3:42PM: Schoop’s injury is a Grade 1 strain, manager Buck Showalter told MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko and other reporters, which is the least-serious type of oblique strain.
11:07AM: The Orioles announced that second baseman Jonathan Schoop has been placed on the 10-day disabled list due to a right oblique strain. In a corresponding move, Alex Cobb was recalled from Double-A to take Schoop’s place on the roster, and Cobb will start this afternoon’s game in Boston.
Schoop suffered the injury last night during a swinging strikeout, and was removed from the game in the seventh inning. He underwent an MRI this morning, and the results were apparently such that the Orioles felt it necessary for Schoop to take some time off to recover. The severity of his oblique strain isn’t known, though since similar injuries have generally resulted in players missing at least a couple of weeks of action, the O’s could be without the slugger until the start of May.
Tim Beckham is Baltimore’s starting second baseman today, with Danny Valencia stepping in to take Beckham’s usual spot at third base. Engelb Vielma was added to the 25-man roster a few days ago for further infield depth, so the O’s could get by with Valencia and Vielma filling in for Schoop on a short-term basis. Ruben Tejada and Luis Sardinas are veteran infield options both on the farm, while top prospect Ryan Mountcastle is himself on the minor league DL recovering from a fractured right hand.
Over the long term, of course, Schoop’s absence is a big loss for an Orioles lineup that has had a lot of problems generating offense. Schoop himself has contributed to these struggles, posting just a .230/.266/.344 slash line and one home run over his first 65 plate appearances of this young season, though he is coming off a breakout 2017 campaign that saw him hit 32 homers and finish 12 in AL MVP voting. The O’s have been hit hard by the injury bug this year, with Schoop joining Mark Trumbo, Zach Britton, and Colby Rasmus on the DL.
Some type of roster move was expected today so the Orioles could create room for Cobb, as the right-hander will make his first start in the black-and-orange. Cobb didn’t officially sign his four-year, $57MM deal until March 21, so he needed some extra preparation time in the minors to fully get ready for the season.
Local reports said the Schoop move was due to Low T but he shouldn’t miss much more than the 10 days
low testosterone?
Funny, the beat reporter said Schoop will miss at least a month. You are a Clown.
It would be nice to see fewer insults since we all come to this site for the love of sports.
Welcome to the site buddy. You will see more comments about other people’s comments
lol ^^ correct
I agree. Why the insults?
Great- can’t trade a guy with an “oblique “ strain. Considering how many guys get oblique strains in this league, I think the ailment is code for; “you suck, so you have to stop playing for a while.” You suffer from an oblique strain
What does that all mean?
It means the team cannot hide him on the active roster, and will not send him to the minors to figure it out. But what they will do is make up an injury called “oblique strain” which will allow for Scoops to take 10 days off to figure out why he can’t hit, and at the same time allow for another suspect (Valencia) to come in, get some AB’s and try not to suck. Make sense now?
While taking a swipe at Tillman (completely warranted) you actually missed the part that Schoop had 2 hits in each of his last two games before the injury. Wouldn’t that seem to point to Schoop warming up and not needing to “figure out why he can’t hit”?
And subsequently Cobby got LIT UP! 8 earned runs today. Got some adjustments to make. It’s early until it isn’t early.
7 earned. 8 allowed. Still awful
I have hope though. Cashner and gausman both had garbage starts for their first start but turned it around very well. Especially cashner. He’s had two gems in his last starts, including against the Yankees