The Rangers introduced that right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has been positioned on the 15-day injured record with a proper groin pressure. Fellow righty Yerry Rodríguez was recalled in a corresponding transfer.
Eovaldi, 34, began Thursday’s sport however departed the sport with groin tightness. He appeared unconcerned with the problem after the sport, per Jeff Wilson of Rangers At present, however the membership scheduled him for an MRI. Evidently a pressure was discovered, however the severity isn’t publicly identified.
No matter how lengthy Eovaldi is out, his absence shall be a problem for a Rangers membership with loads of rotation accidents. The membership has lengthy identified that Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle could be out for important parts of this 12 months, as every underwent Tommy John surgical procedure final 12 months. Max Scherzer then required again surgical procedure within the winter, which meant he was going to start out the season on the IL as nicely. For the reason that season has began, Cody Bradford has landed on the shelf because of a stress fracture in his rib and now Eovaldi is following that group to the IL.
Subtracting Eovaldi will naturally damage, as he has a 2.61 earned run common on the 12 months. His absence shall be doubly difficult for the membership presently since they’re at the moment in a stretch of enjoying 10 video games in 9 days, because of a scheduled doubleheader in Oakland this coming Wednesday.
For now, they will have Michael Lorenzen, Dane Dunning, Jon Grey and Andrew Heaney begin the following 4 contests. However they may want one other starter to take Eovaldi’s spot within the rotation by Tuesday after which another person for the dual invoice the day after.
José Ureña is on the large league roster and has been throwing multi-inning stints out of the bullpen. He might be an possibility for a begin or working as a bulk pitcher as a part of a bullpen sport. Jack Leiter and Owen White are every on the 40-man roster, however neither had good leads to their earlier call-ups this 12 months. Scherzer had begun a rehab project however has been slowed by some thumb soreness and his timeline is unclear for the time being. Johnny Cueto not too long ago signed a minor league deal however hasn’t but appeared in official sport motion. Adrian Sampson and Shaun Anderson are stretched out at Triple-A however neither is on the 40-man roster for the time being.
