The Rangers are placing starter Jon Gray back on the 10-day injured list, tweets Levi Weaver of the Athletic. The right-hander just returned after a minimal IL stint due to a blister on Tuesday, but he’s now suffered an MCL sprain in his left knee. General manager Chris Young didn’t sound concerned, suggesting this next stint might also be a minimal absence and could cost Gray just one start. Texas announced that righty Glenn Otto is being recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to make his first MLB start of the season this evening. Gray, signed to a four-year deal over the offseason, has made two starts in Arlington thus far, allowing seven runs in nine innings.
The latest on some other injury situations around the game:
- The Dodgers announced this afternoon that reliever Blake Treinen has been placed on the 10-day IL due to right shoulder discomfort. Treinen hasn’t pitched in eight days after experiencing some soreness in his arm. The team didn’t announce a timetable for his return, though that they elected against placing him on the IL for over a week indicates they were initially of the belief he wouldn’t miss more than a few days. Treinen is among the top arms in the L.A. bullpen, coming off a stellar 2021 campaign in which he posted a 1.99 ERA with a 29.7% strikeout rate and a 52.6% grounder percentage. He has made three appearances this season, serving up a game-winning homer to the Rockies’ Connor Joe on April 9 but otherwise not allowing a baserunner and punching out five.
- Brewers third baseman Luis Urías began the season on the injured list due to a left quad issue. He’s moving closer to a return, as Adam McCalvy of MLB.com tweets that the 24-year-old is set to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Biloxi over the weekend. Urías is coming off a solid 2021 season, hitting .249/.345/.445 with 23 homers and a strong 11.1% walk rate across 570 plate appearances. The righty-hitting infielder posted excellent minor league numbers during his days as one of the sport’s most promising prospects, so the Brewers can reasonably expect him to build off last year’s showing when he’s healthy. In the meantime, Milwaukee has relied on a Jace Peterson – Mike Brosseau platoon at the hot corner. That duo has combined to hit just .108/.233/.108 in 43 trips to the plate.
- The Phillies announced they’ve reinstated center fielder Odúbel Herrera from the injured list. Fellow outfielder Simón Muzziotti was optioned to Double-A Reading in a corresponding move. Herrera, re-signed to a modest one-year deal after the club declined a pricer option, entered Spring Training as the presumptive favorite for the center field job. He suffered a right oblique strain in late March that wound up costing him a month, though. After also losing Mickey Moniak to injury before the start of the season, the Phils have turned to Matt Vierling and Muzziotti through the season’s first two weeks. That hasn’t gone well, as Phils’ center fielders are hitting .118/.205/.147 through 40 plate appearances.
Saw ‘Injury Notes’ in the headline without seeing the rest of the headline initially so immediately figured the article would mainly be about mike trout. mike trout is a weak, fragile guy in major decline (and mike trout’s also not a team player, either).
Mike Trout stole this guy’s boyfriend
To answer your earlier comment- you’re right- I wouldn’t want to meet mike trout in a gym. Because mike trout would dislocate both shoulders and pull both hamstrings if he tried to use an elliptical machine- fragile guy. Wouldn’t want to see that.
What a weird hobby you have
Used to be the favorite player- not anymore. mike trout sucks now (in addition to being a 1-dimensional, pathetic shell of the player he used to be). He will average 3-5 WAR through 2024 (with 5 WAR being the least likely). Remember that.
Calling it weird is being kind.
Does this psychosis work the other way too? Is there some journeyman middle infielder that you feel compelled to insist is the reincarnation of Willy Mays?
The real ‘psychosis’ is that many still believe that mike trout is in his prime and that he’s a cool person- even though he is at least 3 years removed from it already (2019 at the latest) and arguably 4 (since he became a 1 dimensional player after 2018). Publicly sided with pujols against the team, even though pujols was a terrible presence- including screaming at the manager in front of the entire team (unbelievable)- in addition to being a terrible player for years and years and years. Refused to move from CF for the good of the team to make way for a much better CF (Marsh) and also lied about being “surprised” that it was “sprung up on him this year”, even though the team was already talking to him last season about moving from CF. mike trout sucks.
While I find this annoying, you speak some truth. Trout has not been the same since 2019, he’s currently the definition of injury prone and seems to (by all fair measure) find any reason to ride the bench. Maybe it’s not so much physical as we think and is mental? Maybe he has anxiety or depression?
I just want the guy back to who we know he can be, but it’s been so long. Perhaps Ohtani stole his shine and he’s finding it hard to play in a shadow? Maybe it’s covert narcissism?
You’d think a guy of Trout’s caliber would find any reason to play alongside Ohtani but he seems so… indifferent. I’m probably overthinking this but you never know.
I would like to hear more about whether or not he is a cool person. Thank you.
Stolen bases, fielding (and likely also the durability) will never come back- those don’t rebound with age especially for a “Center Fielder” (he’s not actually a CF- at best he’s a corner OF playing CF and more likely he would have the most possible value at this point as a DH). Since 2019 he has been a pathetic shell of the player he used to be and he will never post more than 5 WAR in a season again.
Actually he already has .7 WAR so you’re wrong about him being a shell, I’m more worried about his ambition to play more than his actual ability. So while we both agree he is injury prone the buck stops there, you’re actually an idiot.
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The real ‘psychosis’ is that many still believe that mike trout is in his prime
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What defines “many”? I’ve been saying for several years that Trout’s in decline, and should’ve been traded when Mookie was on the block. But he’s also declining from a HOF level, and trading an all-time favorite player can be bad for business.
