Melancon (shoulder) likely to start season on IL
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — D-backs right-hander Mark Melancon has a shoulder concern and is prone to begin the season on the injured record.
General supervisor Mike Hazen declined to get into what the damage is perhaps as Melancon undergoes additional analysis.
“We haven’t figured all that out yet,” Hazen mentioned. “I don’t want to get into any more detail than that. We’re just gathering more information.”
Melancon, who’s within the second yr of a two-year contract, entered this spring trying to win again the nearer’s position that he misplaced in the course of the 2022 season. That must wait now.
“He’s going to miss the start of the season,” supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned.
On the primary play of the sport, shortstop Geraldo Perdomo and second baseman Diego Castillo collided whereas going for a floor ball up the center.
It was a scary scene with each gamers instantly collapsing to the bottom immobile, however they had been finally capable of stroll off beneath their very own energy.
Perdomo was identified with a chest contusion, whereas Castillo suffered neck spasms. Both gamers are day after day.
“After visiting with both players, I feel like they’re going to be OK,” Lovullo mentioned. “You know, you’re worried about concussions, you’re worried about fractures, things that are just unseen. But they both are responding very well to treatment right now.”
Right-hander Corbin Martin additionally exited with two outs within the high of the fourth. He threw a pitch and instantly grabbed his proper arm as he dropped to his knees.
“Right now, Martin has right shoulder discomfort,” Lovullo mentioned. “That’s as far as I can go with that. He’s continuing to be evaluated right now, so obviously we’re keeping our fingers crossed. We all saw what happened. We all know what it looked like on the mound, but we’re obviously looking for the best news possible.”
Martin was acquired by the D-backs from the Astros on the 2019 Trade Deadline within the deal that despatched Zack Greinke to Houston. At the time of the commerce, Martin was recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure.
After struggling in 2021-22 as a starter, the D-backs had been taking a look at Martin as a reliever this spring and the outcomes thus far had been encouraging. To see him injured was actual blow to his teammates and the teaching employees.
“We don’t know the extent of it, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed,” Lovullo mentioned. “You know, it hasn’t been simple for him so far as his well being and he is been grinding. And I really feel like he is discovered a distinct segment [in the bullpen]. We’re going to hope for the most effective news potential and he’ll be proper again on the market. But yeah, it has been a grind.
“One of the things he said to me when I saw him in the training room is that it hasn’t been easy. It’s been a grind for him. But he’ll be back out there, whether it’s sooner or later, it will happen again for him.”
Left-hander Madison Bumgarner had been scheduled to start out a day recreation towards the Giants, which was rained out. So the workforce had pushed him again to start out the nightcap towards the Brewers.
But when the forecast known as for rain that might — and did — power a postponement, the membership determined to push Bumgarner’s begin again to Thursday towards the Cubs (Watch on MLB.TV at 1:05 p.m. MST) at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz.
