The Tampa Bay Rays lost the hurler at the top of their rotation midway through his start Monday, as Tyler Glasnow was lifted from the game against the Chicago White Sox after four innings with what the team is calling inflammation in his right elbow.
The #Rays say Glasnow left with right elbow inflammation, and we’ll get more from Kevin Cash after the game.
— Steve Carney (@stevecarney) June 15, 2021
Glasnow allowed a pair of runs in the third inning, but worked a scoreless fourth, though Rays color analyst and former pitcher Brian Anderson of Bally Sports Sun pointed out on the television broadcast that the 27-year-old was stretching and moving his right arm in a way that concerned him.
Glasnow is unable to earn the win despite leaving with a 3-2 lead.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
