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Rays Place Blake Snell On Disabled List

By Steve Adams | July 23, 2018 at 2:55pm CDT

The Rays announced Monday that they’ve placed top starter Blake Snell on the disabled list due to left shoulder fatigue. He’s already undergone an MRI and been cleared of any structural damage, the team added. Righty Chih-Wei Hu is up from Triple-A Durham to take his spot on the roster.

The absence of any structural damage is obviously a major sigh of relief for the organization and fans alike, and Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times tweets that Snell looks to be in line for only a minimal DL stint. In the short-term, Snell’s absence and the likely trade of right-hander Nathan Eovaldi within the next eight days will further change the composition of what has already been baseball’s most unique pitching staff in 2018.

With Snell out, the Rays will lean on Eovaldi and Chris Archer in traditional starting roles. As an impending free agent, though, Eovaldi is all but assured of changing teams before the non-waiver trade deadline, at which point Archer will be the lone arm that’s been utilized as a starter this season. Ryan Yarbrough is still fairly stretched out, having made a four-inning appearance just this past weekend, and he could be asked to soak up more innings as the state of the Rays’ roster changes.

The Rays have been utilizing Ryne Stanek in their newly created “opener” role with a great amount of success, though they’ve had a fairly wide cast of relievers start games on the remainder of the team’s “bullpen days” over the course of the season. Sergio Romo, Wilmer Font, Matt Andriese and Andrew Kittredge have all started multiple times this season, and rookie Hunter Wood is slated to make his second start in that unorthodox role later tonight.

Tampa Bay does have both Jake Faria and Yonny Chirinos on hand in the minors as options to come up and step into a more traditional rotation role, although at this point it’s difficult to forecast exactly how the organization will proceed with its pitching staff in an increasingly experimental season. To the Rays’ credit, while they’ve taken their share of flak for so aggressively moving away from conventional pitching roles, the team sits at 50-49 in arguably the toughest (or at least the most top-heavy) division in all of Major League Baseball.

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  1. kgmkpmrgkmegrkmegrm

    7 years ago

    “At this point, it’s not clear how much time Snell is expected to miss.”

    Beat reporters are saying he’s only expected to miss one start

    twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/102147811904210944…
    twitter.com/neilsolondz/status/1021478547561635841

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  2. georgemckeever

    7 years ago

    probably overdid it at the All-Star Game trying to impress everyone.

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  3. MetsYankeesRedSox

    7 years ago

    Most of today’s pitchers are wusses.

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    • Ironman_4life

      7 years ago

      George Brett had said it best. They didn’t have obliques back in the day.

      Reply
  4. fljay73

    7 years ago

    No rushing his return back. To miss 3 starts is like 15-18 days (2weeks) so it is not a big concern.

    Reply
  5. Polish Hammer

    7 years ago

    His injury is his feelings, hurt because he wasn’t initially named to the All Star squad…

    Reply
  6. bobtillman

    7 years ago

    It won’t keep the Rays out of the playoffs……better to be careful……

    Reply
  7. hiflew

    7 years ago

    Well this should at least shut up the delusional people that think he will be traded for their team’s #15 prospect.

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    • bobtillman

      7 years ago

      I have it on the best authority the Yanks said no to a Snell-Wade swap……

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      • dirtbagfreitas

        7 years ago

        Doesn’t surprise me the Yankees said no to that one. Wade is worth more than Snell 😉

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        • Ungerdog

          7 years ago

          HA!

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  8. muskie73

    7 years ago

    Interesting comp of left-handers born in 1992, each with Seattle ties:

    Pitcher A 20 GS, 119 IP, 12-5 W/L, 2.27 ERA, 3.43 FIP, 2.3 fWAR
    Pitcher B 20 GS, 119.2 IP, 11-5 W/L, 3.38 ERA, 3.32 FIP, 2.5 fWAR

    fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&…

    Pitcher A is Seattle native Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays and Pitcher B is Marco Gonzales, a Seattle resident in the offseason even before his trade to the Mariners. Gonzales has a year more of team control than Snell does.

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  9. partyatnapolis

    7 years ago

    so if he’s hurt and eovaldi gets traded, they only have archer as the sole true starter? that’s crazy

    Reply
    • bobtillman

      7 years ago

      You’re forgetting Jesus Sucre, Dan Robertson and Jonny Fields…….

      Reply
      • redsraiderspurs44

        7 years ago

        Lol

        Reply
  10. Jbigz12

    7 years ago

    I am almost positive Jake Faria is still injured and not currently an option. Correct me if I’m wrong

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