Sunday: Glasnow has officially been activated from the injured list to start this afternoon’s game against Toronto.
Friday: The Rays will activate righty Tyler Glasnow to take the ball to start Sunday’s game, manager Kevin Cash told reporters including MLB.com’s Juan Toribio (Twitter link). Glasnow, who has been sidelined for much of the season with a forearm injury, is expected to be limited to two or three innings of work.
While Glasnow isn’t going to step right back into a full starting role, that was never the expectation. For one thing, he’s returning without the benefit of a lengthy minor-league rehab schedule. For another, he is needed in the majors as soon as possible with the Rays engaged in a closely fought battle for Wild Card position.
It’s hard to predict how the situation will unfold. Glasnow could perhaps build his arm strength up while working as an opener. Perhaps that’ll morph into something more akin to a typical starter’s workload as the postseason approaches.
Glasnow, who recently turned 26, is a key piece (in the present and the future) for a Tampa Bay organization that is hoping to return to full health in the pitching department at just the right time. Fellow hurlers Blake Snell and Yonny Chirinos are also trying to work back to the MLB bump. In eight starts to open the year, Glasnow pitched to a 1.86 ERA in 48 1/3 innings.
2.30 innings. That’s quite the small sample size.
That’s 2 innings and 90% of the next out.
He got all that in 20 starts as a opener too
It is a 1.86 ERA in 48.1 innings. The 2.30 innings is a typo or cut and paste error, obviously.
Yes, yes, yes.
Ya I got 48.1 IP
Lol. Did you check all your scorecards.
Does Tyler “Wild Thing” Glasnow finally shows why the Pirates lost faith and traded him? To be continued…..
I hope you’re not seriously trying to justify the Archer trade because the Rays won it by a landslide
I hope he can stay healthy
Great Idea they will start Glasnow and use him as an opener until he is streached out. If all goes well he could be a viable starter with Morton, Yarbs. As for Snell, we need a LH Reliever and suspect they will use him in tight LH relief roles down the streack and in the Playoffs. looking up towards playing Boston-Yanks in late September.
Tell you what, let’s just undo the deal. We’ll take back Glasnow, Meadows and Baz…give Archer back, and throw in a good veteran OF / DH in Melky Cabrera.
Jeffrey, I think you need a vacation.
First you quit in the middle of a sentence on the Moustakas article (“He…”), and now you want me to believe that a 20-year-old reporter with one year experience in the DSL is writing for MLB.com?
I can take over for you if you want a quick break. I can spin some tall tales of yesteryear to entertain the kids.