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Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (pictured) was on his way to his second strong performance in a row when he grabbed at his side and exited Sunday's game with a right oblique strain. That's very bad news for a team that already has called on four Triple-A starters to fill in the fifth slot in the rotation and replace injured Miguel Gonzalez. It was a tough week already, after so-so outings by Jason Hammel, Freddy Garcia and Steve Johnson, and that was reflected in the combined numbers. The rotation posted a 2-2 record with a 6.03 ERA and averaged just five innings per start. Even though the team managed to go 4-2 in those games, this is starting to get scary.
Grade: D (Hannah Foslien / Getty Images /May 12, 2013)
Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (pictured) was on his way to his second strong performance in a row when he grabbed at his side and exited Sunday's game with a right oblique strain. That's very bad news for a team that already has called on four Triple-A starters to fill in the fifth slot in the rotation and replace injured Miguel Gonzalez. It was a tough week already, after so-so outings by Jason Hammel, Freddy Garcia and Steve Johnson, and that was reflected in the combined numbers. The rotation posted a 2-2 record with a 6.03 ERA and averaged just five innings per start. Even though the team managed to go 4-2 in those games, this is starting to get scary.
Grade: D (Hannah Foslien / Getty Images /May 12, 2013)
Here are the two lineups for today’s six-inning intrasquad game, which appears to be a mismatch:
Team 1
Adam Jones CF
Wilson Betamit DH
Chris Davis 1B
J.J. Hardy SS
Manny Machado 3B
Nate McLouth LF
Steve Pierce RF
Brian Roberts 2B
Matt Wieters
Chris Tillman RHP
Team 2
Xavier Avery CF
Russ Canzler DH
Alexi Casilla 2B
Ryan Flaherty SS
Travis Ishikawa 1B
Jason Pridie RF
Travon Robinson LF
Taylor Teagarden C
Danny Valencia 3B
Mark Hendrickson RHP
Lineup notes: If you look closely, you’ll see that, other than Adam Jones, both lineups are in alphabetical order, so there are no conclusions to be drawn from the position of any player.
