The Padres placed right-hander Craig Stammen on the 15-day injured list due to right shoulder inflammation. (The placement is retroactive to July 6.) Righty Dinelson Lamet has been called up from Triple-A to take Stammen’s place on the active roster.
A fixture in San Diego’s bullpen for the last six seasons, Stammen is having another good year, with a 3.34 ERA/3.25 SIERA over 32 1/3 innings. The home run ball has been a bit more of an issue for Stammen this season, yet the 38-year-old is still generating plenty of outs thanks to a lot of soft contact, a 51.5% grounder rate, and his typically excellent control. Stammen’s 3.6% walk rate is in the 97th percentile of all pitchers, and he has been in at least the 91st percentile in each of the last five seasons.
With Steven Wilson, Robert Suarez, and now Stammen all on the 15-day IL, the Padres have lost some key arms from what has been a very solid relief corps. None of the injuries are thought to be overly serious at this point, and Wilson and Suarez are already throwing bullpen sessions.
However, there is an opportunity for Lamet to re-establish himself as a player to watch. A fourth-place finisher in NL Cy Young Award balloting in 2020, Lamet has struggled to stay healthy, and now may be ticketed for bullpen work in an attempt to avoid further IL trips. Working only as a reliever this season, Lamet has a 9.72 ERA over 8 1/3 innings in the big leagues, but he has looked sharper in minor league action.
Given the close proximity to the trade deadline, Lamet’s recall might also be the Padres’ way of showcasing the righty to potential trade suitors. San Diego was known to be discussing Lamet with other teams earlier this year, perhaps as a way of giving the Padres a bit of extra luxury-tax breathing room.
LFGSD!
That pen is decimated
Stammen
Johnson
Pomeranz
Suarez
Adams
Morejon
Wilson
Padres should bring in some extra pen help at the deadline esp from the left side. Andrew Chafin, Matt Moore come to mind
5 of those guys are either P already in AAA or about to start their rehab assigments ..all but Adams are expected back before the deadline…
Pomz likely won’t return till mid-August, at earliest.
We have Alfaro in the House…
On a serious note Alfaro DH Voit 1B and Rooker LF (padres debut).All in the lineup today.. we need a nickname for this Beer Softball League trio.. The MASH Squad! Is my contribution to it
Rodon’s pitching so today might be MISS squad. We’ll see
Phillies bs Cards just now 1-0 easy double play ball Bohm throws it to right field 1st and 3rd no outs bottom of the ninth
Phillies hang on
That play was ugly, but Bohm has looked pretty good against the Cards over the last couple of weeks.
Stammen has only pitched well in mop up appearances. Mph been down. This could be it for him. The Padre pen has been Crismatt, Garcia and Taylor. The later hasn’t tossed a clean inning in awhile. Fortunately the SPers go 6 or 7 every game.
stammen has only been good in mop up appearances…. FOR LIKE SEVEN YEARS. AND STILL THEY RUN HIM OUT IN HIGH LEVERAGE SITUATIONS. DRIVES ME F$&!#G NUTS.
The Pen would seem a lot better if they scored some runs.
It’s like every inning is a high leverage inning.
Pen needs help not liking the Garcia In 8 allows to many on base and hitters hit 300 in June against him not many options right now .Rogers given up runs in 4 straight appearances needs get right or gonna need a closer
Good Lord can gas can stammen PLEASE go on the 1500 day IL.
WAIT! did someone say… STAMMEN WAS HAVING A GOOD SEASON?? HOW ABOUT GETTING WRITERS ON HERE that WATCH BASEBALL INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT STATS THAT LOOK GOOD FROM PITCHING WELL IN MOP UP DUTY.
good. effing. GRIEF. what PATHETIC commentary.