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Danny Salazar Out 3-4 Weeks With Mild Forearm Strain; No Ligament Damage Found

By Steve Adams | September 12, 2016 at 3:31pm CDT

An MRI has revealed a mild strain of the flexor musculature in Danny Salazar’s right forearm, the Indians announced today. Salazar will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection tomorrow and be shut down from all throwing for 10 days thereafter. Cleveland’s announcement indicates that his projected recovery time is three to four weeks, effectively ending Salazar’s regular season. On the plus side, if he’s able to recover in the allotted time frame, he could rejoin the team’s postseason rotation.

While the news is certainly worse than the initial report that Salazar would miss one start due to the forearm issue, there were certainly more frightening potential outcomes for Cleveland. Salazar had Tommy John surgery while working his way up through the minors, but the examination of his forearm and elbow showed that his reconstructed ulnar collateral ligament remains intact.

Salazar, 26, has delivered another strong campaign for the Indians, working to a 3.87 earned run average with 10.6 K/9, 4.1 BB/9 and a 47.8 percent ground-ball rate in 137 1/3 innings of work to his credit thus far. However, this isn’t the first brush with injury that he’s had in 2016, either; inflammation in Salazar’s right elbow cost him two weeks last month, and he’s now set to miss a wider slate of games than for his previous arm issue.

While Salazar’s injury calls into question whether he’d be able to take the ball in the ALDS — and with a seven-game lead over the Tigers in the AL Central, it seems safe to assume that Cleveland will indeed find itself in that series — Cleveland can rely on Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco to serve as its one-two punch in that first postseason round. While it’s been an up-and-down season for the other members of the rotation, Trevor Bauer has looked plenty sharp over his past seven appearances (3.30 ERA) and could take the ball in Game 3 if Salazar is unable to return by that point.

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  1. sufferforsnakes

    9 years ago

    Hmm, maybe Adam Plutko will get a start?

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    • triberulz

      9 years ago

      Either Plutko or Kaminsky @ Akron. Kaminsky missed 3 starts in May, so he has less innings then Plutko at this point of the season.

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      • norcalguardiansfan

        9 years ago

        I don’t know if the Tribe wants to start Kaminsky or Plutko’s major league clock. I think Clevinger and Anderson will get most of Tomlin and Salazar’s starts with Merritt a posibility, as well.

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        • triberulz

          9 years ago

          Anderson makes the most sense based on his success last year. Merritt will probably stay in the ‘pen due to Manship (Wrist)/ & Crockett (Back) dealing with minor health issues. Your right about Plutko/Kaminsky’s MLB clock, however if Tomlin doesn’t recover from his fatigue/ dead arm issues the Indians will have to consider all options. Especially if the Tigers cut into the Indians lead, there’s no way they could keep sending Tomlin out there if he is not effective.

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