Twins put Gray on IL, reinstate Megill
FILE: Minnesota Twins' Sonny Gray pitches against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Minnesota Twins have placed another starting pitcher on the injured list.
Tuesday, the club announced Sonny Gray was placed on the 15-day injured list, likely ending his season. Gray left his start Monday afternoon early due to a right hamstring strain.
In 24 starts this season, Gray is 8-5 with a 3.08 ERA, 117 strikeouts, 36 walks, a 1.13 WHIP and a .224 batting average against across 119.2 innings.
In a corresponding move, the team activated relief pitcher Trevor Megill from the COVID list, on which he was placed Saturday.
Megill is 4-3 with a 3.89 ERA, 45 strikeouts and 14 walks across 41.2 innings this season.
Additionally, Minnesota outrighted pitcher Dereck RodrÃguez from the 40-man roster. He was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday after making one relief appearance for the Twins.
After losing four of five games to Cleveland over the weekend, the Twins entered Tuesday seven games back of the Guardians in the AL Central race with 15 games left to play.