It’s unclear whether injured Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow will be able to pitch again this year, but he isn’t giving up on his season, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports. Glasnow, out since May 10 with forearm troubles, has been throwing from 90 feet of late and is set for a bullpen session Monday. The soon-to-be 26-year-old told Toribio he feels “really good.”
The Rays’ expectation was that Glasnow would only sit out four to six weeks when he incurred his injury in a start against the Yankees, but he has suffered multiple setbacks during his recovery process. Those issues have helped derail what looked like a brilliant campaign in the making for Glasnow, a 2018 trade deadline acquisition from the Pirates who dominated out of the gates this season. The towering Glasnow posted 48 1/3 innings and eight starts of 1.86 ERA/2.31 FIP ball with 10.24 K/9, 1.68 BB/9 and a 51.7 percent groundball rate prior to hitting the IL.
Glasnow’s ongoing absence is far from the only adversity the Rays’ rotation has faced this season. Reigning AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell went to the shelf three weeks ago on account of arthroscopic left elbow surgery, while the team sent Yonny Chirinos to the IL on Aug. 5 with a finger injury. On paper, a healthy Glasnow, Snell and Chirinos would aid in giving the Rays one of the sport’s top rotation. As things stand, though, they’re lacking traditional starters. Charlie Morton has been superb this year, however, while Ryan Yarbrough has been eminently effective as a starter and a reliever. Their efforts have helped keep injury-laden Tampa Bay in contention, as the club’s 71-52 and a game up on the American League’s second wild-card spot.
The Rays are also missing a few banged up position players, including infielders Brandon Lowe and Joey Wendle and outfielder Avisail Garcia. There’s encouraging news on all three, though, as Toribio relays.
While Lowe still doesn’t have a timetable for a return, he is progressing in his rehab assignment. The 24-year-old second baseman has been out since July 4 with a right shin contusion, which has deprived the Rays of one of baseball’s premier rookies. As with Lowe, it’s not clear when Wendle will be ready to come back, but he also seems to be trending in the right direction as he works back from the wrist injury he suffered in late July. Likewise, things are looking up for Garcia. The Rays placed Garcia on the IL on Wednesday with the dreaded oblique strain, though an MRI on Friday revealed it isn’t especially serious. The club’s hopeful Garcia won’t miss more than the minimum of 10 days, according to manager Kevin Cash.
Funny how the rays can get prospects to win but not fans to show up
Just goes to show that you don’t have to have a Yankee budget and entitled fan base to be in contention. Small market, low attendance yes but that isn’t a prerequisite to winning.
does reduce your windows
Just because they want to win does not make them entitled. What do you call a fan who only shows up when you make playoffs? Tired excuse for a good team with poor fans.
Yankees are still winning the injured list world series. They have more expensive players on the IL. Tampa only has the reigning cy young, two more of their starting pitchers, a rookie of the year candidate and a few other good hitters. Yankees have a 200 million dollar payroll to fill those spots. Tampa just uses their farm system.
Winner = Yankees
Ok so they have the payroll. No revelation there but of course Yankmees continuously remind the population. So with all that $$$ why has it been 10 years since they’ve won a ws? See can’t buy it no matter how much money you have.
what do you think the 2018 Sox have to say about that.
Who cares. Go ask them if you need to know.
Yankees 27 titles, Rays 0…
Last 19 years… Red Sox 4 titles Yankees 1
$$ buys contention but not championships. It isn’t Yankees or their fans fault that they are successful it popular. Rays owners continue to pocket the Yankees money rather than keep all the talent they produce. Cry to them not the fans.
The real MVP of the Rays is Chaim Bloom. Yes the Dodgers have a good farm system but they are spending for Big Leaguers. The Yankees…. nuff said, though All the naysayers about Brian Cashman should shut uo, because he got DJ Lemaiheiu (sp?) and believed he COULD hit away from Coors Field, got Gio Urshela and who thought he’d be who he is. But Chaim quietly let so pieces go and still has rhe team in cintention and rhe farm
In contentiion And the farm stocked.