Hollander joined Seattle Sports\u2019 Bump and Stacy at T-Mobile Park right after the team announced Bryce Miller had been placed on the 15-day IL with elbow inflammation. In addition to providing the latest on Miller, which you can read about at this link<\/a>, Hollander shared where All-Star right-handers George Kirby and Logan Gilbert are in their recoveries.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at what Hollander had to say about Kirby and Gilbert.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n George Kirby<\/p>\n The Mariners have yet to get Kirby on a big league mound this year as he was shut down in spring training with shoulder inflammation. That\u2019s a key point as while Kirby has made two outings on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma, the fact that he didn\u2019t have a spring training is something the Mariners are very much keeping in mind.<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge is supposed to throw his next rehab outing on (Friday, May 16). We\u2019re kind of taking it outing by outing and seeing where he\u2019s at, how he feels,\u201d Hollander said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll see how George does on the 16th and how he feels afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n Hollander had said before that Kirby would need at least three rehab outings before being activated by the Mariners, but at this point Seattle may want to take a little more time.<\/p>\n \u201cNo guarantee that we would activate him for the next start in the big leagues. It just depends on how it goes (Friday),\u201d Hollander said. \u201cWe want to make sure George is ready. \u2026 We do want to keep in mind George didn\u2019t have a spring training, so the things that you experience over six starts or seven starts in spring training, trying to condense those down into two or three starts in a Triple-A environment (is) maybe not the smartest thing we can do unless we\u2019re really confident that he\u2019s good to go.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanna make sure that we\u2019re being smart, playing the long game with George, who\u2019s got a lot of days in front of him. And we don\u2019t want to think about just the next big league game in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n Logan Gilbert<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Gilbert threw his first bullpen at T-Mobile Park since he landed on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain late last month.<\/p>\n Gilbert said he threw about 90% effort, and Hollander shared Wednesday that his velocity was around 92-94 mph, with his last pitch hitting 95.<\/p>\n More: Injured ace Logan Gilbert hits important benchmark<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHe felt good afterwards, which is obviously the most important thing beyond the velocity,\u201d Hollander said. \u201cWe\u2019ll just see where Logan\u2019s at over the next couple of days and when he\u2019s ready for his next bullpen and go from there. Again, we feel like it\u2019s going great so far.\u201d<\/p>\n Hollander didn\u2019t offer any dates on when Gilbert could start a rehab assignment but seemed encouraged by how Gilbert is progressing.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are injuries and you can never truly predict \u2013 it\u2019s art and science \u2013 when he\u2019s going to be back,\u201d Hollander said, \u201cbut we feel like he\u2019s definitely on the right track.\u201d<\/p>\n In six starts for the Mariners this season, Gilbert has a 2.37 ERA and 0.791 WHIP.<\/p>\n More on the Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Passan says M\u2019s manager Dan Wilson has unlearnable trait<\/a>
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