Twins´ Matt Shoemaker looks for healthy start vs. Tigers
傷害s have sidetracked Matt Shoemaker's career, but now the Minnesota Twins are hoping he can become a fixture in their rotation.
Shoemaker will make his first start of the season on Monday at the Detroit Tigers. The 34-year-old 権利-hander has made 18 starts in the past three years and just 32 in the past four seasons 予定 to a variety of 傷害s.
In each of the past two seasons, he has pitched only 28 2/3 innings, last year reaching that total in six starts with the Toronto Blue Jays. Shoemaker 調印するd a one-year, $2-million 契約 with Minnesota and earned a rotation 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in four spring starts and 12 1/3 innings of work, when he struck out eight and 問題／発行するd no walks.
"He （機の）カム into this （軍の）野営地，陣営 ready to go," 経営者／支配人 Rocco Baldelli said. "He didn't use the （軍の）野営地，陣営 as a way to ramp really up. From the first bullpen I saw him throw, there was an intensity there. There was a lot of 焦点（を合わせる）, but he was already throwing the ball at a pretty high level for the entire （軍の）野営地，陣営."
Shoemaker has a 3.86 ERA in 112 major-league 外見s, 含むing 104 starts, relying on 支配（する）／統制する.
The 傷害s took a （死傷者）数 on Shoemaker, beginning in September 2016 when he was struck in the 長，率いる by a line 運動. His next two seasons were 削減（する） short by forearm 傷害s. In 2019, he tore the ACL in his left 膝 during a rundown play.
"My few freak -- not やむを得ず baseball-関係のある 傷害s but it happened while playing baseball -- it just made me a stronger person, mentally and 肉体的に, just going through the rehabs," he said. "You've got to 明白に 肉体的に get stronger but mentally, when things like that happen for anyone, it's a 抱擁する downer."
Shoemaker comes into this season feeling 上昇傾向 and 希望に満ちた.
"I wish I never had to を取り引きする any (傷害s)," he said. "I want to go out there 30 or 32 starts every season, 200-加える innings. That's what we all want to do. When you 戦う／戦い adversity, it 形態／調整s you, it makes you a better person if you 扱う it the 権利 way and learn from it."
Shoemaker has enjoyed 広大な／多数の／重要な success against Detroit, 地位，任命するing a 4-1 記録，記録的な／記録する with an 0.68 ERA in six career starts.
He'll be …に反対するd by Jose Urena, who will be making his Tigers debut. Urena spent his first six seasons with Miami and was 調印するd by Detroit on a one-year 取引，協定.
Like Shoemaker, Urena pitches to 接触する. He was 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA in five starts last season. He's never 直面するd the Twins.
The Tigers took two of three games from Cleveland in their 開始 series. Detroit lost 9-3 on Sunday but Akil Baddoo made some history, 爆破ing the first pitch in his first major league at-bat for a ホームラン.
Cleanup hitter Miguel Cabrera did not play in the series finale after cramping up on Saturday. He's 推定する／予想するd to be in the 顔触れ on Monday.
"I was looking for a day off for him this homestand," 経営者／支配人 A.J. Hinch said. "It's convenient, given he was a little bit sore coming out of (Saturday), and I want to get everybody some playing time. A little bit of both, but nothing I'm 関心d about at this point."
The Twins 敗北・負かすd Milwaukee two out of three games in their 開始 series, 含むing an 8-2 勝利，勝つ on Sunday. Outfielder Byron Buxton left the game 早期に 予定 to a 非，不，無-COVID-19 illness and was 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as day-to-day.
--Field Level マスコミ
