Tyler Wells 2022

[Roll Tide]

Roch says lower back

 

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The club announced that Wells experienced lower back discomfort

 

[SteveA]

Hyde says DL seems likely but they will know more tomorrow.

[yark14]

I'm not a big fan of babying the inning limits of pitchers, it just depends on the pitcher, their circumstance, and how they are doing.  The last few starts Wells has clearly shown that he is ready to be shut down for the season.  Remember, pitch command and sharpness of off-speed pitches often goes before fastball velocity.

[Aristotelian]

36 minutes ago, yark14 said:

I'm not a big fan of babying the inning limits of pitchers, it just depends on the pitcher, their circumstance, and how they are doing.  The last few starts Wells has clearly shown that he is ready to be shut down for the season.  Remember, pitch command and sharpness of off-speed pitches often goes before fastball velocity.

He's injured now so babying is not an issue. He's gonna be out for a while. 

[sportsfan8703]

This hurts. Tough break for Wells, but sounds like just a IL trip. I guess Bradish or Harvey take his rotation spot. 

[Griffey]

On 7/26/2022 at 4:02 PM, Griffey said:

And right on cue, Gore goes on the IL.

It's truly amazing how predictive that "increased usage" chart is for at-risk pitchers.  But I guess that's the consequences of grooming them as throwers instead of pitchers.   

[Jagwar]

I'm assuming Bradish gets the call to replace Wells, and not Hall. 

[sportsfan8703]

33 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

I'm assuming Bradish gets the call to replace Wells, and not Hall. 

Probably we’ll give Matt Harvey a chance. 

[MurphDogg]

If this is it for Wells, then it was certainly a successful season. Fingers crossed that he is only out for a few weeks and is able to come back for the playoff run (hah!) in September.

If not, hopefully he can hit the ground running going into Spring Training next year and is ready to make 33 starts.