The Jays placed Ricky Romero on the 15-Day DL with a strained oblique. The move is retroactive to April 20th. Yikes.
Isn't it funny how baseball works? Four weeks ago, losing Ricky Romero for any period of time wouldn't have been cause for much concern. Now he's legitimately the team's second best starter and a thin staff suddenly gets much thinner. Too thin, actually. Like those models that everyone's trying to ban from catwalks.
Anyway, questions arise. Who will replace Romero? Brad Mills, who pitched last night? Brett Cecil? Fabio Castro? Pedro Martinez?
And just how long does a strained oblique keep a guy out? Chris Carpenter is on the shelf with a torn oblique and can't throw for 6-8 weeks.
In any event, the injury bug has bitten again and things are likely about to get fairly interesting.
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