Mariners struggling starter Brandon Maurer might have lost his place in the rotation if the words of Lloyd McClendon are any indication.
Maurer is 1-4 with a 7.52 ERA after a pounding Thursday against the Angels. He has worked more than five innings just once in seven starts - and he gave up 14 hits in losing that one.
"When you look at options, you have to sit down and make sure you have a viable option," McClendon told the Tacoma News-Tribune. "That's something (GM Jack Zduriencik) and I will talk about and see where we go from there."
Maurer is scheduled to make his next start Tuesday in Atlanta. The impending return off the disabled list of Taijuan Walker and James Paxton at least sometime next month will likely knock Maurer out of the rotation at some point anyway.