It’s Saturday morning, which means it’s time to check in on a couple of potentially consequential injures from yesterday’s ballgames…
- Zac Gallen was removed from yesterday’s start due with what the Diamondbacks described as right hamstring tightness. He’ll have an MRI done today. The Athletic’s Zach Buchanan provides video of the pitch that took Gallen out of the game. It’s yet another setback for Gallen in what was supposed to be a breakout season. He missed the beginning of the season with a hairline fracture in his forearm, then went back on the injured list for another 39 days with an elbow sprain. Speculatively speaking, another IL stint appears likely here. Especially given the state of Arizona’s season, they are likely to be cautious with Gallen. When has has been healthy, he’s been effective, making eight starts with a 3.69 ERA/3.75 FIP in 72 innings with a strong 27.3 percent strikeout rate, slightly high 10.7 percent walk rate, and 44.6 percent groundball rate.
- Cardinals outfielder Tyler O’Neill appeared to take a fastball off the wrist yesterday, per MLB.com’s Zachary Silver (via Twitter). Upon further review, O’Neill was clipped in the right pinky, though he did leave the ballgame. The team is optimistic, though he will undergo further testing today, per The Athletic’s Katie Woo (via Twitter). A Gold Glove Award winner in 2020, O’Neill’s bat has caught up to his glove this season as he’s slashed .276/.329/.558 with 15 home runs in 237 plate appearances. The Cardinals have struggled to get the most out of their outfielders, ranking 22nd in the game by measure of fWAR with 2.6, with O’Neill himself adding 2.1 fWAR. Harrison Bader is recently returned from injury, but losing O’Neill would be a blow. In the short term, Tommy Edman will shift to the outfield, though if O’Neill ends up on the injured list, St. Louis would likely call-up another outfielder.
If Gallen had 72 IP in eight starts, that would be all complete games. 50-60 years ago, I’d believe it, but B-Ref shows he’s only pitched 39 innings.
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
Yeah the 72 innings was last season I guess they meant cause he was healthy last season cause he’s he’s only pitched 41 innings so far this year.
Now I’m trying to figure out where I got 39…I clicked on the link to his B-Ref page above, and I thought it said 39. Still, well shy of 72.
I prefer these roundup posts over the individual injury posts MLBTR does throughout the evenings. It gets excessive sometimes.
Between the excessive MLBTR posting and all those young whipper-snappers walking towards your lawn, it’s a wonder you can follow the game at all.
It’s actually pretty easy to follow the game since I work in the front office of a MLB team
I wish your squad luck and hope you get a nice fat playoff bonus this year $$$
Yeah well I am Mike Trout……
Just have a running column entitled: Hamstrung™️, with a list of names and new entries: Gallen, Schwarber. Adalberto Mondesi would have a permanent entry and MLBTR should consider him being a contributing writer for said column.
Hopefully ONeill is OK. After years of wasting away on the bench while we play politics with other outfielders he’s finally getting his chance. People don’t understand because he wasn’t allowed to play and wasn’t hyped like Carlson. ONeill has more talent than any Cardinal player I have seen in my lifetime. He’s going to be a star!!!
Now that’s a take and a half. He’s talented no doubt but assuming you’re older than 11 years old, you’re saying he’s more talented than pujols?
He’s also saying more talented than Molina.
that’s probably true
Pujols was super smart he wasn’t the most talented guy in the room. Pujols could foul off pitches he didn’t like until the pitcher messed up. If the pitcher threw the ball up and away he would hit it to the opposite field for a double. Pujols will almost certainly be the best player I see with my own eyes as a Cardinal fan.
But if we are talking pure talent I have never seen another player like ONeill. ONeill can be Mike Trout if he keeps improving and learning. He has more physical tools than just about anyone in the game past or present.
Pujols was the most talented guy in the room while in STL. There is no debating that.
I don’t care to argue semantics. Like I just said clear as day Pujols is the best player I saw with my own eyes. And probably ever will.
If O’Neal could stay off the DL he might have a shot to be an all star. This could potentially be his 3rd stent on it. I’d love to see him in the home run derby too. I guess it’s time to call Lars Nootbar.
Don’t go calling ONeill injury prone that’s lame as can be. What you don’t seem to know is that both his DL stints this year could have been avoided. Both of them it was a team choice because we didn’t want to be down a roster spot for a couple days so he went on the 10 day DL when he didn’t have a 10 day injury. Which in hindsight looks absolutely stupid since he’s arguably been the teams best player all season. And if the scenario comes up again( it just did cough cough) the team will and has handled it differently.
I don’t think he’s injury prone. I do agree that for some reason they may not of valued him as much as they have valued some other guys. If he stayed on the roster he probably would have a couple more homers and maybe affected a game or two. I hope this injury isn’t bad. He’s been really good.
Yes the organization has not treated him fairly that’s for sure. Don’t forget he sat on the bench last year for all 3 playoff games. 2 of which were in San Diego with their huge outfield. He went on to win a Gold Glove and it’s as if the team suddenly realized he was talented. All the while Carlson did start all 3 outfield games when he didn’t really do anything to earn the starts. The team gave him the number 3 which is a really big deal or at least it’s supposed to be. Again while he did and still has done nothing to earn it. It’s a messed up situation.
If you’re going to put Tommy Edmond in right then give the people what they want and put Nolan Gorman at 2nd. Tommy can play shortstop when Tyler gets back, if Gorman is doing well, or stay in right if Bader can’t hit.
Pretty sure you are liking your own comments…..
Anywhere Edman doesn’t belong in the outfield.
O’Neill should be an All Star
could be but isn’t
Joel Peterson, bandwagon Cardinals fan. Quick to pimp his flavor of the week player until he hates them again and says they should have been traded long ago. He actually left off his usual call for Mozeliak to be worst gm in baseball history for trading away Gallen in Ozuna deal, probably because he is as injury prone as O’Neal.
Dude if you knew who I was and my history of commenting about ONeill you wouldn’t say that. And since you don’t just stop. Been screaming for him to play everyday for years now.
5 years from now, you’ll say who was traded for Jazz Chisholm, another great DBACKS trade