Jack Zduriencik held a briefing after the Mariners’ 1-0 loss to announce that the team has decided, as expected, to shut down 21-year-old pitcher Michael Pineda for the remainder of the year. There are no physical problems, but the Mariners decided to make the move pre-emptively, because Pineda has reached nearly 140 innings. He threw just 47 last year and also had two stints on the disabled list with elbow problems.

“We’ve been talking about this for a month or so,” Zduriencik said. “Michael Pineda will be shut down. The simple reason is innings. We had gauged he would pitch between 140 and 150 inning this year…Our decision was that we think this is a prized product of ours, and it’s a guy we want to protect. He’s been told this morning it’s going to happen.”

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