Triunfel Update, RRS to the DL

by Graham MacAree on Apr 15, 2009 4:20 PM PDT

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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On the plus side for some of you, Matt Tuiasosopo gets to remain with the club for a little while longer.

By “some” I assume you mean “Robert”, yes?

by BrianL on Apr 15, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions

damn.

TouchMyIchiro

by brayden04 on Apr 15, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

Ugh. News about Triunfel sucks.

Didn’t see the RRS thing coming. Not the best of days today.

by ThundaPC on Apr 15, 2009 4:32 PM PDT reply actions

At least we still are getting Ichiro back today.

by BrianL on Apr 15, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

RRS certainly came out of nowhere.

by Wilder. on Apr 15, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

I figured Triunfel had to have soft tissue damage.

There’s almost no way to break your fibula without it.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Apr 15, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions

What shitty news

by OlSalty on Apr 15, 2009 4:34 PM PDT reply actions

Lame

by Robert on Apr 15, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions

I suggest a 4man rotation.

Then half of our starts would be pure unadulterated awesomeness.

I won’t mention the other half.

by marinerdan on Apr 15, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions

Jakubauskas to the rotation?

by Wilder. on Apr 15, 2009 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

The RR-S thing I saw coming actually and was in fact waiting on it.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Apr 15, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions

Update from Baker

The team is going with Chris Jakubauskas as tomorrow night’s starter. Let’s not forget, Felix Hernandez has a bad ankle and this was a last-minute decision without much time for Hernandez to prepare to go tomorrow. He’ll continue to go on Friday as planned. Matt Tuiasosopo is still here, but could get shipped to Class AAA soon to get another reliever up with the team.

Friday is still Felix day.

by BrianL on Apr 15, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions

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.

by Wilder. on Apr 15, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

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.

by marinerdan on Apr 15, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, I think he's almost a lock for the AFL

(again).

by marc w on Apr 15, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Not a big fan of Tui's potential

but shouldn’t he be like, playing baseball somewhere?

by Zack on Apr 15, 2009 4:45 PM PDT reply actions

I like him

But we need a pitcher more than Tui. No way he stays around long.

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Benjamin Graham -

by ChaseB on Apr 15, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

One would think he'd be better off getting some playing time in AAA or somewhere.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Apr 15, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah that's what I was getting at

by Zack on Apr 15, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions

It's very hard to imagine Jakubauskas going 5 innings

allowing 3 runs or less. I’ll be astonished if that occurs.

ignacio

by ignacio on Apr 15, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions

I'll have faith until he proves me wrong.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Apr 15, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Why?

by Wilder. on Apr 15, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions

We should try to get Swisher and his shiny ERA.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Apr 15, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions

Gimme Brooks Kieschnick.

by marinerdan on Apr 15, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Ron Mahay for LOOGY and 5th OFer

by JI on Apr 15, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Is Brooks still playing?

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Apr 15, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions

No.

by marc w on Apr 15, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Then he'd come cheap!!!!!!

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Apr 15, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Time for good news.

RF Ichiro
LF Endy Chavez
DH Ken Griffey Jr.
3B Adrian Beltre
1B Russell Branyan
2B Jose Lopez
C Kenji Johjima
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
CF Franklin Gutierrez

Supreme Ultimate Defense Take 1.

by ThundaPC on Apr 15, 2009 5:06 PM PDT reply actions

I'm almost tempted to stay up for the 3:10 am start time

for that awesome defence.

by marinerdan on Apr 15, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

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.

by MattoB on Apr 15, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

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.

by sammy on Apr 15, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions