 | CONNELL GRANGE SUPPLY WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS STILL THE COMPANY |
|
Printable Page
08/14 01:06 CDT Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom leaves start with right triceps
fatigue and will undergo MRI
Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom leaves start with right triceps fatigue and will
undergo MRI
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom left Thursday
night's start against the Los Angeles Angels after two innings because of right
triceps fatigue and will undergo an MRI on Friday.
"I'm not too concerned," deGrom said following a 7-0 loss to the Angels. "I
mean, hopefully I'll make my next (start). We'll see. It was tight in the
second inning, and it just didn't want to loosen up,?so I don't know, I haven't
really had this before."
The 38-year-old right-hander, who has been dealing with a left hip and glute
injury since the All-Star break, escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the first but
gave up two runs and five hits during a 32-pitch second. He was replaced by
right-hander Peyton Gray to begin the third with the Angels leading 2-0.
It was the first time deGrom permitted five hits in an inning since Sept. 5,
2017, with the New York Mets.
"I wasn't going to risk it once I heard (it was) the triceps," Rangers manager
Skip Schumaker said. "Obviously, you don't want to hear anything arm-related.
You pull a guy out in the second inning, it's concerning. But we'll figure it
out when he gets some imaging. We won't know until they get in there."
This seven-game road trip began with the Rangers placing pitcher Nathan Eovaldi
on the 15-day injured list because of elbow inflammation Monday. Texas beat the
Angels 4-1 that night but lost the next three games to fall to 60-62 and two
games behind first-place Houston in the AL West.
Now, the Rangers might have to navigate the next few weeks without their two
best starting pitchers.
"Our starting pitching has taken a hit, that is reality," Schumaker said. "With
two guys going down, we'll see what it looks like, but it's never easy when
you're No. 1 and No. 2 guys are down."
A two-time Cy Young Award winner, deGrom allowed six hits, struck out three and
walked one. He needs two strikeouts to become the ninth active pitcher and 94th
in major league history to reach 2,000.
In three starts against the Angels this season, deGrom has yielded 10 earned
runs in 10 innings.
"It was very disappointing," he said of Thursday night's start. "I needed to go
out there and give us some length and wasn't able to do it. I said I could
probably keep going, and they said, ?Well, we're not going to risk this right
now,' so we'll just see how it is tomorrow and I'll go from there."
One of baseball's best pitchers when healthy, deGrom made at least 31 starts
per season and pitched to a 2.53 ERA across 622 1/3 innings from 2017-19 with
the Mets.
He won NL Cy Young Awards with New York in 2018 and 2019 and led the National
League with 255 strikeouts in 2019 and 104 strikeouts during the
pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
But deGrom made only 35 starts because of injuries from 2021-24 and underwent
his second Tommy John surgery in June 2023, which sidelined him for much of his
first two seasons with Texas in 2023 and 2024.
___
See AP's full MLB coverage here
