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Injury Notes: McKenzie, Hernandez, Suarez

By Darragh McDonald | April 10, 2023 at 1:35pm CDT

Guardians right-hander Triston McKenzie was shut down two weeks ago with a strain of the teres major muscle in his throwing shoulder. The club provided an update to reporters today, including Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal, relaying that McKenzie would start a throwing program this week. His ultimate return will depend on how that throwing program goes.

McKenzie had a tremendous breakout season last year, posting a 2.96 ERA over 191 1/3 innings, striking out 25.6% of opponents while walking just 5.9%. He also made two postseason starts for the Guards last year with a 3.27 ERA over 11 innings. He’ll be looking to build on that strong campaign but will have to get healthy first. The two-week shutdown period appears to have helped alleviate the injury, allowing him to start building towards a return.

Despite the recent injury, McKenzie was listed as one of several players the Guardians were trying to sign to extensions. In the end, they got a deal done with Andrés Giménez and Trevor Stephan but not McKenzie. He will qualify for arbitration for the first time after this season and is slated for free agency after 2026. Hunter Gaddis took over McKenzie’s rotation spot in the wake of the injury, with mixed results so far. He allowed four earned runs over 3 2/3 innings against the Mariners in his first outing, but then tossed six shutout innings against the A’s in his second turn.

Some other injury situations from around the majors…

  • Royals right-hander Carlos Hernández departed last night’s game accompanied by the trainer, as relayed by Anne Rogers of MLB.com, who noted that the issue appeared to be his hamstring. The hard-throwing Hernandez has averaged around 97 mph in his career thus far but has mixed results to show for it. He had a 3.68 ERA in 2021 but that number jumped to 7.39 last year. The latter figure was likely affected by some bad luck, given his .339 batting average on balls in play and 59.4% strand rate. He has started well here in 2023 with a 2.45 ERA in a small sample of 3 2/3 innings. The status of his health is still unclear at the moment, with updates surely to be revealed in the coming days.
  • Padres right-hander Robert Suarez began the season on the injured list due to elbow inflammation and doesn’t appear close to a return. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Suarez has had his progression slowed because he “felt something” while playing catch recently. It’s not certain what the issue is or how long Suarez will be delayed, but it’s not an ideal start to his new contract. After many years in Japan, Suarez played for the Padres last year and posted a 2.27 ERA while striking out 31.9% of batters faced. He opted out of his contract but re-signed with the Friars on an aggressive five-year, $46MM pact. With Suarez out of action, the club has been giving its high-leverage work to pitchers like Josh Hader, Luis Garcia and Steven Wilson.
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9 Comments

  1. GMoney2850

    2 years ago

    46 million dollars for a reliever who was in Japan at age 31. Amazing.

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    • Joeypower

      2 years ago

      You mean the best country in the world in baseball? That Japan?

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      • bronxmac77

        2 years ago

        No. He means Japan.
        Not whatever the fk acid flash you’re enjoying.

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    • Rsox

      2 years ago

      Who pitched to a 2.27 ERA in 47.2 innings while posting a 3 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio. Suarez has been solid.

      I do however question why they mentioned giving high leverage work to Hader when he is their Closer and should be in high leverage situations

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  2. Brew’88

    2 years ago

    Suarez was hurt much if last year too, though I forget what ailed him.

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    • Longtimecoming

      2 years ago

      Brew, I’m not saying he wasn’t but I don’t recall him being hurt last year. He was hammered his first outing opening day and then settled down until well, at the end. All in all, 45 appearances for a RP. He may have had a short stint but probably not much.

      I thought it was a risky contract due to length but what do I know. Reminded me of Pomeranz’s deal which, based on his health, turned out to be not good.

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      • Brew’88

        2 years ago

        He missed all of June and July last year (knee 60-day IL), but yeah, he was lights out Aug-Oct

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  3. Old timer 78

    2 years ago

    Friars MISS him. Need some Set Up Help. Tapia has the Arm but Not the Control.Garcia needs help.

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    • websoulsurfer

      2 years ago

      Tapia. “Million dollar arm and a five cent head”

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