Well this could explain why Boston Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen has been sucktastic in his past few outings.
According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe and John Tomase of the Boston Herald, MDC will be heading to the disabled list with a forearm strain in his pitching arm. There’s no word who will be called up to replace MDC on the 25-man roster.
After Wednesday’s game, Delcarmen had told reporters that he was feeling soreness in the arm and that he would be evaluated by doctors on Friday. Obviously with this development, the Red Sox feel that a stint on the disabled list is what MDC needs to get back to form.
In his last three appearances which total just an inning, he’s allowed nine runs on nine hits. In two of those outings, he didn’t retire a single batter. In 15 previous outings before that stretch, he had allowed just three runs in 13 2/3 innings.
Overall on the season in 33 games, Delcarmen is 2-2 with a 4.59 ERA.
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