The Padres placed first baseman Eric Hosmer on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to gastritis. Right-hander Jerad Eickhoff will take Hosmer’s spot on the active roster, as the club announced today that Eickhoff’s contract had been selected.
Hosmer has only played in three games this season, though the good news is that team doctors have said that his stomach issues aren’t related to COVID-19. Such stomach problems are hard to gauge in terms of a timeline, so the Padres clearly felt an IL placement was necessary to give Hosmer proper time to fully recover.
Eickhoff signed a minor league contract with San Diego in January, and he is now in line for his first MLB appearance in anything besides a Phillies uniform. Eickhoff posted a 4.15 ERA over 440 innings with Philadelphia from 2015-19, though the bulk of that good production came during a 2016 season that saw him deliver a 3.65 ERA over 197 1/3 innings.
Multiple injuries curtailed his performance over the past three years, however, and the Phils outrighted Eickhoff from their 40-man roster last November. He’ll now get a crack at reviving his career in a relief role for San Diego.
Wow, I didn’t know that Eickhoff is in the Padres organization. Hopefully, he is healthy now.
The Padres need Hosmer back. Regarding the bullpen, DB is the difference at the moment. There are also some questionable relief pitcher decisions being made.
Who is DB? David Bednar? Why use his initials, and why choose him? There are several Padres relievers who have been similarly effective. Tim Hill, Pierce Johnson, Drew Pomeranz. Notice I did not use their initials so as not to make people look up who I am talking about.
Thank you for service, Comment Cop.
did you instinctively know who DB was?
I instinctively know everything.
DB is still with the org, just not in the dugout as PC.
Darren Balsley
The best pitching coach, probably ever.
He stepped down this year, and was replaced
“The Padres need Hosmer back.”
Never thought I’d hear those words.
good to see Eickhoff back. he’ll probably outplay VV.
Hosmer sucks anyway
With that gastritis, sounds more like he blows.
Lol
A lack of intestinal fortitude.
gastritis? tell him to fart and get back out there!
Oh I didn’t realize he was with the padres. Now that I say that I forgot that El Paso was their AAA affiliate, as I recently picked him up in the rule 5 draft in mlb 20.
I feel like they should have used this opportunity to get Luis Torrens on the active roster. Neither of the catchers can hit right now, might as well see if he’s a viable hitter.
At the very least having a 3rd catcher would give them an additional backup considering they’ve been using Hedges as a defensive replacement late in games which could be risky.
“Right now”? Hedges has never been able to hit. He’d be an all star if he could hit his freaking weight.
Shoulda went with Torrens
He wasn’t on the 40-man roster. Who gets DFA’d? Or did they already have an open spot?
MLBTR lists 3 open spots