Here’s the latest on some injury situations around the AL West…
- It doesn’t seem as if the Mariners are terribly optimistic about getting shortstop Jean Segura back in the near future. GM Jerry Dipoto tells Dave Mahler of Sportsradio 960 KJR (Twitter link) that the injury could cost Segura a significant chunk of the season. “It’s more likely to be a month than 10 days, which is a somewhat optimistic view,” said Dipoto. “Could be as much as 2 months.” That’s rough news for an organization that came into the year expectations of contending but currently sits five games under .500. The 27-year-old Segura has slashed a robust .341/.391/.462 on the year. His primary replacement, Taylor Motter, has filled in all over the diamond to this point, showing some pop (.180 isolated slugging) but failing to reach base at a palatable clip (.281 OBP).
- Athletics reliever Sean Doolittle is officially out on a rehab assignment for his shoulder injury, as Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The late-inning southpaw may need only two or three outings before rejoining the club, which could occur as soon as the middle of this month.
- There’s news on two Athletics starters as well. Kendall Graveman tells MLB.com’s Jane Lee (via Twitter) that his shoulder MRI came back clean. He has begun to work on strengthening the joint, though it’s unclear when he’ll resume throwing. Fellow righty Jesse Hahn, meanwhile, says he thinks he’ll return directly from the DL to the major league rotation, as Lee further tweets. Hahn is dealing with a seemingly minor triceps issue.
- The latest news is generally positive on Angels reliever Huston Street. His triceps soreness, which halted his rehab, doesn’t appear to be a major issue; Street tells Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times (Twitter link) that he expects to get back on the hill soon.
Is Cotton going to be able to hold onto a rotation spot even if those pitchers get healthy?
Probably Not, Mengden and Cotton will likely be sent back down.
I swear this season is cursed. It had that feel as soon as Smyly went down a day or two before we were to start the season. Motter hit another grand-slam last night but he’s not a very good hitter- he’s very predictable, tries to pull every pitch out of the ball park. GOMS
A’s need to trade one of their starters for a real CF that plays defense. They will soon have to many starters for spots with Gosset close to coming up soon.
Great…Haniger, Segura, Walker all missing time.
Walker/Diamondback=Not the Mariners concern.
Just stating the trade. Not a M’s/Dbags fan…none of my concern.
One of these things is not like the other…..
Street needs to be put on 60 day DL and then decide if Norris or BedRock jr will be their closer. My fantasy team depends on this!!!!!!