Just got an alert Eovaldi is dealing with side tightness after his last bullpen.

Manager Bruce Bochy said on Aug. 27 that Eovaldi was feeling tightness in his side after his latest bullpen session. Bochy said there is nothing wrong with Eovaldi's arm, but the team just wants to be cautious with the All-Star right-hander and not cause any further issues. Bochy said Eovaldi, who was going to play catch before the Rangers' Aug. 27 game in Minnesota, had a "great" bullpen session on Aug. 24 but reported feeling the tightness in his side.

"There's a little tightness, that's all," Bochy said. "We're just backing off a little bit so this doesn't get worse."

After giving Eovaldi a few days following his latest bullpen session, the team has decided the right-hander will throw another on Aug. 29 in New York. Eovaldi, who is 11-3 with a 2.69 ERA, has been out since July 27 with a right forearm strain.

Eovaldi could return straight to the Texas rotation, but Bochy also said the team has discussed a possible rehab assignment.

Eovaldi threw a bullpen session of about 40 pitches on Aug. 13 in San Francisco and another on Aug. 16 back in Arlington before upgrading to a live BP session of two innings -- including warming up for a third -- while at Chase Field in Arizona on Aug. 21. He also threw a bullpen session on Aug. 24 in Minnesota.

Great play by Smith. That's a double if Duran is playing 3rd.

gigem1223 said:

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Great play by Smith. That's a double if Duran is playing 3rd.

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And a broken thumb if Jung is out there.

JP! Keep him in the line up Boch!

Thanks JP.

JP!

Coppell97 said:

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Manager Bruce Bochy said on Aug. 27 that Eovaldi was feeling tightness in his side after his latest bullpen session. Bochy said there is nothing wrong with Eovaldi's arm, but the team just wants to be cautious with the All-Star right-hander and not cause any further issues. Bochy said Eovaldi, who was going to play catch before the Rangers' Aug. 27 game in Minnesota, had a "great" bullpen session on Aug. 24 but reported feeling the tightness in his side.

"There's a little tightness, that's all," Bochy said. "We're just backing off a little bit so this doesn't get worse."

After giving Eovaldi a few days following his latest bullpen session, the team has decided the right-hander will throw another on Aug. 29 in New York. Eovaldi, who is 11-3 with a 2.69 ERA, has been out since July 27 with a right forearm strain.

Eovaldi could return straight to the Texas rotation, but Bochy also said the team has discussed a possible rehab assignment.

Eovaldi threw a bullpen session of about 40 pitches on Aug. 13 in San Francisco and another on Aug. 16 back in Arlington before upgrading to a live BP session of two innings -- including warming up for a third -- while at Chase Field in Arizona on Aug. 21. He also threw a bullpen session on Aug. 24 in Minnesota.

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Sure seems like it's been longer than July 27th. Probably because it keeps dragging and dragging, extending the eta a bit each time.

I was just thinking it seems crazy that it's only been a month. Really feels close to 2 months haha.

Nice AB by Robbie to draw the walk. Bases loaded nobody out.

Montgomery really deserves some runs after that outing against the D Backs.

Ober will be over soon

Jonah fkn Heim is back

Grand salami for Jonah!

Heim with the bomb!

Heim!

Looks like Ober has a decent change up but he has thrown it a ton and Jonah was waiting on that one.

fc2112 said:

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Ober will be over soon

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Solid joke

Would love to know the exit velocity on that one. That was a frozen rope that got out in a hurry.

I thought the word on Heim for now was pitch him up….. Ober goes bottom of the zone and Heim goes yard…Thanks Ober

gigem1223 said:

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Damn there for a minute I was thinking we might see something special today. Montgomery has been so damn good. Need to find a way to get him signed.

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I was literally just looking up his career numbers. He's right at a .500 pitcher for his career, but he's been nails each time out since the trade. He's 30 and a unrestricted free agent to be. Was wondering how many years and what kind of money would it take?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montgjo01.shtml

gigem1223 said:

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Would love to know the exit velocity on that one. That was a frozen rope that got out in a hurry.

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104.9

Imagine sitting there in Arlington... Chris Young (13 yrs in MLB), Mike Maddux, Max Scherzer, and Jordan Montgomery are standing there watching you throw a BP session and they all point to Maddux and say, "You ought to listen to this guy and tune everyone else out."

Sure, his dad and uncle were MLB SPs, but neither of them have had the sole responsibility to manage a MLB rotation and solve the problems of a 12-13 member staff year-after-year.

Damn, two gifts on that last at bat. I'll take em!

I could see Eovaldi being an "opener."

Bring him out for 2-3 IP. Perez, Heaney, or another LHP to follow.

Scherzer
Montgomery
Dunning
Eovaldi/Heaney

It would go something like "do you have any idea how many hundreds of millions of $ that man has helped starting pitchers earn?"

Yep, replay showed it clearly.