ONE AND DONE: STRASBURG BACK TO IL
Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg is headed back to the injured list after feeling discomfort following a bullpen session.
Strasburg has made one start this season, his first since he had surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome last summer.
The 33year-old right-hander had been scheduled to start tonight against the Atlanta Braves. Instead, manager Dave Martinez announced before Monday night’s game that Strasburg would return to the IL with an unspecified injury.
“He threw his bullpen (on Saturday). The next day he didn’t feel so good,” Martinez said. “We were hoping it was just something that would go away. It didn’t. Today, we sent him to get an MRI. We don’t have any results back yet.”
Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP, signed a sevenyear, $245 million contract to remain with the Nationals after their championship season. He has made eight starts since, going 1-4 with a 6.89 ERA in those games. The three-time All-Star is 113-62 with a 3.24 ERA in his career.
He took the loss Thursday night at Miami, allowing seven runs on eight hits over 42⁄3 innings. He struck out five with two walks. Strasburg made three minor league rehab starts in the lead-up to his debut.
“He said he felt good after the game,” Martinez said. “He said (his) legs felt fatigued, which was normal. But other than that, he said he felt fine.”
O’s won’t leave Baltimore
Orioles CEO John Angelos said the team will remain in Baltimore — and that he and his parents have never contemplated otherwise.
Angelos’ comments — released by the team — came days after he was sued by his brother Lou Angelos.
Lou claimed in last week’s lawsuit that John has seized control of the Orioles at his expense, and in defiance of their father Peter’s wishes.
“John intends to maintain absolute control over the Orioles — to manage, to sell or, if he chooses, to move to Tennessee (where he has a home and where his wife’s career is headquartered) — without having to answer to anyone,” the lawsuit said.
The suit did not elaborate on how likely it was that the team might actually move, and John Angelos sought to reassure fans in his statement Monday.
“As I have said before, as long as Fort McHenry is standing watch over the Inner Harbor, the Orioles will remain in Baltimore,” he said. “My mother was born and raised in northeast Baltimore, attended city public schools at Eastern High School and has worked with my father their entire lives to help the city, including by restoring the club to local ownership and preventing its relocation. For them, as for me, the Orioles will forever play at Oriole Park, and at no time ever have we contemplated anything different.”
Peter Angelos became the Orioles’ owner in 1993, but his public role has diminished in recent years and he turns 93 next month.
Notable
Major League Baseball upheld Josh Donaldson’s one-game suspension, a penalty that was assessed after the Yankees third baseman made a remark to White Sox star Tim Anderson about Jackie Robinson that Chicago manager Tony La Russa called racist. Donaldson will serve the penalty during the Yankees’ series opener against Tampa Bay tonight. The fine he received was cut in half to $5,000.
Rangers center fielder
Eli White was put on the injured list with a right wrist fracture, and the team recalled Leody Taveras from Triple-A Round Rock. White was injured in a collision with left fielder Charlie Culberson in the 11th inning of the Rangers’ win Sunday at the White Sox.
Orioles outfield prospect Kyle Stowers made his major league debut against the Blue Jays after being added to the roster as a substitute player for a four-game series in Toronto. Stowers and right-hander
Rico Garcia were put on the roster in place of outfielder
Anthony Santander and left-hander Keegan Akin. Santander and Akin were placed on the restricted list before Baltimore’s first of three trips to Toronto this season. That means they are not vaccinated against COVID-19 as mandated by the Canadian government.
Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez was placed on the restricted list. Detroit GM Al Avila announced that Rodriguez will not rejoin the team due to personal matters. The Tigers signed Rodriguez to a $77 million, five-year contract last November, banking on him to boost a turnaround.