Rays left-hander Colin Poche suffered an oblique strain tonight and is done for the year, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
Poche, 28, has been a useful hurler for the Rays this year, with tonight being his 65th appearance of the season. It wasn’t a great outing, as he allowed four earned runs in just a third of an inning. But coming into the game, he had a 3.39 ERA in 58 1/3 frames for the season, along with a 26.3% strikeout rate, 8.8% walk rate and 32.5% ground ball rate.
With Poche out, the Rays will lose another southpaw from their bullpen mix just as they are about to begin a Wild Card series against the Guardians, who have a significant number of guys who hit from the left side of the plate. Steven Kwan, Josh Naylor and Andrés Giménez are all lefties while José Ramírez is a switch-hitter.
Jalen Beeks, another lefty, also recently landed on the injured list. Without Poche and Beeks, Tampa will be left with Brooks Raley and Garrett Cleavinger as the primary southpaws in their relief corps. However, since Poche is done for the year, the club could put him on the 60-day injured list and select another reliever to the roster. Poche has crossed three years of MLB service time this year and will therefore be eligible for arbitration in the offseason.
If there was a choice between Cleavinger or Poche, it’s Cleavinger any day. Poche routinely gives up big hits.
If that was the case his ERA would be a lot higher due to him being a reliever.
Really? He gives up a lot of solo blasts and frequently other pitchers runs. I’ve followed him all year….have you Jays fan?
Complete understandable @alwaysgo4two, the Mets have a similar pitcher in Drew Smith. Hes our worst relievers that everyone thinks is great on this site. He routinely gives up hits with other pitcher’s baserunners on base and basically gives up a homerun in every close game situation. People think just looking at a guys stats makes them a genius
This is shocking news. I can’t believe it.
Expecting an article saying Nolan Arenado is out for the first (and only) round with a calf ouchie.
Rays have LH reliever Angel Perdomo in AAA, Beeks also set to get reactivated today I think
? You know Poche doesn’t play for Colorado, right? Did you read the article at all?