The Brewers placed Jake Cousins on the 10-day injured list on May 1 with what was described as a right elbow effusion, or a build-up of fluid within the elbow. However, an MRI also revealed a “concern” with Cousins’ UCL, manager Craig Counsell told MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy and other reporters, and a second opinion is being sought.
It makes for a very ominous situation for the 27-year-old righty, who seemingly came out of nowhere to post a 2.70 ERA and 35.2% strikeout rate (albeit with a 15.2% walk rate) over 30 innings out of Milwaukee’s bullpen. Batters did a little more damage against Cousins this year, as he had a 4.50 ERA, 34.2% strikeout rate, and 13.2% walk rate in eight innings before heading to the injured list.
Some notes on other injury-related situations around baseball…
- Byron Buxton left today’s 1-0 Twins victory over the Athletics due to tightness in his right hip, acting manager Jayce Tingler told reporters after the game. Buxton is day-to-day with the injury, but even a seemingly minor issue has to be of concern given Buxton’s import to Minnesota’s lineup, and his long injury history. Exactly one year ago today, the Twins placed Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip strain that cost the outfielder six weeks of action. Buxton has a spectacular .278/.342/.722 slash line through his first 79 plate appearances of the season, adding nine homers and his usual great glovework in center field.
- Diamondbacks right-hander J.B. Wendelken was reinstated from the COVID-related injured list, with righty Luis Frias heading to Triple-A in the corresponding move. Wendelken has been out since April 28 due to a positive COVID-19 test. Since the D’Backs claimed Wendelken off waivers from the A’s last August, the righty has a 4.33 ERA over 27 innings in an Arizona uniform, though with only a 15.31% strikeout rate.
Heard from a friend of a friend that Buxton actually left the game because he just received word that some local kids trapped a praying mantis in a bottle and he wanted to see it
Wrote here the other day under the Correa injury article that Buxton had pulled up lame running to 1B that day.
Don’t now if today’s issue is related.
Well, at least they both weren’t getting a group massage…..
Poor Buxton. He has Hall of Fame talent but he’ll never be able to play enough to reach that achievement. Hopefully this is just a minor setback for him and he can resume playing in 2-3 days but how many times have we been fooled by a ‘minor’ day-to-day injury with Buxton? He loves to play the game so this isn’t a situation of him being a soft player; his body just can’t seem to take the rigors of a 162-game season. He’s tried everything in the offseason (fitness wise) to prepare his body to hold up for the entire year. We’ll see if that hard work pays off or not. This is his first physical hiccup of 2022. They need to be careful with this one as it could lead to an extended absence if not treated correctly right now. Good luck, Byron; this is game is much better when all of its stars are healthy and on the field.
Second physical hiccup. He had the knee issue against Boston that caused him to miss a few games.
He is electric on the field. Baseball needs some new superstars. Second time this year he’s missed time
I have zero emotional ties to the Twins whatsoever, but I desperately want to see a full season from Byron Buxton. Baseball needs it.
I think most baseball fans feel that way. I’d love to see a healthy season from the guy. One of very, very few players with well above average ability in all five tools.
Maybe we can legalize unlimited oxycodone for just Buxton.
@Hubert – Forget about the drugs; Buxton needs to follow in JD Drew’s footsteps and buy his own hyperbaric chamber! JD used to go home after every game and spend an hour or so in his machine. Some of his teammates used to joke that he was a vampire and he needed to rush home to get into his coffin, but JD swore by it! At this point, Buxton should be trying anything but the pharmaceutical regimen to help him stay on the field.
Here we go again, Buxton out again. Poor Twins fans for having to put up with this guy. What is it now, a sore eye brow?
Do you make sarcastic comments about people born handicapped as well?