He also improved upon his groundball gains from 2015, aiding him to his best home run rate ever (1.05 HR/9), made more impressive by the colossal leap in homers league-wide. for updates. Late in 2016, Salazar was diagnosed with a mild forearm strain.
He ironed out some of the issues, returned in late July and allowed just five homers in his next 12 starts. May 10, 2015 Scouts are also leery about his ability to handle a heavy workload, so the role change makes sense in that regard as well. The Indians are hoping he can build back up as a starter, but team president Chris Antonetti already acknowledged the possibility that Salazar is utilized as a reliever in 2019.For the second straight season, shoulder and elbow issues marred Salazar's fleeting but tantalizing performance, and he took two trips to the disabled list.
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A third pitch to quell lefties more could yield ace-level returns.Salazar reminded everyone once again why you can’t get overly excited about 52 innings, even if they are excellent. May 10, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 He never made it onto a major-league mound, and at this point it's fair to wonder if Salazar will ever be himself again. Still, you can't blame the Indians for seeing if his live arm can stick as a starter given the limited number of high-upside starters currently in the Cleveland farm system.Salazar (groin) was transferred to the 60-day injured list Friday, Salazar asked for and was granted time away from his rehab assignment Tuesday, Salazar (groin) struck out one over a perfect inning Tuesday in his rehab start for Double-A Akron.Salazar (groin) will begin a minor-league rehab assignment with Double-A Akron on Monday, The right groin injury that landed Salazar back on the 10-day injured list is being labeled as mild, © Copyright 2020 - Roto Sports, Inc. All Rights Reserved Mound Musings: Life, the Universe and Everything. Aug 31, 2015 He was then sluggish out of the gates in 2017, and he suggested his weighted-ball work may have been having an adverse effect. Sun PT
As late as July 9th, Salazar had a 4.10 ERA after his fourth outing of fewer than five innings and third of those with at least five earned runs allowed.
On Saturday, Indians manager Terry Francona said that Salazar had an appointment with Dr. Keith Meister and was informed to shut down from throwing for the next few days. {{ video.Name Of course, after that, he landed on the DL. As much as young pitching can pay off and help carry your fantasy team, it can also put you in such a hole when it goes wrong that you will spend months erasing the damage.
The only thing we can reasonably expect is that he will spend time on the injured list.
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However, since we haven't hardly seen Salazar in the majors the last two years, it's impossible to have expectations (really of any kind) for 2020.