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Franklin Gutierrez placed on 7-day concussion DL

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You had to know this was coming, and the only hope is that Gutierrez's "mild" concussion is indeed as mild as the terminology suggests. This isn't about Gutierrez being soft or naturally injury-prone, of course, because last night's accident was exactly that. Can't think of too many players who'd be fine after taking the equivalent of a fastball off the side of the head. If you were looking for more reasons to hate the Red Sox than you already had, hey, all right, congratulations? Steve Delabar is up instead of a position player because Kevin Millwood is being pushed back and Hisashi Iwakuma is starting on Monday. Hisashi Iwakuma is starting on Monday! Iwakuma's season high is 65 pitches, and he hasn't broken 50 in any other outing, but if Iwakuma can't go the distance on 65 pitches then I don't know why the Mariners even have him on the team. I mean there's worthless and then there's worthless. Am I right? Michael Saunders, if you're wondering, is out of the lineup tonight due to flu-like symptoms. That explains Chone Figgins. Tonight's backup outfielder is Munenori Kawasaki. I don't know what to root for.