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Mariners closer J.J. Putz has a mild right elbow strain, and the team should have him back soon.

Putz got a scare after feeling some stiffness in the elbow following a bullpen session earlier in the week, but the 30-year-old right-hander was set to throw again on Tuesday. "We were never really too worried about it. It was more of a precautionary thing, anyway," Putz said on Saturday. "I felt fine throwing my bullpen Thursday; it was just a little achy afterward. The pain went away as the day went on."

Tests showed that the injury was a strain and nothing more serious.

Via AP

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