SEATTLE -- The most glaring question mark facing a Mariners team that is red hot and has the clarity of a first-round postseason bye is the status of their potential Game 1 starter, as Bryan Woo continues to nurse the mild inflammation in his pectoral muscle .

And on Thursday, Woo played catch on the field for the first time since the issue surfaced last Friday in Houston , when he was forced to exit after five innings and underwent an MRI the following day. He also completed a series of plyometric throwing exercises on Wednesday.

“I’m not too high, not too low,” Woo said before Thursday’s series finale vs. Colorado, and after an extended conversation with Mariners head athletic trainer Kyle Torgerson and director of pitching strategy Trent Blank. “I’m just taking it one day at a t

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