April 21: The Marlins officially placed Rogers on the 15-day injured list today with a left biceps strain, per Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extra Base. In a corresponding move, left-hander Steven Okert has been activate from the IL, where he began the season due to a left adductor issue. Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald had previously noted that Okert was with the club and that Rogers’ IL move was listed on the MLB transaction tracker.
April 19, 8:00pm: Craig Mish of SportsGrid tweets that Rogers appears likely to land on the injured list. He notes that the club is hopeful Rogers’ recovery timetable will be measured in “weeks, not months.”
3:05pm: Marlins left-hander Trevor Rogers was removed from his start today after a visit from the trainer, having thrown just 58 pitches in three-plus innings. The club later announced his ailment as left forearm tightness, per Andre Fernandez of the Miami Herald.
At this point, it’s unclear exactly what the lefty’s injury is or how severe, but any issue with a pitcher’s throwing arm is cause for some concern. He and the club will likely do further testing to get more clarity on the specific diagnosis and prognosis. The Marlins are out to a strong 10-8 start here in the early parts of the season and will hope that Rogers has just a minor issue that will not require any significant absence.
The southpaw has had an inconsistent career so far, which started with a 6.11 ERA over 11 starts in 2020. He then had an excellent breakout campaign the following year, throwing 133 innings over 25 starts with a 2.64 ERA. He struck out 28.5% of batters faced while walking 8.4% and getting grounders at a solid 40.1% rate. He came in second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting, trailing only Jonathan India. However, he couldn’t maintain that production last year, posting a 5.47 ERA over 23 starts as strikeout rate fell to 22.2%. He also went on the injured list for about a month due to back spasms and finished the year on the IL due to a lat strain.
Rogers has been in decent form here so far in 2023, with his ERA at an even 4.00 after today’s truncated start. If he eventually has to miss some time, it would be the second blow to the Marlins’ rotation, as Johnny Cueto is on the IL due to biceps tightness and is reportedly facing an absence of several weeks. Even in the event of Rogers missing time, the club would still have Sandy Alcantara, Jesús Luzardo, Edward Cabrera and Braxton Garrett in that scenario, but they would need a fifth starter at some point.
Devin Smeltzer is up with the big league club for long relief purposes but last pitched back on April 10, when he allowed five earned runs in four innings. Sixto Sánchez is on the 40-man but hasn’t pitched competitively since 2020 due to ongoing shoulder issues and is currently ramping up in extended Spring Training. Daniel Castano has already been up with the club once and could perhaps do so again. Non-roster options in Triple-A include Chi Chi González and Bryan Hoeing.
TJ would explain some things.
“At this point, it’s unclear exactly what the lefty’s injury is or how severe, but any issue with a pitcher’s throwing arm is cause for some concern”
I’m a righty and have a skin tag under my right arm
I’ve decided to use Lume, If I can’t pitch at least I don’t smell.
Forearm tightness + poor performance over the past 13 months = _______________. Anyone? (Hint: 3-word answer).
Thomas Edward John?
Excessive ‘hand parties?’
(Safety tip… use the non-pitching hand…)
He’s been pitching well, actually.
He hasnt been the same since his family tragedy. Fell back into a lot of old habits from when he was first drafted
Doesn’t sound good. Have seen a lot of these turn to the worst case.
I’m not a doctor but I stayed at a Holiday Inn once.
Once. Not even last night.
Made me laugh. Thanks.
This is not good. I remember when it happened today, based on what I saw, I originally thought it was the elbow. Then the replay showed body movement that seemed like he had a hip issue. But now with this report, I’m thinking elbow, and his body language was that of trying to alleviate some pain in his arm.
Hoping this isn’t the big TJS. We already have Max Meyer out, and we don’t know if Sixto Sanchez will ever be back.
At least we have a bunch of arms.
I thought it was his triceps, instead of his forearm, when i initially saw it
Funny.. trades only Pablo and suddenly, Cueto and Rodgers both out. Pitching depth doesnt seem so great anymore..Sandy has been shaky so far and Edward Cabrera hasn’t had the best history of health either. I love Arraez but this is why you sign FA bats rather than play poor and trade from your strength.
Yes, you’re totally right. They should have absolutely signed one of those bargain basement 9/10/11 year contracts in which 5 years from now they would be absolutely screwed paying a washed up player a premium salary for what he achieved while with someone else. Anyone remember how they reportedly nearly signed Pujols in 2012 and then think about how the contract he signed with LA finished up?
@cuban1
And why would they need to sign anyone to a 9/101/11 year contract? None of those guys were looking to sign with the Marlins. They could have easily signed lesser free agents and kept Lopez.
Which “lesser” free agents could/would they have signed that would actually be beneficial to the team? Signing “lesser” free agents is exactly how they wound up with Soler/Garcia last year, and Yuli/Segura this year.
Btw, its the players that signed those long term contracts that these delusional fans think the team should’ve signed. Theyre not really interested in the likes of the Seguras etc.
I’m not talking guys like that, but they could have added Abreu, JD Martinez, M. Conforto, J. Bell, Gallo, T. Manchini or A. Benintendi. And kept Lopez and if need be traded him at the deadline.
Of those 7 guys, only 3 have even been serviceable, and Gallo has only had 29 PA. The team was right to not go after most of those players
It’s less than 30 days into the season and your talking about only 3 have been serviceable.
how many days into the season both this year and last did it take for you to know the Avisail Garcia contract was a trash signing?
