{"id":188273,"date":"2025-07-19T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/188273\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T17:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:45:10","slug":"grayson-rodriguez-dealing-with-renewed-elbow-soreness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/188273\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayson Rodriguez Dealing With Renewed Elbow Soreness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grayson Rodriguez<\/a> has sustained another setback. Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino told reporters (including Danielle Allentuck of The Baltimore Banner<\/a>) that the right-hander is dealing with more elbow soreness. Rodriguez, who had progressed to throwing bullpen sessions, is being scaled back until he heads for further evaluation next week.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez and Zach Eflin<\/a> were supposed to be the 1-2 pairing at the top of Baltimore\u2019s rotation. Injuries have wrecked both pitchers\u2019 seasons. Rodriguez has been kept off the mound entirely. He was diagnosed with elbow inflammation during Spring Training. When he tried to resume throwing in April, he suffered a lat strain that shut him down for weeks. That was his third such lat\/shoulder strain in the past four seasons. Now, it\u2019s the elbow that\u2019s bothering him again.<\/p>\n

Allentuck writes that Rodriguez had slightly adjusted his mechanics during his most recent throwing sessions. He raised his arm angle in an effort to take the pressure off the shoulder. It\u2019s not known if that had any effect on his elbow. Regardless, it\u2019s yet another setback for a talented pitcher whose arm continues to give him problems. The O\u2019s will have more information in the coming days.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s approaching a full calendar year since Rodriguez\u2019s last MLB appearance. He made his final start of last season on July 31. Lat discomfort cost him the final two months. It\u2019s fair to wonder if he\u2019ll be able to get any major league work this season. Even if this most recent issue turns out to be minor, it\u2019s going to delay his rehab. There are two and a half months remaining and Rodriguez doesn\u2019t seem close to beginning a minor league assignment. The Orioles aren\u2019t likely to be playing meaningful games in September. The former first-round pick and top prospect is under club control for four seasons beyond this one.<\/p>\n

Baltimore provided a more encouraging update on\u00a0Kyle Bradish<\/a>. The 28-year-old righty will throw a two-inning practice session tomorrow and will then begin a rehab stint (relayed by MLB.com\u2019s Jake Rill<\/a>). Bradish underwent Tommy John surgery 13 months ago. Pitchers ordinarily can spend up to 30 days on a rehab assignment. That can be extended by as much as 30 days for those coming back from Tommy John surgery. If all goes well, Bradish should be in line to return to the MLB club around the beginning of September. Even if the O\u2019s season is all but over at that point, he\u2019d be able to take a few turns through the rotation in preparation for a hopefully typical offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grayson Rodriguez has sustained another setback. Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino told reporters (including Danielle Allentuck of The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,582,1510],"class_list":{"0":"post-188273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-grayson-rodriguez","10":"tag-kyle-bradish"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114881149481053631","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}