And even now, he’s is still playing at an AS level. If you want a rotisserie analogy, I had no intention of drafting him where he was ranked (ADP ~ #12), but I’d be plenty happy to trade for him at a cheaper price.
Throw all the personal insults you want- I don’t care. He has 0.6 or 0.7 WAR- right- watch where it ends up. And he is a shell- hasn’t been a base stealer in nearly half a decade, hasn’t been good in the field for nearly half a decade, hasn’t been a superstar for 3 years. He was on pace for a 7 WAR season last year until he missed the last 120 games of the season. He will never post more than 5 WAR in a season again (this year included). Remember that.
Trout is only 1.5 CAR (cool above replacement).
Still that’s better than Evan, who is -4.0
Wow what is your name? I would like to follow your MLB career as you must be an Angels player with all this info.
Guaranteed that 29 other teams would find a place in their starting outfield for him. You sound more like a bitter fan than a knowledgeable one.
The only reason he’ll post sub 5 WAR is if he gets injured for over 1/3 of the season, it won’t be because he sucks. You’ve provided no hard evidence to why he sucks, he still takes fantastic routes to the ball and has a stronger throwing arm than his younger days, his defense is not a negative. And I know he can still hit with the best of them, I’m just worried about his drive to play, which seems lacking and concerning.
Right, all the info that’s secretly hidden on Baseball Reference and secretly hidden in articles and secretly hidden in trout’s lying press conference.
Even if he doesn’t end up injured for over 1/3 of a season, he will still be 5 WAR or under.
I meant 2/3 of the season, obviously no player is a 15 WAR player.
Trolling works better when dragging a fishing lure from a boat.
Whatever, it’s a moot point. he will never post more than 5 WAR in a season ever again no matter what, as said earlier.
-4.0 must be just today’s number…with 6-8ish hours (depending what time zone we’re using) for it to plummet even more.
Over/under -287.5 CAR for the season?
Your loss.
< 5 WAR? OK Nostradamus…
I’d give zero argument on Rendon…
Damn, Eric Kay is that you? Didn’t realize they’d let you participate on here from prison.
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Hey, do you think he will ever post more than a 5 WAR in a season again no matter what?
Lol you say never more than 5 WAR ever again as if a 5 WAR player is replacement level lol. Pathetic 5 WAR player is so oxymoronic that even a moron like you should know better.
.7 WAR through 10 games, what a washed up has-been.
Use all the personal attacks you want to, I couldn’t care less. I said 5 WAR maximum and that he would average 3-5 WAR of actual production through 2024. 5 WAR is the least likely of that range (4 is the most). He was a 9-10 WAR player in his actual prime, so obviously that’s a pathetic shell of what he used to be. he already hasn’t been a superstar for 3 years and he’s already a 1 dimensional, weak, fragile, pathetic shell of what he used to be.
You keep saying he will never post more than 5 war. On the pace he is at for this season, he will hit 5 war at 80 games. I don’t think he’s going to miss half a season this year, so you’ll probably be wrong in the first year.
he won’t keep up the current pace and/or he won’t play 80 games. Checkmate.
Thank Kirby it wasn’t Sonny Gray
Yeah, Jon Gray is a great guy and he can throw a ball through a brick wall, but this is what he is. Constantly got something going on, performance up and down. Rockies got this one absolutely right.
almost. right thing to do was deal him at the deadline.
They’ve made a stunning amount of major mistakes over the past few years.
Tyler Anderson Mitch White and Evan Phillips have been the Dodgers MVP’s so far
If I was other teams Id be circling right now trying to take advantage of the roster crunch that’s coming in about 10 days
Jake Lamb looking good/ and blocked as well these days w options running out on the farm
If a team wants a straight buy I wonder if taking Price nets anything. Prices oney No longer the biggest issue Now but taking a 26 spot (when there’s better options) could be an issue. Then again this might just be a last hurrah for him and Fried who drafted him
I mean Freddie exists
I can’t Imagine there’s another staff/bullpen as rested as we are right now
Freddie’s been great , but 3 weeks in, the major success stories have been the bottom third of the lineup producing and the pitching excelling WHILE getting optimal rest off a weird spring training
Roberts couldn’t have drawn it up any better, and those 3 arms above are a major reason why – Freddy’s just being Freddy –
Gonna be tough cuts during the Cle series
Wonderful off-season for Texas. Signed Seager (.690 OPS), Semien (.476 OPS), and Gray (7.00 ERA). And never had a shot of competing anyway.
While I don’t disagree with you that Texas was likely overly aggressive based on their 40 man roster and farm, judging an off-season after 7% of the regular season is premature.
I’m a ranger fan, and he’s completely 100% right on. Half a billion dollars and semien can’t hit and jon gray has spent more time on DL than active roster. And big off-season pitching aquisitions Jon gray and martin Perez to be ur 1 and 2. Lol the mike minor, lance Lynn luck was gonna run out eventually. Rangers are gone be up 3-0 in 3rd, just to lose 5-4.
Oh yeah and forgot Greg Holland who has already been cut
I wonder how Corey Seager feels about going from a contender to a perennial loser. $300 million probably helps soften the blow though
I imagine it’s gotta be a bit of a culture shock for him. But, like you said, he’s got a lot of money to make him feel better.
Can’t wait to watch the Odubel dumpster fire show
The Brewers need Urias back and upgrade that OF. They’re going to waste the pitching staff….
I saw the headline and thought it was going to be about me, a pathetic little troll, in fact, a shell of my former negative war self.
Saw your comment and initially just saw ‘negative war’ without war being capitalized, so figured you were making a pro-peace comment.
So glad we spent all that money on Jon Gray instead of Clayton Kershaw… *sigh*