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Rays Activate Yonny Chirinos

By Darragh McDonald | September 6, 2022 at 12:45pm CDT

The Rays have activated right-hander Yonny Chirinos from the 60-day injured list, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Today’s scheduled starter Drew Rasmussen has been placed on the paternity list. JT Chargois will act as opener, with Chirinos potentially coming in after him. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extra Base first reported that the activation of Chirinos was imminent. The Rays already had a vacancy on their 40-man roster after designating Matt Wisler for assignment yesterday.

If Chirinos does indeed pitch tonight, it will be his first time on a major league mound in over two years, as his last appearance was in August of 2020. He underwent Tommy John surgery that month, which wiped out his 2021. He then fractured his elbow in October of last year, which pushed his return even farther down the road.

Prior to that lengthy layoff, he looked to be establishing himself as a core member of Tampa’s rotation. He debuted in 2018 with 18 appearances, and though only seven of them were officially starts, the rest featured Chirinos as the bulk pitcher behind an opener. He threw 89 2/3 innings that year with a 3.51 ERA, 20.3% strikeout rate, 6.8% walk rate and 43.7% ground ball rate. In 2019, he got up to 133 1/3 frames, with a 3.85 ERA, 21.5% strikeout rate, 5.3% walk rate and 43.3% ground ball rate. He was only able to make three starts in 2020 before landing on the injured list.

He has recently returned to a mound in the minors as part of a rehab assignment. His most recent outing was September 1, when he threw 39 pitches over three innings for the Triple-A Durham Bulls. That means the Rays likely won’t be able to count on him for a full starter’s workload as of tonight, but he could certainly factor into their plans in some way.

The Tampa rotation has a number of question marks floating around it at the moment. Shane McClanahan was just placed on the IL due to a shoulder impingement a week ago. It’s possible he could return after his 15-day minimum stay is up, though that still remains to be seen. Assuming Rasmussen returns shortly (paternity list stints are for 1-3 days), then he will jump back into the rotation with Corey Kluber, Luis Patino and Jeffrey Springs. Another wild card factor is Tyler Glasnow, who is also making his way back from Tommy John surgery. Topkin relays that Glasnow is potentially going to start a rehab assignment tomorrow, though he still needs some time to ramp up, with first start planned to be just a single inning.

Another factor to consider is the schedule. After playing today and tomorrow, the Rays have Thursday off before embarking on a stretch of playing 18 games in 17 days, thanks to a doubleheader in Toronto on September 13. It will likely be all hands on deck for that stretch, meaning Chirinos could potentially get a few turns through the rotation, even if Rasmussen and McClanahan return promptly. The Rays are currently five games back of the Yankees in the American League East, in addition to holding onto one of three Wild Card spots, tightly bunched up with the Mariners and Blue Jays.

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  1. Sideline Redwine

    3 years ago

    Happy for him. Long road back, with unforeseen complications. Hope he does well!

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  2. HBan22

    3 years ago

    This guy was underrated before he got hurt. And he has a cool name.

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  3. StPeteStingRays

    3 years ago

    GO RAYS!!!

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  4. Hittsrays

    3 years ago

    The team you’re writing about is the Tampa Bay Rays. The newspaper you’re getting your information from is the Tampa Bay Times. And yet, you refer to the team as “Tampa” multiple times. Are the Rays from Tampa? No. Have they ever played a single game in Tampa? No. Are they headquartered in Tampa? No. Do better. You write about baseball professionally. This might seem like a small deal to some, but I’ve never heard of the York Mets, the Francisco Giants, nor the Diego Padres. Yankees fans, If your team was referred to as the Queen’s Bombers, would it bother you? Tell me about those Kansas Royals, and those Louis Cardinals!

    All this site does is write about baseball. Learn the damn names of the teams. Tampa Bay is a region. Tampa is a city. They are not the Tampa Rays. They are the Tampa Bay Rays.

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    • StPeteStingRays

      3 years ago

      I get peeved about this same topic. I’ve used Green Bay as an example. Green Packers….

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    • alwaysgo4two

      3 years ago

      Hey hey……take a breath! In no state is that considered a felony. Everyone, including you, knows exactly what is meant. Why not at least count to 10 before a nonsensical barrage. Geesch.

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      • Hittsrays

        3 years ago

        It’s not a mistake if you call someone the wrong name twice. It means you don’t know their name. There’s only 30 teams. Is it too much work to learn all 30 teams, and their proper nomenclature?

        If a basketball writer repeatedly called the Warriors the Golden Warriors, or a football writer called the Patriots the England Patriots, their writing career would be over in minutes. Yet here we are, someone paid professionally to write about Major League Baseball and it’s 30 franchises, that repeatedly gets the 3 word name of a franchise incorrect. To you it may be a minor deal, because, as you say, everyone knows whom he is speaking of. But to me, it shows ignorance, and I don’t read ignorant writing from ignorant writers.

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  5. Gwynning

    3 years ago

    Welcome back Yonny!

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  6. Ghost Pepper

    3 years ago

    Didn’t Magic go to Michigan?

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