• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Philly Sports News

Philly Sports News continuously updated

  • Eagles
  • Phillies
  • 76ers
  • Flyers
  • Union
  • Colleges
    • Drexel
    • Penn State
    • Princeton
    • Saint Joseph’s
    • Temple
    • University of Pennsylvania

Latest On Yonny Chirinos, Brandon Lowe

September 18, 2019 by MLB Trade Rumors Leave a Comment

The Rays’ pitching staff has gotten a couple major injury reinforcements back in recent days as the club attempts to earn an American League wild-card spot. Right-hander Tyler Glasnow returned from a months-long absence Sept. 8, while lefty Blake Snell came back Tuesday after sitting for several weeks. Righty Yonny Chirinos, out since Aug. 4 with middle finger inflammation on his pitching hand, isn’t far away from rejoining those two, Juan Toribio of MLB.com relays. Chirinos’ 40-pitch simulated game Monday “went really well,” according to manager Kevin Cash, who added “there’s a good chance” his next outing will come in the majors.

Like Glasnow and Snell, Chirinos has been one of the Rays’ most reliable starters in 2019. The 25-year-old has recorded a 3.62 ERA/4.17 FIP with 7.82 K/9 against 1.99 BB/9 in 126 2/3 innings (23 appearances, 17 starts). However, it’s not yet clear whether Chirinos will return as a starter or a reliever, per Toribio. Either way, Chirinos doesn’t figure to give the Rays a great deal of length. Notably, Glasnow has worked in two- to three-inning stints in a pair of appearances since his comeback, while Snell threw just 26 pitches against the Dodgers in his first start since July.

Meantime, the Rays will continue to go without injured infielder Brandon Lowe through at least their upcoming homestand, Toribio reports. That runs from Sept. 20-25, so if Lowe does get back on the field this regular season, he’ll play in a maximum of three more games. It would arguably be a bonus for Tampa Bay to receive anything more from Lowe, though, as he not long ago looked as if his shin issue would definitely prevent him from playing again this season.

Lowe hasn’t taken the field since July 2, and though Cash said his timing at the plate and infield work are back to normal, he’s not yet able to run at full strength. Whether or not we have seen the last of the 25-year-old Lowe this season, his rookie campaign will go down as an eminently successful one. Lowe slashed .276/.399/.523 with 16 home runs and 2.5 fWAR in 307 plate appearances before the injury interruption.

Filed Under: Phillies

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Philadelphia Eagles: Ranking the edge rushers of the NFC East
  • Philadelphia Phillies: Rhys Hoskins named NL Player of the Week
  • Revisiting Flyers’ Trade for Ryan Ellis After 1 Season
  • Rise and Phight: 7/6/2022
  • CBS Ranks The NFL's "Most Improved" Team This Season

Categories

  • 76ers
  • Colleges
    • Drexel
    • Penn State
    • Princeton
    • Saint Joseph's
    • Temple
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Villanova
  • Eagles
  • Flyers
  • Phillies
  • Uncategorized
  • Union

Archives

Our Partners

All Sports

  • 247 Sports
  • Bleacher Report
  • CBS Philly
  • Fast Philly Sports
  • Forgotten 5
  • NBC Sports Philadelphia
  • OurSports Central
  • Philadelphia Sports Nation
  • Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Philly Voice
  • Section 215
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • SportsRadio 94WIP
  • The Spun
  • USA Today

Baseball

  • MLB.com
  • Last Word On Baseball
  • MLB Trade Rumors
  • That Balls Outta Here
  • The Good Phight

Basketball

  • NBA.com
  • Amico Hoops
  • Hoops Hype
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Last Word On Pro Basketball
  • Liberty Ballers
  • Real GM
  • Pro Basketball Talk
  • The Phifth Quarter
  • The Sixer Sense

Football

  • Philadelphia Eagles
  • Bleeding Green Nation
  • Eagles Wire
  • Inside The Iggles
  • Last Word On Pro Football
  • NFL Trade Rumors
  • Our Turf Football
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Football Talk
  • Total Eagles

Hockey

  • Broad Street Buzz
  • Broad Street Hockey
  • Last Word On Hockey
  • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Talk
  • The Hockey Writers

Soccer

  • Brotherly Game
  • Last Word on Soccer
  • MLS Multiplex

College

  • Busting Brackets
  • College Football News
  • College Sports Madness
  • Big East Coast Bias
  • Saturday Blitz
  • Victory Bell Rings
  • VU Hoops
  • Zags Blog

Copyright © 2022 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in