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Moriarty9 · 02-13-2009, 06:39 PM

Reliever latest in Long list of injured
Devil Rays add fifth player to disabled list
May 5, 1999

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have seen players hit with injuries on an every-other-day basis so far this month, with reliever Joey Long the latest addition to a disabled list that is becoming quite crowded.Long, making his first big league appearance of the season, suffered a back injury after just two-thirds of an inning against the Kansas City Royals. Preliminary reports are that the injury is serious enough to keep Long out for the rest of the season.
On Monday, it was secondbaseman Jeff Frye heading to the disabled list after suffering a pinched nerve in his neck. Frye was placed on the 15-day DL and is expected to miss only a few weeks. He had been hitting .274 with three RBI and 12 runs scored in 25 games.
Two days before that, infielder Wilton Guerrero suffered a rotator cuff injury that will keep him out until sometime around the All Star break. Guerrero has spent most of the young season at third base, hitting .315 with one home run, 11 RBI, 10 runs and four stolen bases in 22 games.
As a result of these injuries, infielder Lou Merloni had been called up from AAA. In three games so far, Merloni is 3-for-11 with two doubles and a RBI. Phil Plantier, a .241 lifetime hitter with 91 home runs in 687 big league games, has also been added to the roster, though the outfielder has not yet appeared in a game. He will likely be removed from the roster early next week when Carlos Beltran is activated from the disabled list, where he has sat all season. Gabe White, who had 12 1/3 shutout innings in AAA, will replace Long in the bullpen. White went 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA in 14 appearances with Tampa Bay last year.

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Moriarty9 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,855 Thanks: 9 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	Reliever latest in Long list of injured Devil Rays add fifth player to disabled list May 5, 1999 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have seen players hit with injuries on an every-other-day basis so far this month, with reliever Joey Long the latest addition to a disabled list that is becoming quite crowded.Long, making his first big league appearance of the season, suffered a back injury after just two-thirds of an inning against the Kansas City Royals. Preliminary reports are that the injury is serious enough to keep Long out for the rest of the season. On Monday, it was secondbaseman Jeff Frye heading to the disabled list after suffering a pinched nerve in his neck. Frye was placed on the 15-day DL and is expected to miss only a few weeks. He had been hitting .274 with three RBI and 12 runs scored in 25 games. Two days before that, infielder Wilton Guerrero suffered a rotator cuff injury that will keep him out until sometime around the All Star break. Guerrero has spent most of the young season at third base, hitting .315 with one home run, 11 RBI, 10 runs and four stolen bases in 22 games. As a result of these injuries, infielder Lou Merloni had been called up from AAA. In three games so far, Merloni is 3-for-11 with two doubles and a RBI. Phil Plantier, a .241 lifetime hitter with 91 home runs in 687 big league games, has also been added to the roster, though the outfielder has not yet appeared in a game. He will likely be removed from the roster early next week when Carlos Beltran is activated from the disabled list, where he has sat all season. Gabe White, who had 12 1/3 shutout innings in AAA, will replace Long in the bullpen. White went 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA in 14 appearances with Tampa Bay last year.