Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Phil Hughes has run into lower back inflammation problems.
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Hughes' Back Forces Him Out
Thursday, August 13
MLB Roster Moves announced on Thursday that Hughes will be placed on the 15-day disabled list because of lower back inflammation.
Hughes has been struggling through a rough 2015 in which he's had difficulty keeping the ball out of the stands. In 23 starts this season, Hughes has allowed 28 home runs and 172 hits, the highest respectively among all American League pitchers.
He had a particularly bad outing on August 9, his last start before being sent to the DL, as he was rocked for seven runs on nine hits in three innings against the Cleveland Indians.
The Twins are in need of help in their rotation, as Hughes led all starters with 10 wins. However, his 4.49 ERA is among the worst in Minnesota. No starter who has appeared in 14 games or more has an ERA under 3.76.
According to the Associated Press (via ESPN.com), the Twins have moved Trevor May from the bullpen back to the starter's group after they initially took him out of the rotation in early July. May is 8-7 with a 4.09 ERA and will start on Friday against the Indians.
Minnesota was not done there, though. It recalled Tyler Duffey, who gave up six runs in two innings against the Toronto Blue Jays in his lone major league start, from Triple-A to start on Saturday. It also activated 5-3 Tommy Milone from the disabled list to start on Sunday.
Making changes to the rotation on the fly is all the Twins could do. They have to figure out a way to cut down on their 4.45 runs allowed per game (sixth worst in the MLB) as they sit just 2.0 games behind the final American League wild-card spot.
Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.
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