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Ryan Perry hits the disabled list

The Detroit Tigers placed struggling reliever Ryan Perry on the disabled list and purchased the contract of Enrique Gonzalez from the Mud Hens. The diagnosis for Perry is bicep tendonitis.

The injury supposedly isn’t serious, but I get nervous about diagnoses like this. Zach Miner had elbow tendonitis which turned in Tommy John surgery. Bobby Seay’s early diagnosis was tendonitis before it becoming a rotator cuff issue. Fernando Rodney had bicep tendonitis which caused him to miss large swaths of 2007. Now sometimes nothing happens and everything is fine. But tendonitis diagnoses seem to beget more severe injuries.

As for his replacement, Gonzalez was signed as a minor league free agent and hung around fairly late into spring training. He’s been starting for the Mud Hens which means he can eat some innings (which could be helpful in the short term with Eddie Bonine being extended last night and unavailable for a few days).

If this had happened 3 weeks ago it likely would have been Jay Sborz or Robbie Weinhardt getting the call. Sborz though has struggled as of late and Weinhardt is working his way back from the DL.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 5.17.2010

Indianapolis 0 Toledo 3
Enrique Gonzalez tossed a complete game 2 hitter. He walked one and fanned 9, throwing 79 of his 119 pitches for strikes. Ryan Raburn picked up his 5th double and added a single. Brent Dlugach homered, driving in all 3 runs. Scott Sizemore went 0 for 3 with 2 strike outs.

Lakeland 10 Jupiter 3
Mark Sorensen struck out 5 and walked none in 7 innings as he scattered 7 hits and allowed 2 runs. Daniel Fields blasted his first homer and drew a walk. Alden Carrithers and Kody Kaiser had 4 hit days. Rawley Bishop was missing the homer for the cycle. Carrithers has a 9 game hitting streak in which he’s picked up 18 hits and 8 walks for a .605 OBP. Bishop has a 10 game hitting streak and is hitting 395/400/581 over that span.