D-backs put Gallen on IL with strained hamstring
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NEW YORK — Already stuck in a slump, the
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“He’s going to miss some time and we’re going to let him heal up, for sure,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said after his team’s 10-9 loss to the Mets.
Lovullo said he thought it was a Grade 1 strain, the least severe.
“Very encouraging,” the manager said.
Gallen missed about two weeks in July 2021 with a Grade 1 strain to his right hamstring.
“So you can probably overlap that timeline,” Lovullo said.
Gallen is 5-4 with a 3.12 ERA in 11 starts. The 28-year-old right-hander finished in the top five of NL Cy Young Award voting each of the past two years, including third last season when he went 17-9 with a 3.47 ERA in 210 innings and made his first All-Star team.
His injury is the latest blow to a Diamondbacks team that’s lost five straight to fall a season-worst seven games under .500. Arizona (25-32) already was missing starters Merrill Kelly, sidelined since April 15 by a strained right shoulder, and Eduardo Rodriguez, who hasn’t pitched this season because of a strained left shoulder after signing an $80 million, four-year contract as a free agent.
“It hurts, there’s no doubt about it,” Lovullo said before Friday night’s game. “I hated having to pull him off the field. I think everybody felt the same way. But nobody can feel sorry for themselves.”
Cecconi, 24, was 1-4 with a 6.12 ERA in five starts and one relief appearance for the Diamondbacks earlier this season. He is 1-5 with a 5.31 ERA in 13 major league games (nine starts) — all with Arizona over the past two years.
Rodriguez is throwing at 75 feet, Lovullo said, and Kelly is scheduled to begin a throwing program next week.
All-Star shortstop Geraldo Perdomo (right meniscus tear) was set to play a minor league rehab game Friday in the Arizona Complex League, getting three at-bats as the designated hitter.
Right-handed reliever Miguel Castro (right shoulder inflammation) was scheduled to throw from 100 feet.
