Athletics reliever Trevor Rosenthal is dealing with a slight groin strain, manager Bob Melvin told reporters (including Martín Gallegos of MLB.com and Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle). The team believes it’s a minor issue, Melvin says, but there’s no current timetable for when Rosenthal will resume throwing. It isn’t clear if Rosenthal will have to start the season on the injured list but that would seem to be a possibility with Opening Day just over three weeks away. The 30-year-old was the A’s top free agent acquisition after rebounding with a 1.90 ERA/2.31 SIERA over 23.2 innings with the Royals and Padres in 2020.
Other health notes from the American League:
- Mariners second baseman Shed Long Jr. has inflammation in his right shin, reports Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times (Twitter link). Long underwent tibia surgery last September but the area continues to cause him problems. At the moment, it seems the organization is hopeful that a bit of rest can improve the situation. The upcoming season looks to be a critical one for Long, who failed to cement himself as Seattle’s second baseman of the future during a disappointing 2020.
- Catcher Grayson Greiner suffered a broken nose in yesterday’s Spring Training game and will miss a week of action, the Tigers announced. The news comes as a bit of a relief, as Greiner went down after being struck in the face by a 94 MPH fastball in a scary incident. Assuming his recovery goes as expected, it seems the 28-year-old should be ready for Opening Day. Greiner’s in competition with Jake Rogers and non-roster invitees Eric Haase and Dustin Garneau for the backup job behind Wilson Ramos.
A bit concerning if Long had surgery last September and the tibia is still bothering him now. He’s had six months of rest. Will a few weeks now help? Hopefully so.
More like Garage Short, amiriteoramirite?
Sources speaking on the condition of anonymity say it’s actually Barn Deep.
Barn Short?
I’m just going to go ahead & admit that I feel a little relief when the Yanks are not included in the these particular round ups.
I fully agree it’s rather shallow on my part. But injury/health have been far too big of story lines for the Yankees the past couple seasons.
I hope that there’s a day where we don’t get one of these…
It sucks, and it definitely sucks even more when it’s your team. Injuries are injuries though, and I don’t wish them on anybody.
Btw, I posted on the Kim thread a few days ago.
Right?
It’d be great if there was no need for any type of IL in any sport. But it *is* sports, uh?
Might as well hope for Joe West to become competent at his job. Ain’t gonna happen.
Noted.
I’ll swing through.
You still throwing?
The nature of athletics is injuries will happen. The Yankees will have their share. What you don’t want are the strange updates that Boone gives when he claims the injury is minor, the player will miss a few days, and then three months later the player still hasn’t returned and they never give clear updates. I could always read Girardi’s responses to injuries. Boone’s approach is way worse. Maybe it’s not him. Maybe the Yankees have adopted a different approach on reporting, which is to be completely opaque with diffuse answers. Frustrating.
Man – @lordd99 – what I want is merely a regular amount of injuries. No historic levels type stuff, please.
If we can keep our starting 9 on the field these guys are going to break scoreboards. I just want to see these guys intact for…man, how about a hundred games, or so.
Still throwing. My arm is warm and loose enough now to where I get out and throw bullpen every 4-5 days. I’ve been taking a lot of videos on myself and tweeking my delivery some. Added a higher leg lift into my delivery, and I’m trying to engage my back leg’s quad more to try and drive more power into my motion. I am so surprised by how good my control is. Doing self-teaching that’s normally hard to achieve, but that’s probably my best ability. Just trying to add more power/velo now. Not a goal to hit 90 mph right now, but I feel like I am waaay above the average speed for my age group at this point. Just trying to utilize my entire body because there shouldn’t be a stone uncovered when trying to be a good pitcher.
If you want to try and picture my delivery, think of a mix between Scott Kazmir and Max Scherzer.
My man.
Good stuff, @Ranger29.
I’m a pretty simple fella. So I enjoy hearing about it. But the words “throwing a bullpen” make my shoulder wimper in protest.
Pretty cool hearing about modern pitching development from a boots on the ground perspective. I was just remembering the other day about learning how to throw a palm ball & a forked ball from books lol!
Back then, Fangraphs was uphill both ways in the snow.
I can not recommend the need for a coach when working on your mechanics enough. I did the same thing you are doing years ago. I added a bit more kick and in doing so I was able to get my hips in a bit more and created more torque. My entire motion felt smooth and I added another 6mph to my average speed. I was already being scouted for the draft and going into my senior year I was pretty much guaranteed to go in the first 10 rounds. I was 6’4” and 195lbs throwing in the high 80’s sometimes getting into the 90’s. After I adjusted my mechanics I was breaking 95 routinely. I had visions of being a first round pick and pitching opening day at the old Yankee Stadium. 3 games into my senior year I threw a slider and my arm made a sound like a towel being torn. After that my arm didn’t hurt but it felt weird like it was too loose. That game was the best game I ever pitched in my life. I had pinpoint accuracy and my curveball had nasty bite. The next day my forearm was on fire. It hurt bad. Yep, I had torn my UCL and my pitching career was over. That was in the early 90’s when Tommy John was still fairly new. I got the surgery but I was never the same. It’s hard to explain but the baseball just doesn’t grip the same and I couldn’t hit a catcher’s mitt with a beachball. I got to enjoy baseball as a kid and I am thankful for that but I have to wonder if I had stayed with the mechanics I learned at the camps and in school if I could have at least pitched in the minors for a bit. I doubt I would have seen the majors. I just didn’t have that kind of talent but a college scholarship wasn’t out of the question or being a mid round draft pick and pitching 2-3 years in the minors. So do yourself a favor. Listen to your coach and don’t mess with your mechanics without supervision. Without knowing it you could put too much strain on a part of your arm. Having your baseball dreams crushed by injury sucks more than anything else I have experienced. Good luck to ya and may the baseball gods forever be on your side.
Thanks for the anecdote; it puts this game into perspective well.
I was in little league – say – 3 years ago? Anyways, during one practice I was in the outfield and I went to throw a ball back in to 2nd and I felt my arm just die. It went numb and I couldn’t feel anything from the elbow down. I didn’t get it checked out.
Fast forward to a year and a half ago, and I was just out in the yard pitching haphazardly, and that same feeling reoccurred. This time I went to the orthopedic and got an MRI, x-ray, and several other tests to see what was wrong, and luckily they said it wasn’t wrong at all.
That happened a little bit after I played my last season of little league, and I haven’t played organized ball since. Though that incident was like a stroke to me; it served as a caution sign. Ever since then I have been super cautious with everything pitching, and it seems to be serving me well. I haven’t gotten that feeling in a year and a half, and my goal right now is to try and stretch out to between 50-60 pitches per “outing”.
I say “outing” in quotes because – while I don’t play organized baseball – I finished building a red clay mount out in our field a few months ago, and I throw bullpens on it regularly now.
I hope to be playing HS baseball this time next year because this season I couldn’t due to certain issues.
It’s really nice to hear your experiences, and I hope that one day I can achieve the dream you once had as well.
I realize in reading over my last comment that I didn’t bring up what I’m doing with my current mechanics once, but it’s getting late and there’s a rabbit hole of stuff I could talk about on that topic, so I’d rather not right now lol. Thanks for sharing your experience, and I definitely hope to talk to you again.
Get well soon. Best wishes.