Marlins righty Elieser Hernandez left today’s start in the third inning due to what the team described as “inflammation in his right biceps tendon.” Hernandez experienced a big velocity drop after his previous two innings of work, and manager Don Mattingly told reporters (including MLB.com’s Christina De Nicola) that he initially thought it could be a recurrence of the blister problem that has bothered Hernandez in the past. Mattingly didn’t have any updates about Hernandez’s status after the game, other than to say “obviously, it’s something that we’ll have to be careful with.”
After posting a 3.16 ERA over the small sample size of 25 2/3 innings in 2020, Hernandez was being eyed by the Marlins as a candidate for a much more extended breakout this year. However, with Hernandez now possibly sidelined and Sixto Sanchez and prospect Edward Cabrera already nursing injuries, Miami already finds itself short on pitching depth. The Marlins have a bit of flexibility due to off-days both tomorrow and on April 9, but with Hernandez possibly facing an IL stint, De Nicola suggests the club could again look to acquire some veteran starting depth to replace the recently-retired Gio Gonzalez.
More injury updates from around baseball…
- X-rays were negative on Michael Brantley’s right wrist after the Astros slugger was hit by a pitch from Oakland’s Cole Irvin today. Brantley remained in the game to play left field in the bottom half of the inning, but was replaced by pinch-hitter Chas McCormick the next inning when it was Brantley’s next turn at the plate. Manager Dusty Baker told MLB.com’s Alyson Footer and other reporters that the team initially feared a much worse injury: “I went out to talk to Michael, he couldn’t feel his fingers….He’ll probably be sore for a couple days. He couldn’t turn the bat head over so he’s day to day until then.” McCormick was playing in just his second career big league game today, though on a Houston club that was already lacking in outfield depth, McCormick looks to be the top fill-in option if Brantley has to miss a significant amount of time.
- Right-hander Silvino Bracho suffered a left oblique strain in his final spring outing, Giants manager Gabe Kapler told Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group and other reporters. Bracho is back playing catch but he will kept off a mound for the next 7-10 days. The oblique problem represents yet another health setback for Bracho, who missed all of 2019 recovering from Tommy John surgery and then pitched only a single inning in 2020 due to both a setback in his TJ recovery and then a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. With 89 2/3 total MLB innings on his resume, Bracho had spent his entire pro career in the Diamondbacks organization before signing a minor league deal with the Giants during the offseason.
- Nick Senzel left the Reds’ first game of the season due to a shoulder injury, but the outfielder returned to action today as a midgame defensive substitution. He also received one plate appearance in the Reds’ 9-6 victory over the Cardinals. There was certainly reason to fear the worst given Senzel’s lengthy injury history, though manager David Bell told reporters (including the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Charlie Goldsmith) that Senzel’s issue was “nothing serious” and that Senzel could be “back in the lineup in a matter of a day or two.”
Maybe the Marlins traded Yamamoto a little quick?
yeah that was puzzling
Except for the fact that Yams sucks. Mets confirmed it.
all that was confirmed is that they thought Peterson and Lucchesi were better to start the season off with. that he remains in NYM despite their 40 man crunch tells you something.
Are we praising the Mets for keeping a young player? The Mets, with their history of prospect busts?
Is this Zack Snyder’s MLBTRs?
The only transactions I have problems with in the Marlins offseason pitching moves was not adding a veteran innings eater and not adding a legit closer.
So far, we see what is now two young pitchers dealing with arm issues and we saw ourselves blow a 2-run lead in the 9th inning on Friday night.
I saw Jeter interviewed at length on TV during opening day.
He stated that his administration developed a plan when they took over, and they’re sticking with it.
I’m okay with sticking to the plan. I’m more inclined to keep our young pitchers in a situation where they can build up their arms without pressure, so why I wanted a veteran innings eaters. And with the closer, I don’t want us blowing games that we lead in the 8th and 9th, which demoralizes a team (and young players) if it happens too much.
So far, the lack of adding both is showing to perhaps have been a miss in the offseason. Luckily, there may still be an option or two to address both.
Marlins sure can use Roberto Osuna. He’s 26 so he could be a long-term possibility if he can be had at a reasonable price.
Senzel’s injury history is ridiculous every time he makes diving catch he ends up coming out of the game
Maybe he shouldn’t be making diving catches.
He’s a 3B. Maybe he has no business playing the OF.
The Redlegs FO / Mgm’t is ruining him as the former Phillies FO / Mgm’t ruined Scott Kingery (currently trying to untangle the nonsensical programming in AAA).
