Rangers Place Quantrill on 15-Day IL With Lat Injury — SkimNews
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- Texas Rangers placed right-hander Cal Quantrill on the 15-day injured list Sunday, a day after he exited following just four batters and 12 pitches with right lat tightness.
- Manager Skip Schumaker said the Rangers knew going into Saturday's game that Quantrill's velocity was lower, though the pitcher showed no signs of pain when he was pulled in the second inning.
- Quantrill is 9-5 with a 2.86 ERA in 32 games (15 starts) this season, and posted a 1.75 ERA over his past 11 appearances — second only to Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler (1.64) among qualified pitchers over that span.
- Quantrill also left his previous start at Arizona last Sunday after six innings and 70 pitches due to back soreness, raising concern about a pitcher the Rangers signed to a minor league deal.
- The Rangers recalled hard-throwing right-hander Winston Santos from Triple-A Round Rock, his third stint with the club after his July 1 big-league debut at Cleveland, where he allowed two runs in two innings; Santos has 103 strikeouts in 83⅓ minor-league innings this season.
- Right fielder Brandon Nimmo was scratched from the starting lineup about an hour before Sunday's finale against the Blue Jays because of illness.
Why it matters: The Rangers lose their most versatile arm for at least 15 days during a tight AL West race, and Quantrill's recent durability concerns — a back issue last week, now a lat injury after a four-batter outing — leave Texas leaning on a rookie (Santos) who has one career MLB appearance as they close a series against Toronto.
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