Matt Brash will be shut down from throwing for the next eight weeks due to additional inflammation in his lat.

That obviously ends his season. No structural damage was found, so Brash will avoid surgery and hopefully have a pretty normal offseason. The 28-year-old allowed one earned run in 16 2/3 innings this season before being shut down in June. Although he’s pitched a total of 64 innings the last three years, the Mariners figure to pay the $2 million or so it will take to keep him in 2027.