The Padres announced that right-hander Yu Darvish has been placed on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to July 9) due to left hip inflammation. Righty Nabil Crismatt was called up from Triple-A El Paso to take Darvish’s spot on the active roster.
It was already known that Darvish wouldn’t be pitching in the All-Star Game, after he was named to the team for the fifth time in his MLB career. Assuming his IL stint is a minimum 10 days, Darvish won’t miss a start, factoring in both the two days of retroactive placement already banked and the four-day All-Star break. The righty is currently lined up to start San Diego’s fourth game of the second half, a road game against the Braves on July 19.
Of course, it shouldn’t be assumed that Darvish will be immediately ready for that start, considering that he left his last outing on Thursday due to back and hip tightness. Darvish was touched for six runs in three innings in that start against the Nationals, easily the worst start of what has been an impressive debut season in San Diego for the veteran hurler. Darvish has a 3.09 ERA/3.36 SIERA over 105 innings for the Padres, with a strong 29.8% strikeout rate and 5.7% walk rate. There is a lot of red ink in general on Darvish’s Statcast card, but his elite 99th-percentile fastball spin rate stands out as particularly noteworthy.
Darvish isn’t a pitcher the Padres can afford to be without for too long, especially considering that Blake Snell and Dinelson Lamet are also still on the 10-day IL (though tentatively expected to return after the All-Star break). Starting pitching was already thought to be a priority for the Padres heading into the trade deadline, and that need will only increase if there is any uncertainty about Darvish’s readiness.
15 pitchers on the DL, but they’re 14 games over .500!
Ok well u can start listing their pitchers as it continues to grow and go ahead and stick ur chest out like hey we are the BIG BAD BOYS IN THE MLB….caution urself young man as 15 on the DL is alot different then lets say 17 on the dl so hope KHARMA DONT COME FOR YA AND break 2 mo pitchers of the pads and maybe a broken arm….hmmmm
Hmmmmm indeed.
I said the same when Jack Flaherty got hurt and uhhhhh the Cardinals went like 7-27 since he strained his oblique. Padres have much more offense though and are built differently but they gonna need some pitching somehow someway like almost every other team in the league. I watched Anibal Christmat last year, no offense but the Padres are gonna need more pitching
And now weathers is hurt. This sucks
Weathers just hurt his knee trying to make a play on a bunt. Didn’t look quite as bad as Acuna but I think the Padres will need another starter for a while.
Weathers down with what looked like a tear, this season is over.
You can’t lose this many pitchers and stay competitive
Relax
Charlie Morton, Zach Davies, Jon Gray come to mind as targets theyll look to acquire before the trade deadline. Theyll probably acquire at least 2 rental starters.
I doubt the Rockies will deal Gray within the NL west.
He’s a free agent at end of season. Thatd be true if he was controllable long term but as a rental they should trade him for best offer, whomever that is.
Why wouldn’t the Rockies deal Gray within the division? Taking a bunch of prospects from a division rival for a guy they are going to lose for nothing after 3 months is the greatest thing that could ever happen.
Hey over dreaming PAD FAN there is no FING WAY the ROCKS give PADS Gatorade cooler u not so smart…has nothing to do with long term or half year rental u dont help Ur opposing teams in ur division ALAPERIOD
Sure you do if you can help yourself more by doing so.
Doubt he is even hurt.
Lots of these pitcher IL stints with pretty convenient timing. Smart money says it’s just IL/40 man shenanigans.
Yep, he won’t even miss a start.
Not talking specifically about Darvish in this case, but I can’t be the only one that has noticed that since the crackdown on sticky stuff that pitchers have all of a sudden developed very noticeable rusty coloured tongues and are going to their mouths a lot more.
I’ve seen the same colour at least a dozen times on different guys.
Darvish is great this one is going to hurt. They’ll go and pick up someone good before the deadline.
Zack Davies? Cubs are already familiar with SD farm system.
Even though Abrams is out for the year he is still one of the best prospects in baseball and is almost ready. He is blocked so he would be the perfect piece to bring back a good starter with a plenty of control left. Hendricks from the Cubs or Mean from Baltimore would be ideal. They have plenty of prospects to package with Abrams to get either deal done. Gore and Ona are the only ones that have a real future in San Diego. Hendricks has a proven track record with few injuries they can plug into the #2/#3 spot and not have to worry for a couple of years. He should be the target. Scherzer would be the splash the rock star GM likes to make and he is exactly who you want pitching the Wild Card. Remember Lester was a few years ago when the A’s traded for him. The Padres are more than an Ace away from a championship. With Hendricks they could add 2 stud relief arms in FA and become WS favorites for 3-4 years.
I think the cubs would gladly take a abrams-led package. Shit, jed prolly wouldn’t even ask for stuff in the pads’ top 5 of their system.
The Padres had been trying to trade for an ACE for years. They tried to trade for Syndergaard when he was one of the best in baseball. The Mets asked for Tatis or Gore. Top 10 prospects in mlb. The Padres said no repeatedly. Now you expect the same Padres management to trade a prospect of equal caliber for a far lesser pitcher? The Padres traded for Snell, Musgrove, Darvish and Clevinger without dealing a premium prospect. I wouldn’t count on them trading Abrams for Hendricks.
Abrams is not and really cannot be blocked on the Padres. When you have the ability to play any position on the field outside of P and C you will always have a job opening.
Cubs are not trading Hendicks unless they totally got blown away with a ridiculous haul
Should Cubs fans really trust Jed Hoyer and the rest of the front office? I not sure personally. He’s been on the job less than a year with the Cubs so we’ll eventually find out. This is a very critical point in time for the Cubs and Hoyer needs to come through when he starts dealing.
Hoyer has been with Theo all this time.
Like Cub fans have a choice on trusting Hoyer? I have complete trust in Hoyer, as he’s been with the Cubs for a long time and had a lot of input on deals involving the Cubs. It doesn’t mean that GMs and Presidents don’t make mistakes on players. Theo made a few, as will Hoyer. All teams go through this.
Yes that’s true. But Theo was ultimate decision maker regarding the roster not Jed. Now this is on Jed.