Abreu:19.5 mil
Conforto:18mil
Bell:16.5
Martinez:10 mil
Gallo:10 mil
Benintendi:15 mil
For what these guys are getting paid, im pretty sure their teams were expecting a little more production 30 days into the season
Luis Arraez isn’t getting a huge 10-year contract from anyone. Teams are smartly run today for the most part, and no one’s giving a huge deal to a guy who just hits for a high average.
Gallo is definitely earning his so far.
So you think the Marlins were expecting to get the exact production from Arraez in under 30 games? Of the 6 guys you mentioned the only one struggling is Bell and Abreu has been average so far.
Abreu:19.5 mil .253 0 HR, 5 R, 9 RBI ,83 AB
Conforto:18mil .234 4 HR, 12 R, 8 RBI, 1 SB 47 AB .373 OBP
Bell:16.5 .184 1 HR, 5 R, 8 RBI, 69 AB
Martinez:10 mil .250 3 HR, 12 R, 14 RBI 84 AB, 14 extra base hits in 21 abs
Gallo:10 mil .258 5 HR, 7 R, 11 RBI 31 AB
Benintendi:15 mil .278 0 HR, 11 R, 5 RBI, 2 SB, 72 AB
I think every team is satisfied with the production they are getting after less than 30 games.
You think Abreu has been average? He is making 19.5 million and has an OPS of .585. Mancini, who you previously mentioned has an OPS of .619. And Benintendi has an OPS of .685, every single one of them is below average, especially for the money.
Bruh, are you serious? Like I said this is April and we still have a week to go in April and your acting like these stats are at the All Star break. I love how you cherry pick stats to try and fit your narrative but fail every time and bring up guys like Mancini who isn’t even on the list.
Now since you want to talk about OPS, let’s talk about the people I listed. Abreu and Bell .585 and .640, every other player on the list has a higher OPS. Benny ,678, *Gallo 1.135*, Conforto .821, and Martinez .821. Like I said before 23 days into the regular season teams are happy with the players I mentioned.
Hey genius, the entire point is that you listed these guys as people the MARLINS should have signed. To this point in the season, which one of these guys would have been worth it to sign to the contract they got and take away at bats from someone currently in the lineup?
Is it Martinez over Soler? Keep in mind Solers OPS is .150 points higher.
How about Abreu/bell over Cooper?
Maybe Benintendi over de la Cruz?
Hey Genius, we started off talking about keeping Lopez and the players they could have gone after instead. And Martinez OPS is .821 vs .884 for Soler. Don’t know where you’re getting .150 points higher.
Yes, I would take Abreu or Bell over Cooper all day
Yes, I would take Benintendi over De la Cruz but the Marlins could have signed Benny and kept De la Cruz and no one loses at bats.
Why? because he is Arraez, a guy that hits for a high average, although not as high as Arraez, offers little power, and can score runs and steal bases. See, they could have signed Benny , kept Lopez and still received similar productions offered by Arraez. Now Chisholm stays at 2nd base, Benny in CF or De la Cruz in center field.
Baseball-reference hadnt updated yet, so his OPS was .150 points higher at the time. So even after an 0-8 doubleheader Soler has been the better of the two.
You accuse me of cherry-picking stats, and yet you cite “scoring runs” as an asset Benintendi provides? Doesn’t scoring runs require you have someone to drive you in?
Abreu is 36 years old, and currently being outperformed by Cooper for a much higher salary. Coopers regression back to normal shouldnt be that substantial, while Abreu isnt going to get substantially better as he gets older.
“You accuse me of cherry-picking stats, and yet you cite “scoring runs” as an asset Benintendi provides? Doesn’t scoring runs require you have someone to drive you in?”
Yes, you need someone to drive you in, he spent most of last season with KC and still managed 54 runs his lowest amount in his career. Now he is back on a team that will allow him to score runs.
“Abreu is 36 years old, and currently being outperformed by Cooper for a much higher salary. Coopers regression back to normal shouldnt be that substantial, while Abreu isnt going to get substantially better as he gets older.”
I will give you Abreu is getting older and won’t get substantially better. But Cooper is 32 and won’t be getting substantially better either.
In what was considered a down season by Abreu’s standards. He still outperformed Cooper by a wide margin.
Cooper – .261 9 HR 37 R 50 RBI .752 OPS
Abreu – .304 15 HR 85 R 75 RBI .824 OPS
Good! Now that you established last year was a down season for Abreu, you should probably take note of how it was the 2nd straight season his OPS had declined, and then notice an even further decline to start this year. Thats what we call a trend, and yet for some reason you think hes going to be the same player he was with Chicago and be worth almost 20 million a season.
The tommy john surgery is the bane of baseball. is there any sort that has a more iconic consistent injury? Maybe football with the ACL tear?
Hope it isn’t what we all think it is.
Ohhh NOOOOOO !!! Every1 knows forearm tightness is code4: a.torn rotator cuff b.thoracic outlet syndrome c. Ulnar nerve damage d. sprained testicle, no cheating !
RIP
*Fraudnando Ringworm Jr.
I like Tatis and get tired of all the jokes made about him, but your username is great!!!
It’s ok, Sixto is almost ready to pitch. Gonna be six-to years since he plays a game.
The word forearm is one of the dirtiest words in baseball. When I hear anyone’s name and forearm in the same sentence, I assume we won’t be seeing them for about 18 months.
Tom John coming up
How much “depth” do we have now……..