The Houston Astros positioned right-hander Ronel Blanco on the 15-day injured record Thursday with irritation in his proper elbow. The transfer, which is retroactive to Tuesday, comes because the starter seeks a second opinion on his harm.
“He desires to go and get a second opinion,” supervisor Joe Espada stated. “So, as soon as he will get that second opinion and we have now extra readability on the harm, we’ll report one thing again.”
Espada added that Blanco is scheduled to get the second opinion someday subsequent week.
Blanco joins an extended record of beginning pitchers on the injured record for the Astros. Proper-hander Hayden Wesneski, who has been out since early Could, is about to have season-ending Tommy John surgical procedure and right-hander Spencer Arrighetti has been out since April after breaking his proper thumb in a batting observe mishap. They’re additionally with out right-handers Luis Garcia and Cristian Javier who’re each nonetheless recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure.
The 31-year-old Blanco is 3-4 with a 4.10 ERA in 9 begins this season.
Houston recalled left-hander Colton Gordon from Triple-A Sugar Land to take his spot on the roster.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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