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Latest On Jake Odorizzi

By Anthony Franco | May 18, 2022 at 3:33pm CDT

TODAY: Odorizzi told The Houston Chronicle’s Chandler Rome (Twitter links) and other reporters that he suffered some aggravated tendons and ligaments around his ankle and foot, but in a “best case scenario,” an MRI revealed that Odorizzi’s Achilles tendon is fine.  Odorizzi said he heard a “large pop” from his leg when leaving the mound, but “one of the tendons that we pissed off runs parallel to the Achilles, that’s what they think the big pop was from.”  It isn’t yet known when Odorizzi might be able to return, but the righty said he’ll be able to pitch again in 2022.

MAY 17: Houston placed Odorizzi on the 15-day injured list this afternoon, recalling Seth Martinez in his place. The club is still just terming the issue lower leg discomfort, but they’ll no more after an MRI today.

MAY 16: Astros starter Jake Odorizzi was carted off the field during tonight’s game against the Red Sox. The right-hander broke to cover first base after Enrique Hernández hit a ground-ball to the right side of the infield. He stumbled off the mound and fell to the ground in pain; he was eventually carted off the field.

Odorizzi was on crutches and in a walking boot following the game, manager Dusty Baker told reporters (link via MLB.com’s Molly Burkhardt). Odorizzi will undergo an MRI today to determine the extent of the damage, but Baker offered some optimism, saying after the game that Odorizzi was “probably doing better than it looked like on the mound.”

The team has yet to provide a substantive update, noting only that he departed the game due to left lower leg discomfort. Club officials figure to provide more detail after the game. Given the nature of the injury, it’d register as a real surprise if the veteran didn’t require an injured list stint. Whether he’s facing a particularly notable absence will be known after he undergoes further testing.

Odorizzi has made seven starts this season, tossing 31 2/3 innings. He has a solid 3.13 ERA, but that’s come with worse than average strikeout, walk and ground-ball marks. Odorizzi has benefitted from opponents’ meager .258 batting average on balls in play while allowing just one home run against 128 batters faced.

The Astros have been deploying a six-man rotation, with Justin Verlander, Cristian Javier, José Urquidy, Luis Garcia and Framber Valdez joining Odorizzi in the starting staff. That group has been among the most effective in the game, and pitching coach Josh Miller told reporters before today’s contest they planned to stick with the six-man staff (link via Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle). An absence from Odorizzi would obviously affect the makeup of that group, leaving the Astros to decide whether to go back to a five-man rotation or to call upon a reinforcement like Brandon Bielak or Peter Solomon from Triple-A Sugar Land.

If Odorizzi is facing a long-term absence, it could prove quite costly for him personally. He signed an incentive-laden deal with the club late in the 2020-21 offseason. Odorizzi is playing this season on a $5MM base salary; he’d trigger a $500K incentive for reaching 100 innings pitched, with additional $1MM+ bonuses for every 10 innings thereafter up through 160 frames. His deal also contains a $6.5MM player option for next season that comes with a $3.25MM buyout; both the option price and the buyout figure would escalate if Odorizzi makes at least 20 starts this year.

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  1. SashaBanksFan

    1 month ago

    I hope he can recover quickly. Seems eerily similar to Garrett Richards injury back in 2014

    Reply
    • prov356

      1 month ago

      Richards’ knee cap detached and slid up to his groin area…ouch.

      Reply
      • SalaryCapMyth

        1 month ago

        @prov356. I don’t know if there’s a gif appropriate for that. Right up there with Mitch Haniger’s injury on the terror scale.

        Reply
    • RunDMC

      1 month ago

      Also reminded me how Soroka went down when he tore his Achilles, though it looked like Jake could put more on it than Mike, which makes me doubt it’s that.

      Reply
    • HalosHeavenJJ

      1 month ago

      Same thought. Ran off the mound and collapsed. Thankfully not as bad, it seems.

      Reply
  2. hiflew

    1 month ago

    I guess we are going to have to seriously look into having a universal designated fielder as well. Maybe a trap door on the mound to lower the pitcher following a pitch with another player coming up to take his spot when the ball is put into play.

    Reply
    • stollcm

      1 month ago

      This made me chuckle

      Reply
    • retire21

      1 month ago

      hiflew, Coming here to make this exact point. We can’t be having pitchers getting hurt like this and besides, some pitchers aren’t good at fielding anyway. Whoever bought a ticket to watch a pitcher field a ground ball?