Allow youngsters to pay their natural position or trade them to get players of similar ability to staff the positions you haven’t filled. Nothing wrong with that. But asking young guys that haven’t yet established themselves as major leaguers to constantly learn new positions at the ML level is ridiculous.
I agree he is an infielder but he has adjusted well except for gettjng injured often. He has also been injured sliding into bases so it isn’t always the position he us playing. Have to wonder about his conditioning
He was getting injured in the minors when he was an infielder. It’s simply continued into the pros. The man injured himself running the bases, no place is safe for an injury prone player.
Samuel14 hours ago
as the former Phillies FO / Mgm’t ruined Scott Kingery
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Kingery’s K/W in AAA was 58/13, ~ 4.5/1.. His K/W in the pros is about 4.5/1. His HR ratio is virtually unchanged from AAA. It’s possible that the problem with Kingery, is Kingery.
Pitching injuries are unfortunately probably going to be very common this season. Miami might be affected earlier, but every team should beware. Managers will be able to gain an advantage if they can keep their pitching staff healthy.
Thought for content/ future articles:
– discussion with MLB manager about managing a staff this year. Go with an MLB player if Managers aren’t accessible to MLBTR writers which I imagine is the case. These guys aren’t really journalists per se. Not professionals with standing.
– kinda weird that an article about injuries and players missing time talks about Reds / Cardinals game and doesn’t mention like a melee that could have an impact on injuries or availability.
Oh no, Dusty Baker is about to destroy another pitcher. He is beginning to use that special skill of his.
Hurry, someone have Astros call Kerry Wood, Strasburg, and many others, just to talk sense back into the Astros….
The Astros injury is Michael Brantley, an outfielder, not a pitcher.
its pretty obvious in hindsight that the Nats were never going to be able to keep Stras mostly healthy.
I would expect Aledmys Diaz to see some time in LF in addition to McCormick.
Injury Notes: Elieser, Michael, Silvino and Nick.
There, now it’s consistent.
It is.
Which brings up something else.
Look.
At some point, one of two posters are going to find this. I don’t need to mention any names, because we all know who they are.
They will find this little tiny corner of sanity & respectful dialogue & try to wreck it in the way they do. I would like to encourage the fellas to rise above their antics. I will make the same effort. The one who breaks – although completely understandable – will be bringing down something that is positive. Don’t be the one.
These are obviously sick people.
Let them do their erstwhile thing. Remember that they are just unhealthy dudes. We don’t get mad at someone for having cancer, right?
Same thing.
Edit: lol, or whatever, man. Didn’t matter anyway.
I posted my admission of guilt and it was removed. I’m trying to grow up. The last message board I was on was a cesspool of miserable Red Sox fans. I’m even in the urban dictionary. Pathetic people, some Sox fans.
Hate to break it to you, but the last three words of your final sentence are extraneous.
I’d suggest: Pathetic people.
I’m starting to think it’s just pretty much all of us. Regardless of absolutely anything.
whyhayzee10 hours ago
The last message board I was on was a cesspool of miserable Red Sox fans.
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I don’t go on other teams message boards, but there cannot be anyone crazier than RS fans. There was one dude maybe 10-12 years ago, would go on these rants. You’d refresh a page, and 7 of the 8 comments were all his. And I mean, all like 200-300 word rants. He must have been getting 4 hours of sleep a night to write that much.
Other RS fans hate everything about the RS. Some other acknowledge just how crazy they are. They would admit that, even if Bogaerts wins the MVP then next ten years, they will still think he stinks.
I chalk it up to years of frustration poisoning the well, but no one obsesses like RS do.
@ Ducky Buckin Fent;
I’ve had a lot of problems with the things you (and others) wrote under my comments. I say black, you say white. I say white, you say black.
So look back at what I did with you and others – I wrote my points and ignored your responses.
All that’s fine with me. None of us has to reach into our soul to find out what’s wrong with us. Because there’s nothing wrong with us. People can have differing opinions. So? But when one apologizes for writing their opinions….then they gotcha….and you are no longer a free person…..which is exactly what they want!
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“I’m gonna spare the defeated—I’m gonna speak to the crowd
I’m gonna spare the defeated, boys, I’m going to speak to the crowd I am goin’ to teach peace to the conquered
I’m gonna tame the proud”
Bob Dylan – Lonsome Day Blues
I’ll not argue your greater point.
I can’t.
Because you’re correct.
