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AL East Notes: Pomeranz, Davis, Valencia, Arroyo

By Kyle Downing | March 3, 2018 at 4:14pm CDT

The results of Red Sox lefty Drew Pomeranz’ recent MRI showed a flexor strain, Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald reports on Twitter. Jen McCaffrey of MassLive.com says that Pomeranz describes the strain as “mild” and isn’t too worried about it. Mastrodonato later tweeted that every player who had a flexor strain last season missed at least six weeks, with one exception – Pomeranz. Last year’s injury caused him to spend 10 days on the DL. It should be strongly noted that all of this is simply one year’s worth of statistics, and we’ve yet to hear any announcement on Boston’s plans for their starter. Pomeranz pitched to a 3.32 ERA across 30 starts last season for the Red Sox, striking out just over a batter per inning while posting a 43.2% ground ball rate. He’s slated to become a free agent following the 2018 season.

Elsewhere in the American League’s Eastern Division…

  • Speaking of injuries, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis had an MRI on his right forearm, but it turns out that there’s no structural damage. Jon Meoli of the Baltimore Sun was first with the news on Twitter. Manager Buck Showalter had previously described the concern with Davis as a “flexor mass” issue (via Dan Connolly of baltimorebaseball.com). The Orioles will be hoping that Davis can stay healthy and bounce back this year after a rough 2017 season during which he homered 26 times but struck out in a whopping 37.2% of his plate appearances en route to a more pedestrian performance overall. He’ll enter the 2018 season at the age of 32; it’s the third year of a seven-year contract with Baltimore that guarantees him a total of $161MM.
  • In other Orioles news, the recently-signed Danny Valencia has no plans to go to the minors if the team opts not to add him to the major league roster, according to a piece by Rich Dubroff of pressboxonline.com. “I have nothing to prove down there,” Valencia said. “I’ve been a productive big leaguer… Obviously, you want to be in the big leagues and I think it’ll all work out.” Valencia had been reasonably productive for the Blue Jays and A’s across the 2015-2016 seasons, posting 3.2 fWAR while hammering 35 homers during that span. It’s tough to peg the value of his performance as a Mariner last year, however, as formulas like bWAR, fWAR and WARP varied greatly in their outputs.
  • Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times details the story of how new Rays infielder Christian Arroyo was raised by a single mother. Kim Arroyo worked ten-hour shifts on the casino floor at Hard Rock in order to support her son. But as he grew up, she still managed to find the time to play catch with him and throw batting practice. Kim says she had lots of help from family and friends, but Christian made clear the wealth of credit his mother deserves for what she did for him, and the values she instilled in him while she was raising him. “She did everything she could to make sure we never were struggling, and I never knew we were,” he said.
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  1. CowboysoldierFTW

    7 years ago

    More stories like this please! Single parents who put their kids first are awesome!

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    • angelsinthetroutfield

      7 years ago

      Agreed! Story made me a fan of the Arroyos

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    • dandan

      7 years ago

      Rays fans will love Christian Arroyo. Wish he was still a Giant.

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    • Deke

      7 years ago

      I too agree. What a great story about Arroyo. Wish he were still a Giant too.

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  2. Bocephus

    7 years ago

    Valencia used PED’s he should thank God he’s got an offer at all.

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    • dandan

      7 years ago

      He’s also a known clubhouse cancer.

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    • jdgoat

      7 years ago

      Valencia and Gio Gonzalez were cleared from being involved with steroids. And it PED’s obviously don’t stop teams from giving out contracts. Look at guys like Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, and Melky Cabrera

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      • Bocephus

        7 years ago

        Valencia was indeed linked in court documents but never served a suspension. Pretty shady dealings all and all. Gio said that it was his dad that was involved with the clinic and somehow got by.

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        • jdgoat

          7 years ago

          They were cleared though. Others were not. If they were on steroids, they would’ve been suspended. Guilty by association I

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        • jdgoat

          7 years ago

          Is a slippery slope to go down

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    • gomerhodge71

      7 years ago

      Orioles have never been shy about signing/playing cheaters. Cruz, Cabrera, Gibbons, Plameiro, Roberts, Sosa, etc., etc., etc.

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  3. 22222pete

    7 years ago

    Pomeranz only missed 10 days on DL because his injury occurred in spring training . Lol

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  4. jdgoat

    7 years ago

    It is kind of ridiculous how a guy like Valencia had to settle for a minor league deal, even with a down season last year. Same goes for Lind, and I wouldn’t be surprised if guys like Gonzalez, Bautista, and maybe even Lucroy have to follow suit

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    • wrigleywannabe

      7 years ago

      Its ridiculous that guys like that once broke the bank.

      If he is good enough, he won’t be in rhe minors….problem solved

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    • Rocket32

      7 years ago

      A minor league deal for Bautista is perfectly fair and makes sense in my opinion. Why should a team offer him an MLB deal based on what he’s done in the past? He has been declining since 2015 and really fell off after that season. At 37 and trending downwards for 2 straight seasons theirs plenty of reason to believe that last years Bautista is similar to the Bautista you’d get this year. The best that he deserves is a minor league deal with a ST invite.

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      • jdgoat

        7 years ago

        I could see that, but I could also see a team like the Marlins or White Sox signing him to a cheap deal just to get a name into their lineup. He still does have power and if he bounces back would be a flippable asset

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        • bradthebluefish

          7 years ago

          Agreed. Also, two years removed from greatness is worth the gamble. He could rebound like A-Rod did in his second to final year.

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  5. pasha2k

    7 years ago

    Drew I will forecast as having a great yr. he is always injured, n was when the Sox traded for him n he was terrible. I just hope he’ll have a good yr, n help the rotation since DD didn’t add to the pitching.

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  6. SG

    7 years ago

    DD needs to add a SP during 2018.
    The potential fragility of Pomeranz clearly reveals this.
    And they have no viable 5th SP.
    So without a 4th and 5th and a headcase in Price ????
    Who knows ?????

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