PT TOMORROW: AL West—Rotation roller coaster
Apr 18 2018
Plenty of moving parts and news—both bad and good—with which to ponder the immediate future of the injury-suspect six-man rotation that has already used nine starters just three weeks into the season. Among the bad has been the announcement of season-ending Tommy John surgery (TJS) for J.C. Ramirez and ongoing DL status of Matt Shoemaker (RHP, LAA), who following his first start was shelved with forearm issues related to a 2017 injury requiring surgery and effectively ending that season in June. And now suddenly a finger blister forced Shohei Ohtani (RHP, LAA) out of his Tuesday start vs. BOS. The Angels have put a positive spin on these latter two situations, stating that Ohtani has experienced and overcome blister...
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