Jesus Luzardo's Shoulder Inflammation is the Last Thing the Phillies Need Right Now
MLB Trade Rumors reported the MRI results and Tuesday re-evaluation timeline.
Just when the needed some stability to stop a September slide, their rotation took a direct hit. According to MLB Trade Rumors, an MRI revealed inflammation in 's throwing shoulder, putting the starter on ice until at least Tuesday.
Shoulder inflammation is the pitching equivalent of your car's check engine light turning on during a cross-country road trip. It might just be a loose gas cap, or your transmission might be about to detonate on the highway. Either way, you are definitely not hitting your original ETA.
The timing here is objectively brutal. is currently trying to survive a miserable stretch of baseball. They just got boatraced 12-2 by the on Saturday, which followed a tight 6-5 loss to Atlanta on Friday and a dropped series against the earlier in the week.
When a team is bleeding runs to division rivals, losing a rotation arm sends immediate shockwaves through the betting markets. Oddsmakers are going to have to aggressively re-price 's upcoming moneylines and playoff futures until there is actual clarity on who is taking the mound every fifth day.
is scheduled for a re-evaluation on Tuesday. Until then, the Phillies have to figure out how to patch the holes in a sinking ship while navigating the rest of this series. If Tuesday brings bad news, 's front office is going to have to get very creative, very fast.