The Rangers introduced that right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has been positioned on the 15-day injured checklist with a proper groin pressure. Fellow righty Yerry Rodríguez was recalled in a corresponding transfer.
Eovaldi, 34, began Thursday’s recreation however departed the sport with groin tightness. He appeared unconcerned with the difficulty after the sport, per Jeff Wilson of Rangers At this time, however the membership scheduled him for an MRI. It appears that evidently a pressure was discovered, however the severity isn’t publicly identified.
No matter how lengthy Eovaldi is out, his absence will likely be a problem for a Rangers membership with loads of rotation accidents. The membership has lengthy identified that Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle can be out for important parts of this yr, as every underwent Tommy John surgical procedure final yr. Max Scherzer then required again surgical procedure within the winter, which meant he was going to begin the season on the IL as nicely. Because the season has began, Cody Bradford has landed on the shelf resulting from a stress fracture in his rib and now Eovaldi is following that group to the IL.
Subtracting Eovaldi will naturally damage, as he has a 2.61 earned run common on the yr. His absence will likely be doubly difficult for the membership presently since they’re at the moment in a stretch of taking part in 10 video games in 9 days, because of a scheduled doubleheader in Oakland this coming Wednesday.
For now, they will have Michael Lorenzen, Dane Dunning, Jon Grey and Andrew Heaney begin the following 4 contests. However they’ll want one other starter to take Eovaldi’s spot within the rotation by Tuesday after which another person for the dual invoice the day after.
José Ureña is on the massive league roster and has been throwing multi-inning stints out of the bullpen. He could possibly be an choice for a begin or working as a bulk pitcher as a part of a bullpen recreation. Jack Leiter and Owen White are every on the 40-man roster, however neither had good ends in their earlier call-ups this yr. Scherzer had begun a rehab task however has been slowed by some thumb soreness and his timeline is unclear in the intervening time. Johnny Cueto lately signed a minor league deal however hasn’t but appeared in official recreation motion. Adrian Sampson and Shaun Anderson are stretched out at Triple-A however neither is on the 40-man roster in the intervening time.
