Cardinals righty Trevor Rosenthal will open the season on the DL, Jenifer Langosch of MLB.com reports (Twitter links). Sam Tuivailala will take his place on the active roster. St. Louis has three other righties heading to the DL as well: Alex Reyes (who’ll miss the year after Tommy John surgery), John Gant and Tyler Lyons.
A lat issue had slowed Rosenthal earlier in camp, but he had seemed on track to start the year back in the bullpen. Though he had been working to stretch out as a starter, the club did not seem to have a rotation spot open — and Rosenthal’s delay apparently nixed that idea.
It seems that the lat injury is to blame, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes on Twitter, though it’s not apparent whether there was any kind of setback. Rosenthal had been able to throw ten spring frames, allowing two earned runs on ten hits while compiling 11 strikeouts against five walks.
Ryan Barnes
Tylor Lyons isn’t a righty
jdgoat
Tyler Lyons is a lefty
joshb600
^ More excellent proofreading by the MLBTR staff before posting lol.
davbee
More snarky comments from MLBTR reading couch potatoes.
Boof
Read this while sitting on the couch
JFactor
Could this be just a delay for him rather than an injury concern?
chesteraarthur
Why would they do that (serious question here)?
callmemabry
Maybe still trying to figure out how to use him? Maybe time to stretch him out more? Maybe they don’t think he’s sharp after the lat issue. Not sure but he seems healthy.
sean707
They probably just want to have him get more work in. He didn’t get to pitch a whole lot in spring training.
TheChanceyColborn
Is this the DL or the ‘DL’?
teufelshunde4
It’s the dl on the DL
vinscully16
… agreed. Enough with the holier-than-thou grammar/fact policing. Mistakes happen and, as is the case at MLBTR, are quickly corrected.