Since the end of last season, Peavy has been the subject of trade rumors, proposed trades, and ankle pain. Peavy is somewhat of an old schooler and willing to pitch through pain or run through a brick wall for you. Sometimes this can be counterproductive and after seeing him limp on the field yesterday, is the pain effecting his pitches?
It was first reported that Peavy was suffering through some ankle tendinitis on May 28th after his start on May 27th. Tendinitis never really just starts up in the middle of a start. Usually there is an underlying factor that didn’t reach the level to cause pain until he starts to feel it. Peavy showed a similar trend in the graph below.
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Jake Peavy, Pitch FX
What was a promising season for the Reds is likely going to take another hit as Edison Volquez had to leave after 1 inning coming off the DL. He left with numbness and tingling in his pinkie and ring finger which indicates something is either pressing or irritating the ulnar nerve in his elbow. This can either be ulnar neuritis or worse be the result of instability in the elbow leading to surgery. He most likely won’t require Tommy John surgery but if the neuritis is severe enough and it’s deemed to be the result of biomechanical issues, he very well could end up getting the ulnar transposition surgery. He’s one of those players that you can’t just drop in case it isn’t too severe, but you should start to think of other possibilities in case he ends up on the DL for a while.
Jose Valverde finally threw a bullpen session as he returns from the severe hematoma in his calf. Even though it was only 25 pitches, he didn’t report any pain or problems with his calf afterwards and it was a very important first step in his recovery. He has kept his arm strength up during his rehab so now he just has to retrain the kinetic chain. He’s likely looking at a mid June return approximately.
In a surprising turn, Grady Sizemore’s elbow may end up needing surgery despite not having major structural damage if the pain does not go away after the DL stint. What would likely happen is a debridement of the area and that’ll put him out around 6 weeks or so, although I wouldn’t be surprised if there was minor bone spur that was cleaned up too.
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Edinson Volquez, Grady Sizemore, Jose Valverde, Josh Hamilton
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