Seattle placed ace right-hander Felix Hernandez on the 15-day disabled list on Monday, shelving their hard-throwing 21-year-old until at least May 4.

Eight-and-a-half months after undergoing right rotator cuff surgery, Bartolo Colon is ready to make his first start of the season for the Angels.

Mariners ace Felix Hernandez will likely miss two to three starts with a muscle strain inside his right elbow and forearm.

Seattle GM Bill Bavasi declined to talk about whether negotiations are under way with Felix Hernandez.

Mariners star pitcher Felix Hernandez left Wednesday's game against the Twins in the first inning for precautionary reasons due to tightness in his right elbow.

Miguel Batista pitched into the seventh inning, Adrian Beltre hit his first homer of the season and the Mariners overcame Sammy Sosa's 590th career homer in an 8-3 win over the Rangers on Saturday.

Eric Gagne walked onto a ML mound for the first time in more than 10 months and was greeted by a scoreboard clip trying to inspire a Mariners rally against him.

Eric Gagne is ready to pitch for the Rangers.

Mariners left-hander Arthur Rhodes has a torn ligament in his pitching elbow and is considering ligament replacement surgery that would keep him out for the rest of the season.

The story before Wednesday night's game between the Mariners and Red Sox was the Fenway Park debut of Daisuke Matsuzaka.

The Mariners are looking for big things from Yuniesky Betancourt, judging by the contract extension they just gave him.

The Indians didn't lose their opener.

Felix Hernandez went on a mission in Spring Training to be the Mariners' Opening Day starting pitcher.

Shortstop Michael Garciaparra, Nomar's brother, was designated for assignment by the Mariners.

San Francisco acquired left-hander Travis Blackley in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for outfielder Jason Ellison and assigned him to Triple-A Fresno to start the season.