Kensing may be placed on the DL

by craig on Aug 8, 2006 7:30 AM EDT in News and Rumors

The Fish could be without the services of Kensing for some time.

Right-hander Logan Kensing could be placed on the disabled list as early as today after an MRI performed Monday found he had a right wrist-flexor strain.

Kensing left Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers with what originally was reported as a sore elbow after throwing just five pitches.

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If the Marlins put Kensing, 24, on the disabled list, they could fill his roster spot with a minor-leaguer such as right-hander Chris Resop, who has had three stints with the club already this season. Or they could wait and activate right-hander Sergio Mitre from the DL.

Given that Logan's second pitch is a slider, going on the DL would come as no surprise.

If Kensing joins the others on the list, I would guess a reliever would be brought up from the Isotopes. Mitre hasn't made his rehab starts yet and he still needs to evaluated after he does. The other aspect is Mitre, historically, hasn't been that good out of the pen.

Naturally the team could bump one of the others starters down to the pen to make room for him - but I don't believe they want to do that at this point in the season.

Mitre will probably rejoin the team, assuming everything goes well in his starts in the minors, when the team starts their twenty games in twenty days stretch in late August.

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Interesting

Wrist flexor strain is an interesting way to put it. It sounds to me like "golfer's elbow".

Most of the flexor muscles of the wrist actually originate from a common flexor attachment which happens to be the medial epicondyle of the humerus, a.k.a. "funny bone". From overuse or poor mechanics it can become strained. This is especially likely in pitchers as their pitching motion requires a rapid flexion of the wrist to give the ball the proper spin and motion.

Unlike ligament injuries, muscle/tendon issues are more likely to give a full recovery with proper treatment and rest, so this is good news. If it doesn't work, they could have to operate on it, called a "golfer's elbow release."

I argued that Girardi was mis-speaking when he said that "they're pretty sure it's not his elbow ligament", but I guess he's right, it was an "elbow tendon", though no one would ever call it that.