Update: Sal Romano has been placed on the disabled list for the Louisville Bats with right shoulder inflammation.
#Reds RHP prospect Sal Romano is on the DL in Louisville with right shoulder inflammation
— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) April 27, 2017
Original Article:
Sal Romano, one of the Cincinnati Reds top pitching prospects, left his start early tonight with an apparent injury. The right hander was cruising through 5.0 innings for the Louisville Bats, not allowing a run. But after just one warm up pitch before the 6th inning he called out the trainers. Here’s what Shane Hennigan of the Scranton Times-Tribune tweeted out:
Sal Romano, who’s allowed just two hits, has just been pulled during his 6th-inning warmups. Trainer came out. Threw glove in frustration.
— Shane Hennigan (@RailRidersTT) April 26, 2017
I have not been able to see what happened yet, though once the replay goes up on MiLB.tv later tonight, I will go back and watch it. At this point, there is no indication of what kind of injury it was. At best, let’s hope that the throwing of the glove was with his right hand, which would at least indicate a non-arm injury. That, however, is just 100% speculation on my part at this point.
Sal Romano has been dominant for the Louisville Bats this season, allowing just three earned runs in 22.0 innings after his 5.0 innings tonight. He struggled in his big league debut with the Cincinnati Reds on Easter, allowing just two earned in 3.0 innings with four walks and two strikeouts. He was sent back to Louisville before getting another start.
With how things have been going for the Cincinnati Reds in the rotation, it seemed like things were lining up well for Sal Romano to return to the big league club sooner rather than later. While he wasn’t pitch efficient in his Major League debut, he’s been very efficient with the Bats this season. In 22.0 innings he’s needed to throw 287 pitches. That’s 13.05 pitches per inning. Romano has walked just four batters in that span.
This will be updated when there’s more information available.