Pitcher Jose Fernandez left the team in Atlanta and returned to Miami.
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The Miami Marlins can not escape the bad news train. The year prior, Fernandez exploded onto the scene as a rookie, starting 28 games and compiling a 12-6 record with a 2.19 ERA.
Fernandez is headed back to Miami on Saturday to be examined for right shoulder tightness, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.
Both parties seemed to be in agreement with the move, with no early indications of any injury. But I think it was the right call by the manager. “Obviously I wanted to stay out there, but sometimes you’ve got to be smarter”. “We have to be smart in how and what we do where he’s concerned. So I made the decision that’s what we needed to do”. It’s a troubling development, to be sure, but Fernandez should be considered merely day-to-day and questionable to make his next scheduled start until more information becomes available. In that one, Fernandez threw a season-high 112 pitches and appeared exhausted at times. A few days later, we found out Fernandez had torn his UCL and would miss the remainder of the season. It’s not clear how long he’s going to be out this time. In this latest stint against Atlanta, the lowest the fastball went was 92 miles per hour.
Shoulder injuries for pitchers have a long and potentially devastating history.
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Jennings said the discomfort may prove to be nothing more than a dead-arm phase that pitchers usually experience during a season. “Until they can look at it and determine is it a little tendinitis, is it stiffness, make that determination, then we’ll go from there”.
