Here’s the latest on some of the many DL situations from around baseball…
- Rich Hill will make another rehab start in Class A ball on Tuesday and then rejoin the Dodgers rotation, manager Dave Roberts told the L.A. Times’ Bill Shaikin (Twitter link) and other reporters. Hill has twice been placed on the DL this season due to recurring blister problems, and while a potential move to the bullpen had been considered, the southpaw will instead resume his duties as a starting pitcher. Hill’s first rehab outing (60 pitches split between a bullpen session and an in-game performance) last Thursday seemed to go well, as Hill told MLB.com’s George Alfano that his blister wasn’t an issue.
- In other Dodgers injury news, Roberts also told the media (including Shaikin) that second baseman Logan Forsythe will resume his rehab assignment after the weekend. Forsythe, who suffered a fractured big right toe two weeks ago, was tentatively slated to be activated from the DL this weekend before he felt some hamstring tightness during a rehab game earlier this week.
- Sean Doolittle told reporters (including MLB.com’s Jane Lee) that an MRI revealed no structural problems in his ailing left shoulder. Doolittle, who is no stranger to more serious shoulder issues, described his current injury as “more like tightness or soreness that’s just a little more intense than painful,” and “it feels more muscular than anything I’ve ever felt before.” While this diagnosis is certainly positive news, there isn’t yet any timeline for Doolittle’s return, as Athletics manager Bob Melvin said yesterday that the team would likely “be conservative with” Doolittle given his prior injury history.
- Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola also received good MRI news, as GM Matt Klentak told PhillyVoice.com’s Ryan Lawrence and other reporters that nothing seems to be amiss after Nola felt discomfort in his lower back while throwing a side session earlier this week. Nola, who has been on the DL since April 24 with a lower back strain, will throw another bullpen this weekend and is on track to begin a rehab assignment next week if all goes well.
- The Padres will likely ask for an extension of Carter Capps’ rehab stint from Tommy John surgery, MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell writes. The usual 30-day limit to rehab assignments can be extended three times for players recovering from TJ surgery, given the extensive nature of that particular recovery. Capps, who underwent the surgery in March 2016, struggled at Triple-A and will now be moved to the Padres’ Spring Training complex.
Ain’t no rush to bring caps back
Use all three extension if possible
What does San Diego have in their system for SPs,?
With the exception f Miguel Diaz, their pen looks very good.
They seem to have a good start with Wil Myers, Yangervis Solarte and Manual Margot. Also, as one dimensional as Ryan Schimf looks offensively, he is on track to break Graig Nettles single season mark for 3B assist.
Don’t leave out C Austin Hedges.
His role behind the plate and with the young pitchers soon to arrive should not be discounted.
In a couple years his “steadiness” defensively and running the staff may be more critical than anything any one other player brings offensively.
Defensive assists? That’s maybe the most useless statistic ever. Schimpf isn’t a good defender at any position.
Hedges seems like is regressing defensively, Schimpf along with Solarte are not good defenders
Renfroe too. He’s an awful outfielder.
You are wrong. No matter which statistic you use. The secondary, tertiary or any of the other statistics derived at a more distant levels currently being trademarked and marketed to the public by “Sabre People”; all defensive statistics require using basic primary statistics such as PO, Assists, and errors, If you are using a statistic that doesn’t use these values, it is just chaulk water.
That’s how “The Street People” get away with conning the public – by using empty statistics that in essence, have no true value but sound sophisticated.