      Reply
    • Yankee Clipper

      1 month ago

      Or just have an automatic out of the pitcher makes an effort to field the ball, like puts his glove toward it, or something.

      Oh, what happened to the days of Albert Belle mowing down 2B’men in his path……

      In all honesty, I hope the dude is okay and it’s not serious, although the lack of information seems to indicate otherwise.

      Reply
    • eephus11

      1 month ago

      Indian ball…errr Guardian ball!

      Reply
    • prov356

      1 month ago

      hiflew – they won’t consider that unless it’s projected to shave at least 30 seconds off game time.

      Reply
    • getrealgone2

      1 month ago

      Just have a pitching machine and the pitcher gets paid millions to put the ball in the machine. Have one of those nets up around the machine and if the batter hits it back into the net then it’s an automatic out. I’m sending my resume to MLB now.

      Reply
      • Yankee Clipper

        1 month ago

        Only if he can wear special gloves to protect his hands

        Reply
    • GaryWarriorsRedSox

      1 month ago

      Love it hiflew. Where you been haven’t seen you in months?

      Reply
      • hiflew

        1 month ago

        I got kind of ticked at a couple of people on HR and just basically abandoned commenting there.

        Reply
    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      1 month ago

      The “today’s players are too soft” crowd will be protesting this from their living room recliners.

      Reply
    • louwhitakerisahofer

      1 month ago

      Perhaps it’s time to have a pitching machine mate as of human pitchers. The risk of injury is just too much.

      Reply
  3. greatdaysports

    1 month ago

    Now these days, if your team doesn’t have a six man rotation, you’ll likely be out of contention.

    Reply
    • Pedro Martinez’s Mango Tree

      1 month ago

      I wish the Sox even had a 5 man rotation

      Reply
  4. Fink Ployd

    1 month ago

    When I saw the film of him falling to the ground, the first thing that came to mind was Mets pitcher Jon Niese falling to the ground in agony after an ill-considered warmup pitch immediately after injuring his hamstring doing a stretch on a play at first base. He tore the tendon from the bone.

    But that was an upper-leg injury. So the next thing that came to mind was a torn Achilles tendon. I hope it’s not that.

    Reply
    • padam

      1 month ago

      Jon Niese. Now that brings back memories.

      Reply
      • Unclenolanrules

        1 month ago

        Man it’s ghosts of injury’s past tonight!

        Reply
  5. greatdaysports

    1 month ago

    Maybe there’s a Sanberg, Alomar or Grich in their low minors.

    Reply
  6. astros_fan_84

    1 month ago

    The Astros can survive this industry, but it’s a shame because he was really in a groove.

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      1 month ago

      He and Stella

      Reply
  7. DarkSide830

    1 month ago

    I don’t see anyone worth taking starts from the starting five in AAA save Hunter Brown. Not very familiar with him but his numbers in the Minors are great. What’s the scoop on him?

    Reply
    • Tigers3232

      1 month ago

      He has a high K pitcher with alot of upside. He’s had a high K/9 and K/BB ratio everywhere hes pitches. I saw him pitch a few times at my Alma mater Wayne St Univ, I think he has a very bright future ahead of him.

      Reply
  8. LordD99

    1 month ago

    Hopefully he can be back in weeks and it’s not season ending.

    Reply
  9. Josip Tomic

    1 month ago

    Hi Anthony,
    Is it ‘no more’ or ‘know more’? Can you please fix this?
    “but they’ll ‘no more’ after an MRI today.”

    Reply
    • JimmyTheC

      1 month ago

      I would bet a lot of money this was typed into a phone.

      Reply
    • JimmyTheC

      1 month ago

      I would bet a lot of money this was typed into a phone.

      Reply
  10. Rezonator

    1 month ago

    “…but they’ll no more after an MRI today.” That’s some top tier writing.

    Reply
  11. HubertHumphrey

    1 month ago

    Back in my day, a player would just rub dirt on it and tough-it-out.

    Reply
  12. ftasports

    1 month ago

    They’ll no more!

    Reply
  13. notnamed

    1 month ago

    carted off, wheeled off. there’s got to be a nicer way to say what happens when a player is injured.

    Reply
    • stymeedone

      1 month ago

      Would you prefer they get dragged off the field?

      Reply
  14. bryce1344

    1 month ago

    Misread his comment and thought he said he hurt the tendon we piss off of. Was wondering where that was located on the body

    Reply

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