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AL Central Notes: Young, Salcedo, Hu, Indians

By Steve Adams | May 1, 2015 at 10:30am CDT

A conversation with Minor League teammate Shawn Hill and an email to a St. Louis-based surgeon Robert Thompson in 2013 saved the career of Royals right-hander Chris Young, writes Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star. Young was unknowingly suffering from thoracic outlet syndrome — a difficult-to-detect shoulder condition in which nerves are pinched between the collarbone and top rib. Young described his symptoms to Hill, who first suggested thoracic outlet syndrome as a possibility, having suffered through the condition himself a year prior. Young had difficulty even turning his head side to side and often felt numbness in his fingers and hands. The surgery to alleviate the pain led to a 2014 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award for Young, but the 6’10” righty found little interest on the free agent market this winter. He expressed confusion to McCullough that just three teams showed significant interest, though fatigue at the end of the season and a subsequent 8.35 ERA over his final five starts may have had something to do with that, he acknowledged. Young notes that he eventually vowed to prove himself to big league teams this year. “…I had to remind myself to step back and say, ’You know what? If I don’t like it, go perform better than I did last year.'”

Here’s more from the AL Central…

  • Twins Double-A right-hander Adrian Salcedo was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a PED and a stimulant (which USA Today’s Bob Nightengale identifies as Tamoxifen and Heptaminol, respectively), and GM Terry Ryan expressed disappointment and frustration in the situation to the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ Mike Berardino: “We met about it all spring. This is one where I guess it doesn’t matter how much you try to educate players. It happened, and it will happen again, unfortunately. No matter how much we preach and no matter how much the penalty, there are going to be people that are going to try to take advantage of the situation.” Salcedo is the second 80-game suspension in the Twins organization over the past month, though the first was far more detrimental to the organization, as it was issued to right-hander Ervin Santana, who signed a four-year, $55MM contract this winter.
  • Taiwanese right-hander Chih-Wei Hu, signed by the Twins for $220K in 2012, is seeing his prospect stock rise dramatically early in the year, writes Baseball America’s Josh Norris. Perhaps the most interesting note on Hu is his usage of a palmball — a pitch not often seen in today’s game. Norris notes that the pitch acts more like a splitter than a changeup but has changeup-like velocity, sitting in the mid-90s.
  • Though Terry Francona wouldn’t say he is questioning T.J. House’s slot in the rotation, the Indians skipper did note that House’s pronounced struggles this season are troublesome, writes Cleveland.com’s Zack Meisel. House’s five earned runs in three innings last night further ballooned an already concerning ERA to 13.15, and the lefty has walked nearly a batter per inning in four starts this season. Meisel wonders who might step into the rotation, noting that Zach McAllister looks more at home in the bullpen. He speculatively lists Triple-A veterans Bruce Chen and Shaun Marcum as options, noting that each his pitched well in the upper Minors this far.
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  1. unclejesse40

    7 years ago

    So glad that Chris Young is a Royal.

    Reply
    • Chenandler Bong

      7 years ago

      I agree.. The guy might not have the best stuff but he has heart. I always appreciate a player more when they give every performance everything they have got.. Shane Greene is another player like that.

      Reply
  2. Sky14

    7 years ago

    “Norris notes that the pitch acts more like a splitter than a changeup but has changeup-like velocity, sitting in the mid-90s.”

    Changeup-like velocity, for who, Sidd Finch? Going to guess you meant mid-80s.

    Reply
  3. BAINES03

    7 years ago

    While illegal for athletes, Tamoxifen is at least common and easy to get a hold of. If MLB were truly serious about busting these guys they need to find out where Salcedo got the Heptaminol. This stuff is much more difficult to get your hands on. And as far as I know, the only guys busted using it has been Tour de France dopers.

    Reply
    • Tesseract

      7 years ago

      You can buy pretty much any legal and illegal drug online shipped from overseas. This has been possible since the internet started. Is the source the problem? That’s like saying to get rid of the drug problem in the U.S, they need to go to Colombia and kill the Cocaine farms. The users are the problem, if MLB wants to be serious about this impose harsher penalties and rigorous testing, which is what they have been doing in my opinion

      Reply
  4. ShamrockinATL

    7 years ago

    “Change up velocity, siting in the mid nineties” ???????? Didn’t know chapman was throwing his splitter for him lol

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