He's out for the year. Some ligaments in his ankle were damaged along with the fibula, and he's just had surgery to fix them.
This sucks.
(H/t Librocrat)
Update: Ryan Rowland-Smith is heading to the DL with tricep tendinitis. I guess we'll get to see our starting pitcher depth sooner than we expected (this also sucks). On the plus side for some of you, Matt Tuiasosopo gets to remain with the club for a little while longer. Felix day is now tomorrow rather than still Friday against Detroit, and Chris Jakubauskas makes his starting debut against the Angels in RRS's place.
Matthew's note: The DL stint can be made retroactive to the 10th, so if RRS just needs the minimum 15 days (and tricep tendinities doesn't sound too serious), he's only going to miss two starts, the 16th and 22nd.
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By “some” I assume you mean “Robert”, yes?
BrianL - April 15, 2009
damn.
brayden04 - April 15, 2009
Ugh. News about Triunfel sucks.
Didn’t see the RRS thing coming. Not the best of days today.
ThundaPC - April 15, 2009
At least we still are getting Ichiro back today.
BrianL - April 15, 2009
RRS certainly came out of nowhere.
Wilder. - April 15, 2009
I figured Triunfel had to have soft tissue damage.
There’s almost no way to break your fibula without it.
Llewdor - April 15, 2009
What shitty news
OlSalty - April 15, 2009
Lame
Robert - April 15, 2009
I suggest a 4man rotation.
Then half of our starts would be pure unadulterated awesomeness.
I won’t mention the other half.
marinerdan - April 15, 2009
Jakubauskas to the rotation?
Wilder. - April 15, 2009
The RR-S thing I saw coming actually and was in fact waiting on it.
Slurvey - April 15, 2009
Update from Baker
Friday is still Felix day.
BrianL - April 15, 2009
That was a bang-bang update.
I load Baker’s blog without the update and not 30-seconds later you post this. I refresh Baker’s blog and sure enough the update it there.
Wilder. - April 15, 2009
Also I guess Triunfel can play winter ball.
Maybe the Arizona Fall League or something, so he wouldn’t have to go an entire twelve months without swinging a bat in a competitive game.
marinerdan - April 15, 2009
Yeah, I think he's almost a lock for the AFL
(again).
marc w - April 15, 2009
Not a big fan of Tui's potential
but shouldn’t he be like, playing baseball somewhere?
Zack - April 15, 2009
I like him
But we need a pitcher more than Tui. No way he stays around long.
ChaseB - April 15, 2009
One would think he'd be better off getting some playing time in AAA or somewhere.
Thingray - April 15, 2009
Yeah that's what I was getting at
Zack - April 15, 2009
It's very hard to imagine Jakubauskas going 5 innings
allowing 3 runs or less. I’ll be astonished if that occurs.
ignacio - April 15, 2009
I'll have faith until he proves me wrong.
Thingray - April 15, 2009
Why?
Wilder. - April 15, 2009
We should try to get Swisher and his shiny ERA.
Thingray - April 15, 2009
Gimme Brooks Kieschnick.
marinerdan - April 15, 2009
Ron Mahay for LOOGY and 5th OFer
JI - April 15, 2009
Is Brooks still playing?
Thingray - April 15, 2009
No.
marc w - April 15, 2009
Then he'd come cheap!!!!!!
Thingray - April 15, 2009
Time for good news.
Supreme Ultimate Defense Take 1.
ThundaPC - April 15, 2009
I'm almost tempted to stay up for the 3:10 am start time
for that awesome defence.
marinerdan - April 15, 2009
I'd swap Yuni for Endy at this point for more blance but otherwise it's not bad...
Although I wouldn’t mind Lopez @ 2 either.
MattoB - April 15, 2009
Kenji batting ahead of Yuni
doesn’t make any sense to me. Kenji’s looked pretty awful at the plate, and I feel like every one of his hits these days is a seeing eye grounder on the left side. I know he was extremely unlucky last year, but I’m going to assume that Kenji’s pretty much done until I see some pop back in that bat.
sammy - April 15, 2009
Yea Kenji gets too much respect. When he plays he should be batting dead last
Rudy4three - April 15, 2009
To be fair...
Fangraphs shows Kenji with a 0% LD% over 23 PAs.
Some other players with 0%LD thus far:
Milton Bradley
Prince Fielder
Nate McLouth
sammy - April 15, 2009
My favorite part of Cedeno in LF? I like to imagine Yuni can feel him breathing down his neck.
Kermit. - April 15, 2009
I <3 that lineup except for Endy Chavez hitting second
Chavez is the world’s perfect 9-hole hitter, especially while he’s hot
Corco - April 15, 2009
I don't get why Endy would be batting 2nd instead of Lopez
But whatever.
OlSalty - April 15, 2009
This is neither here nor there, but
I just noticed our regular lineup has only one U.S.-born position player. Interesting.
shinallsrevenge - April 15, 2009
Two
Griffey and Russ.
MFAN - April 15, 2009
Oops, wasn't counting DH as a position player.
But still.
shinallsrevenge - April 15, 2009
Branyan and Griffey?
marinerdan - April 15, 2009
Branyan and Griffey?
bluemax - April 15, 2009
Black people are from Africa, silly!
Wilder. - April 15, 2009
We do have the whitest bullpen ever assembled though
Matthew - April 15, 2009
Are really trying to imply that race is factor in it's success this year?
Robert - April 15, 2009
Yeah, you surely have nothing to worry about.
Hypothetically speaking, who gets your car when you die?
Matthew - April 15, 2009
My amazing GF that I will meet on the Amazing Race.
Robert - April 15, 2009
Miguel Batista is the whitest of them all
Corco - April 15, 2009
Whoa
.Taylor - April 15, 2009
Could Jakubaukus be a better matchup against the Angels?
Since most of their big bats are right-handed, Jakubaukus might match up better against the Angels and while I love RRS, I cant imagine that Jaku is much worse overall.
MFAN - April 15, 2009
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