Mariners pitcher Iwakuma placed on DL

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Mariners placed RHP Hisashi Iwakuma on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 21, with a strained lat muscle.
Advice: Iwakuma was scheduled to start on Sunday, though it's unclear at the moment who will fill in for him. He posted a troublesome 6.61 ERA and 1.40 WHIP awhile allowing five home runs over 16 1/3 innings in his first three starts. The M's hope to have him back in the rotation in late-May.

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Tanaka is out for a month as well.  and Darvish is out all year.


Asian pitchers don't hold up well do they?