, to the Rays to get Misiewicz back in the organization. He was expected to pitch in AA all year and potentially leap over other Mariners prospects such as Chase De Jong or Andrew Moore and make the jump to Tacoma. It now looks like he will miss most of, if not all of the 2018 season.