Only point I was trying to make is that there are a couple posters who’s sole aim is to cause dissension. Those are the one’s – hard as it may be – to ” rise above”.
I may not be explaining it all that well.
But – as you saw earlier – most of us just wanna talk some ball.
A handful of other’s seem to have a different agenda, however.
So ignore them Bucky!
What did you tell your children when they were young?
If the people responsible for keeping this blog respectable, then you and others have the freedom to go elsewhere.
That’s how free markets work.
America is not just a voting democracy – which is currently hanging by a thread – more importantly it’s an ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY. Meaning the people have the right to spend their money where we want. When there is a shortage of products people want, others come in and bring them to market.
I’d say there are more than a couple because based on what I’ve seen, there are some people who can’t just have any kind of rational discussion with. Example: I’ve seen a couple of people (they know who they are) have a rational discussion over how Correa stacks up against Lindor. There are some who would’ve accused one of those guys as a “pathetic, delusional” Astros fan (neither of them were an Astros fan). Samuel is right: people on here have the right to insult others, but that doesn’t mean it’s ok. After all, people have the right to beastiality in New Mexico because it’s legal. Does that make it ok? No.
I told my son to stand up for what’s right.
That that was the measure of a man. & – of course – figuring out what is actually “right” is a life long process.
& by “rise above” I think I basically meant “ignore”.
Look.
Mr Dierkes just e-mailed me.
I’m not trying to start anything here.
Go baseball.
You have my respect, Ducky Bucking Fent. I know my comment didn’t make a whole lot of sense, but that’s because my thought is process is different due to Autism.
I will remember who you are.
I appreciate your insight & I understood completely the point you were making.
Have a great Easter Sunday, @Goastros123.
Look for me on the board.
I got you.
Stop diving, sheesh
First game on May 24, 1969 at Yankee Stadium. Jim Kaat won 2-1. An amazing year, 1969. Listening to the Mets games on the Mount Washington radio station from our camp in New Hampshire. Walking past the Main Office at my school and seeing the World Series on TV for everyone to watch. Getting score updates in the end of the day announcements. Eventually, the Mets had traded away all the heroes of that year. Baseball has proven its ability to bring great joy and great disappointment in no small measure over the past decades.
My whole thread was deleted again because I called out MLBTR for deleting our thread. Sad business.
MLBTR, is it that offensive that you are called out for deleting paying customers’ threads when they did nothing wrong other than question why comments were closed on a baseball related topic?
I’m curious because apparently even questioning your decisions is impermissible. Delete, delete, delete. Unreal.
Ducky, great point. We should rise above. All of us, although it’s difficult with certain people on here. It’s especially hard though when we can’t even have a simple discussion because it triggers someone on the control board side.
I agree with you though, and I’m going to do it as well.
One cannot rise about being stripped of free speech.
If a site has comments under articles, and suddenly closes some, then they should simply remain consistent and not publish the articles.
We also can’t have simple discussions on here because other fans are willing to stoop so low just to put down and mock a fanbase of another team. There’s no need for that. We’re all baseball fans here.
I mock fanbases of other teams here. But it’s always in response to them mocking teams I follow.
For example, let me ask you – when is the last time a fan of the KC Royals mocked another team or its fans on this site? I’ve been here on and off since at least 2013, and I don’t recall an instance. Yet Royals fans and the city of KC are constantly mocked. But when I go on offense and do the same thing to those people, suddenly they demand decency.
This is just human nature. The Royals are one of my favorite teams. The franchise reflects the area. In a word – Decent. Not perfect – there is crime and murder there – but overall the area is decent, and players that have played for the Royals have never been treated anything less then decent.
So?
Even in places of worship people go off on one another. Move on.
Samuel, you are correct but I’m not talking about doing it as retaliation. There is no need for a Cardinals fan to come on here and call Cubs fans “stupid idiots who are still riding their high of 2016” or something. in 2015, back when MLB articles still had comments. Royals fans were very classy the Astros. I have no issue with Royals fans or any other fanbase in general.
There I was still heaving a sigh over how The Marlins got through Spring Training without any injury concerns except for Edward Cabrera, who seems to be perpetually injured.
Two pitchers are down and we have at least two about ready to go. Neidert and Castellanos. Admittedly, not superstars to be, but two guys who may well have decent Major League careers in front of them. After them it gets a bit hazy with guys who need competitive baseball to sort out their order. That’s still a month away.
This is a serious concern, but I found de Nicola’s article to be a bit panicky. Rookie jitters perhaps