Collateral Damage Daily for May 17

Seeing someone collapse is a frightening scene. What makes it worse is when there is no obvious reason for the athlete to pass out, even for the briefest of moments. The situation that occurred last night with Will Rhymes is one of those situations. I’ve seen it over 10 times myself, where there is no head trauma but pain in other areas of the body briefly overloads the autonomic nervous system and the person passes out. I’ve seen it happen after a player suffered a mild sprain of the shoulder; during strength testing, the player passed out in my arms. Much like Rhymes, he quickly came to but was a little out of it afterward. There was no underlying tumor or anything else like that, it was just the body’s response to the surge in pain. It doesn’t make it any less scary or less concerning a situation for fans and those involved but turns out okay in the end. Now let’s look at the less intense injuries...

Additions

• Vance Worley was placed on the disabled list retroactive to May 12 for right elbow inflammation by the Phillies. He did have an MRI, which only showed inflammation and no structural damage to the flexor tendon or the UCL. He’s going to be be shut down for a week before beginning any baseball related activities. Joe Savery was brought up to replace Worley.
• Brandon Guyer was placed on the disabled list retroactive to May 13 for a left shoulder strain. On Sunday, he was in the batting cage when he first felt something in his shoulder, and a few days off didn’t really do anything to cause his pain to subside, so the Rays bit the bullet and placed him on the DL.
• Chris Nelson was placed on the disabled list retroactive to May 15 for left wrist inflammation. Nelson has a history with this wrist; while in the minors in 2008, he had surgery for a broken hamate bone. However, his current injury doesn’t seem to be directly related to that. There has been no word on when they expect Nelson back, but in the interim, Eric Young Jr. was activated to replace Nelson.
• Lendy Castillo was placed on the 15-day DL with a left groin strain retroactive to May 12. He injured his groin while running on Sunday and woke up on Tuesday in so much pain that the Cubs put him on there to be safe. It’s being termed a moderate strain, so it looks like we can expect he will be on the shelf for several weeks. He’s also a Rule 5 guy, so his ineffectiveness this year can hopefully be solved by this trip to the DL. Scott Maine was brought up to replace Castillo.
• Ryan Doumit snuck onto this list late last night with a strained right calf. Certain things have a high probability of occurring, and one of those things is Doumit landing on the DL. He’s been on it every year since 2006. Ben Revere was brought up to replace Doumit on the roster. There hasn’t been any word yet on how long Doumit will be out.