Trying to find the most positive possible speculation here ….

Andrews clinic is in Birmingham. Might the Mariners simply be taking the opportunity to have Kelley checked out by Andrews as long as Kelley’s just a short plane ride away from Birmingham? Maybe even have Andrews do one of his analyses where he puts reflectors all over a guy’s body and takes high speed video of him pitching so he can break down all of the stresses during the pitching motion and create a baseline for future assessments???

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It certainly is unusual to send a guy to Andrews without some prior assessment of injury by a regular team orthopod. So it’s plausible that this might just be proactive or preemptive.

http://twitter.com/#!/Mariners/status/74233428542889984

#Mariners relief pitcher Shawn Kelley gets injection in right elbow, will be shut down for approximately one month.