MASH Report (4/27/15)

• Adam Wainwright may be done for the season with an Achilles injury. More information will become available later today.

An official season-ending diagnosis could come on Monday, after Wainwright undergoes an MRI on his ankle. The scan will determine the severity of the injury and give the Cardinals a better idea of the recovery timetable to follow. Most Achilles injuries required several months of rehab.

• Yasiel Puig is headed to the DL to help make his hamstring all better. The injury has been lingering for a couple weeks and the Dodgers decided “that’s long enough”.

• Christian Yelich may spend the minimal time on the DL with a bulging disk in his back.

• Ben Zobrist will miss four to six weeks with a torn meniscus in his knee.

• Hisashi Iwakuma will go on the DL for two to four weeks with a strained lat.

• Shane Victorino finally made it to the DL. This time it is for a strained hamstring.

• Ryan Flaherty heads to the DL with a groin strain.

• Expect lower production from Ryan Zimmerman as he plays through some plantar fasciitis.

• Matt Albers is headed to the DL with a broken pinky from the latest White Sox-Royals scrum.

• Matt Wieters’s return time seems to get pushed back and vagueness surrounds his return.

“I think the next step for Matt is to be able to continue on and each day feel the same way and each day make sure he feels like he’s 100 percent ready to go. He’s getting past a lot of the mental blocks,” said Russell, who watches Wieters on tape. “Will it be three weeks, will it be four weeks? It’s up to Matt and how he continues to progress and if we don’t have any setbacks. And knock on wood, so far so good.”

• Jason Hunt at Fake Teams gives injury updates for some top prospects.

Velocity Readings from Pitcher Returning from Injury

• Drew Smyly’s average fastball velocity was the same as 2014.

• Josh Fields’s velocity looks fine.

Ian Kennedy’s is fine also.

• In Ricky Nolasco’s last rehab start, his velocity was up from his 2014 average (90.1 mph) and 2015 average (89.0 mph)

“Ricky threw the ball well,” Molitor said. “Velocity was 91-93, settled in around 92 and had no physical restraint, so [a decision is] going to be coming around here pretty soon.”

 

Players on the DL in 2015

• The Red players have had updates since the last report.
• Click on the “Date” for a link to goto the latest article on the player.