Injury updates

[MCO'sFan]

4 minutes ago, Brian88 said:

 

He is already better than most now. Can he pitch tonight? 

[Moose Milligan]

Getting DC and Westburg back for the Yankees series would be awesome.

[sportsfan8703]

36 minutes ago, Frobby said:

They are expecting Grayson back towards the end of the regular season, but not necessarily built up past 3-4 innings.   

Thanks.  I'd almost argue that it would be better value for us to roll with Burnes, Eflin, and Suarez in a 3 game series, with the possibility of having Grayson pitch in relief in Games 1 and 3.  That's for a wild card series.  I'd have to reconsider for an ALDS and see what happened in the wild card series.  

It sounds like things could actually be coming together for us.

It would be nice to be within 1 GB of the Yankees heading into that three game series at the end of the year.  

[now]

I wonder what the pecking order is for lefty relievers, or if they can even carry all four: Coulombe, Akin, Perez, Soto?

[LGOrioles]

15 minutes ago, now said:

I wonder what the pecking order is for lefty relievers, or if they can even carry all four: Coulombe, Akin, Perez, Soto?

I’m sure they could. They really only have 2 reliable RHH relievers right now (3 once Webb is back). Then can use Kremer and Suarez in the pen. Soto has been really good since his first 3 appearances - I’m interested to see if they start giving him some higher leverage opportunities. 

[gamiliel]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Getting DC and Westburg back for the Yankees series would be awesome.

It would. My concern with JW is wrist strength which is so crucial to hitting. I'm nor sure how much of that he has lost during the healing process.

[LookitsPuck]

1 hour ago, now said:

I wonder what the pecking order is for lefty relievers, or if they can even carry all four: Coulombe, Akin, Perez, Soto?

Coulombe doesn't have righty/lefty splits. It's why he is so damn good. 

Akin doesn't have righty/lefty splits this year, and he didn't last year but he was awful/hurt. He definitely did in 2022. But he stinks with runners on and in high leverage situations.

Soto is super inconsistent and when he blows up he's awful. Last year he stunk against righties, but was excellent against lefties. I reckon they want him to get back to that.

To me, the pecking order would be this:

• Coulombe and Perez for high leverage situations
• Akin only in for fresh innings and to give 1-2 IP.
• Soto I just don't trust. He had a nice stretch there for a minute, but in the end...he was pitching in mostly low leverage situations. 

[Warehouse]

Mookie Betts took 20 days to return from his broken hand once he started taking dry swings.

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

5 hours ago, gamiliel said:

It would. My concern with JW is wrist strength which is so crucial to hitting. I'm nor sure how much of that he has lost during the healing process.

This is a great point. I shattered my pinky a couple years ago and had to get a screw in it. It took a while to get things unstiff, let alone 100%, let alone ML caliber. 

[Just Regular]

Jacob Webb averaged 93.2 on his fastball in his inning tonight, just a few tenths off his yearlong average.

AAA Statcast also had Trevor Rogers averaging 89.6 on 29 four seam fastballs, and he did record six shutout innings with his mix tonight.

 

[Baseball fandom]

On 9/11/2024 at 3:42 PM, Moose Milligan said:

Getting DC and Westburg back for the Yankees series would be awesome.

Has Westburg made that much progress that it's possible he could play in that series?

[Warehouse]

7 hours ago, Baseball fandom said:

Has Westburg made that much progress that it's possible he could play in that series?

No

[Warehouse]

Below are timelines from dry swings (Westburg’s progression on weds 9/11) for players with similar hand injuries to Westburg.  I’m hoping he can be back for Twins series.

Crawford and Machado had minor “hairline” fractures. Longoria had a pin inserted. Seager started swinging and then was shut down - timeline below is from when he resumed second time.  Machado skipped a rehab assignment. Castellenos didn’t do a rehab assignment because minor league season had ended.

Player	Year	Days to MILB rehab from dry swinging	Days from MILB to MLB	Days from dry swings to MLB
JP Crawford	2024	3	4	7
Mookie Betts	2024	17	3	20
Charlie Blackmon	2023	20	2	22
Manny Machado	2023	10	n/a	10
Corey Seager	2021	21	3	24
Evan Longoria	2018	13	6	19
Nick Castellanos	2016	18	n/a	18
Travis D’Arnaud	2015	9	14	23

[Just Regular]

The Orioles and Westburg now I think vaguely resemble the Mariners and J.P. Crawford, teams fighting for something with not enough good Bats.

Crawford's worked 9 walks and 2 HBP, but is hitting just .156 and slugging just .200 in his first two weeks back.

Seattle's likely Sweep or Die visit to Houston is the first part of the last week.

[Baseball fandom]

2 hours ago, Warehouse said:

Below are timelines from dry swings (Westburg’s progression on weds 9/11) for players with similar hand injuries to Westburg.  I’m hoping he can be back for Twins series.

Crawford and Machado had minor “hairline” fractures. Longoria had a pin inserted. Seager started swinging and then was shut down - timeline below is from when he resumed second time.  Machado skipped a rehab assignment. Castellenos didn’t do a rehab assignment because minor league season had ended.

Player	Year	Days to MILB rehab from dry swinging	Days from MILB to MLB	Days from dry swings to MLB
JP Crawford	2024	3	4	7
Mookie Betts	2024	17	3	20
Charlie Blackmon	2023	20	2	22
Manny Machado	2023	10	n/a	10
Corey Seager	2021	21	3	24
Evan Longoria	2018	13	6	19
Nick Castellanos	2016	18	n/a	18
Travis D’Arnaud	2015	9	14	23

Thank you.

Yeah I'm not expecting back this year.