{"id":82848,"date":"2024-08-12T22:35:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T02:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82848"},"modified":"2024-08-12T22:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T02:35:15","slug":"marco-gonzales-pirates-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/12\/marco-gonzales-pirates-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Pirates Pitcher Is Headed Back to Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Pirates left-handed starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gonzama02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marco Gonzales<\/a> is headed back to the injured list with a left forearm strain. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/sheltde99.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Shelton<\/a> announced Monday night\u2019s game at San Diego. That would have been Gonzales\u2019 scheduled start. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodfja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Woodford<\/a> made the start instead. Relief pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ryanry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryder Ryan<\/a> was called up to take Gonzales\u2019 spot on the active roster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pirates to place Marco Gonzales on injured list; Ryder Ryan rejoins team in San Diego <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z7Rqib8rMf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/z7Rqib8rMf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PittsburghPG\/status\/1823156527978451075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Veteran Pirates Pitcher Gonzales Is Headed Back to Injured List<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s a tough and frustrating setback for Gonzales and the reeling Pirates, who have lost seven in a row and nine of 10 heading into Monday\u2019s action. The Atlanta Braves acquired Gonzales from the Seattle Mariners last December in a multi-player trade. The Braves <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/12\/05\/marco-gonzales-braves-pirates-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">flipped him<\/a> to the Pirates two days later. With the Braves and Mariners paying all but $3 million of Gonzales\u2019 $12.25 million salary, the deal was a no-brainer for the Pirates. Gonzales was expected to stabilize the starting rotation with his veteran presence.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Gonzales has been limited to seven games for the Pirates due to a recurrence of the forearm issue that sent him to the injured list earlier this season and sidelined him after 10 games in 2023. It <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/marco-gonzales-heads-to-injured-list-as-pirates-suffer-early-blow-to-starting-rotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crept up again after just three starts<\/a> in 2024. As a result, he went from April 14 to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/12\/pirates-reinstated-marco-gonzales-il\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">July 11<\/a> without pitching for the Pirates. As this issue has been on the IL for a long time, the last two times, it seems a good possibility that he won\u2019t pitch again in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales is 1-1 this season with a 4.54 ERA and 1.604 WHIP. He\u2019s pitched better than his statistics indicate. After his fifth start, his ERA was 2.70. His last two starts, against two hot-hitting teams in, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Padres, didn\u2019t go well. However, with an interesting five-pitch mix and the ability to pitch east-to-west, he\u2019s the pitcher who normally does well late in the season. Now, we\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a financial blow to Gonzales, too. If there was a slim chance that the cost-conscious Pirates would pick up his $15 million option for 2025, that\u2019s surely gone now.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fallout<\/h3>\n<p>Time will tell whether Woodford remains in the rotation or was just an emergency starter for Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/germado01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Domingo Germ\u00e1n<\/a> had his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/09\/pirates-select-domingo-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">contract selected<\/a> by the Pirates on Friday. After much speculation, the Pirates determined that he would be used to bolster a much-maligned relief corps. Germ\u00e1n looked sharp in his only outing and may be considered for a starting berth. They could also dip into Triple-A Indianapolis, where No. 4 prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=ashcra000bra&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Braxton Ashcraft<\/a> has a 0.49 ERA and 0.982 WHIP after four games. However, this would go against Pittsburgh\u2019s usual cautious approach when promoting prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever the real estate expert coined the phrase &#8220;rent, don\u2019t buy\u201d must have had Ryan in mind. Although Ryan made the squad out of spring training, he\u2019s been up and down from Indy to Pittsburgh and back as needed to fill holes in the big club. If the Bucs decide to turn to the minors for a starter, Ryan\u2019s stay may be short once again. In 13 appearances, the rookie right-hander has a 5.29 ERA and 1.412 WHIP. The Pirates like him because his sinking fastball reminded them of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holdeco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Holderman<\/a>. However, in light of Holderman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/08\/pirates-roster-moves-holderman-jones-palacios-olivares\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">recent struggles<\/a>, that may not be the most ringing endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Pirates left-handed starting pitcher Marco Gonzales is headed back to the injured list with a left forearm strain. Manager Derek Shelton announced Monday night\u2019s game at San Diego. That would have been Gonzales\u2019 scheduled start. Jake Woodford made the start instead. Relief pitcher Ryder Ryan was called up to take Gonzales\u2019 spot on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5010,"featured_media":82857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1071],"tags":[5685,3160,2491,4563,3982,5713,1632],"class_list":["post-82848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pirates","category-mlb","tag-colin-holderman","tag-derek-shelton","tag-domingo-german","tag-jake-woodford","tag-marco-gonzales","tag-marco-gonzalez","tag-ryder-ryan"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}