Rays right-hander Chaz Roe has undergone surgery to correct a posterior labrum tear in his throwing shoulder, the team announced. The procedure will end Roe’s 2021 campaign, as manager Kevin Cash told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times and other reporters that the aim is to have the righty back in action for 2022.
Roe tossed only two-thirds of an inning in a single appearance for Tampa this season, before suffering a shoulder strain and then biceps tendinitis. It marks the second straight abbreviated season for Roe, since elbow soreness limited him to 10 games and 9 1/3 innings.
Despite that injury, the Rays brought Roe back on a one-year, $1.15MM free agent contract that unfortunately is now a wash. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Roe return for what would be a sixth season in Tampa Bay, however, if the club re-signed him on a minor league deal this winter.
Initially acquired from the Braves back in July 2017, Roe has posted some solid numbers for the Rays, including a 3.82 ERA over 101 1/3 relief innings in 2018-19. That roughly matches the 3.89 ERA posted by the 34-year-old over parts of nine MLB seasons for five different teams. While walks have been something of a nagging issue throughout Roe’s career, he has balanced those free passes with a good amount of missed bats (26.4% strikeout rate) and he has done a solid job of keeping the ball on the ground (48.9% grounder rate).
RIP Chaz Michael Michaels
RIP he will be missed
Watching that slider will definitley be missed.
RIP in peace
That jarad porters linked n profile pic ?
I believe you are thinking of Jerod Porter.
Roe with the frisbee slider has been replaced by Colin McHugh with his own frisbee slider.
Rays need to figure out the starting pitching situation (yes, I realize Roe is not a starter). Cannot expect the bullpen to keep doing what they have done–we are already seeing the damage done. Bring up Patino, Ryan, Honey? Trade for someone? Or roll the dice and bring up Baz? Need some experience beyond Hill, though; Yarbs has turned awful, Wacha is repeating last year…McClanahan is a stud, but young, and Fleming is a good four or five. Need a two at least. The organization has the prospects to trade with, if they want to win they need to do something sooner rather than later.
Acquire Aaron Nola from the Phillies for Franco plus some.