Veteran starter Bronson Arroyo made his second rehab start with the Nationals’ Gulf Coast League affiliate today, allowing no earned runs and two walks while striking out three over five innings. The 39-year-old is making his way back from partial rotator cuff tendon tears, and he still hopes to return to the big leagues in 2016, as MLB.com’s Bill Ladson tweets. It would be quite a comeback for the vet, who hasn’t appeared in the Majors since pitching 86 innings with the Diamondbacks in 2014. Here’s more from the East divisions.
- The Rays have announced that reliever Jonny Venters has a “left UCL injury,” and the injury is in fact a UCL tear, the Tampa Bay Times’ Marc Topkin writes (Twitter links). Venters briefly appeared in a rehab assignment in Class A+ this season. It’s been a brutal series of events for the lefty, who was attempting to come back after having Tommy John surgery for the third time. He is unsure whether to retire or continue to try to return to the Majors. Venters hasn’t appeared in the bigs since 2012, when he whiffed 69 batters in 58 2/3 innings for the Braves. Venters’ career stat line — 2.23 ERA, 10.1 K/9, 4.3 BB/9, and a ridiculous 68.4% ground-ball rate — is borderline dominant, but he can’t seem to make his way back to the mound.
- The Red Sox have moved hard-throwing righty Joe Kelly to the bullpen, Ryan Hannable of WEEI.com writes. “Power arm,” says manager John Farrell. “[T]his will be the first time that we’ve shifted him to that role here. This is for multiple reasons — for the time it would take to stretch him back out, potential of shorter stints, the stuff playing up, possibly more productive.” Kelly is currently returning from a groin injury and has not pitched since early June. He’s struggled badly in six big-league starts this season. Farrell believes Kelly can make it back to the bigs just after the All-Star break. As Hannable implies, Kelly’s move to the bullpen reinforces the likelihood that the Red Sox will look for starting pitching help later this month.
That Jonny Venters situation is a tough one. He was such a dominant reliever when he was healthy. I’d say this is it for him. I can’t imagine him going for a fourth TJ.
Really hate to hear that about venters. If he does decide to have his 4th tj that will be pretty much 6 years of surgery and rehab. Can’t imagine how frustrating that could be. Good luck either way. That back end of the braves bullpen was awesome to watch
Oh Jonny. Sorry to hear that. My arm hurts just thinking about that.
I wanna cry
Feel bad for Jonny. A fourth TJ surgery is a big decision.
The only realistic thing in this post is your use of “farce”.
Maybe bleacher creature is just trolling us hard? No way this is real life
No one wants to read walls of text, Chris. Please come up with a more succinct point for people to actually engage in.
Go away!!!!!
So since the braves scored 9 runs (which every team does a handful of time), LA’s gonna give them trout. Gotcha
Since Fernandez was rocked for 9 runs I guess that makes Teheran the superior pitcher now?
Don’t know if i should feel more bad for Venters or this guy?!
There is no trout trade that makes sense for the Angels in realty
Are you literate?
Lol
At this point, venters having a fourth surgery has to be to the point that no damage can be healed
I hate that you’re a braves fan
Why do you do this to yourself? You could be outside, gardening.
Jonny Venters, the ballad of the perpetual thrower who threw his arm off and never figured out how to actually pitch plays for you and only you. Four TJs? He never should have gotten to this point so far being this stupid and doing the wrong thing over and over again.
You’re a moron.
Venters knew how to pitch, his arm just didn’t hold up. TJS has a less than 100% recovery rate, and he’s one of those guys that was never really able to come back from it. These things happen. He didn’t do anything wrong, the ligament just wouldn’t hold.
-C
Mike trout to the Reds for Bryan price and then you got a good deal
-C the mutherf*ckin beerman
Yo you are crazy about that stuff Chris. And it wasn’t the braves who would get 25th pick for Tex, it was the Yankees who signed Tex and gave up that picked that the Angels got for him. And the Yankees really wanted trout in the draft that year, they hoped that angels would passed him but didn’t. Learn the sport man. Think realistically about the packages you had to give up, don’t be one of those fans who thinks they’ll get everyone on their team.
Chris815,
I bet you live in a state where weed is legal. Only explanation for your “trade”.
Poor Jonny V, I’d sue Fredi G if I was him.
Arody Vizcaino? Hector Olivia? Who are these people?
But seriously
Literally, every single player you listed would not be enough for Mike Trout if they were even packaged together in an 18-1 trade. There’s like five players in this proposed trade that have negative value – markakis, Olivera, Banuelos, Headley, Bedrosian.
I mean, I almost think these trades are trolling, but they’re entertaining as hell and you obviously put some due diligence into it, so keep them coming.
They’re obviously trolling
Disagree that banuelos has negative value. He’s a pre-arb lefty who could be a solid, if not more than solid, bullpen piece right now at a pre-arb price. He’s no Chapman, but let’s not pretend he has no value.
When is Boston going to figure out that Buchholts is done and needs to be released or traded…. They need some arms if they plain to make it to the playoffs….
Has there been a case of four TJ’s before, or could this be brand new territory?
Clearly, the poor guy just wants to pitch.
The fact that you put Freeman in the #3 spot and Trout in #4 shows how little you truly know about the game. Take some of this enormous amount of free time you have and see who gets more at bats in an average year, the #3 hitter or the #4.