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Frank Francisco To DL; Warner Madrigal On The Way

Posted on May 16th, 2009 3:50pm by Evan Grant
Filed under Bullpen, Injury report, Texas Rangers

After watching RHP Frank Francisco throw in the bullpen Saturday morning, the Rangers decided to continue with the cautious route on his comeback from biceps tendonitis. Francisco will need at least two more throwing sessions before being fully ready to compete in games, so the club put him on the DL, retroactive to May 7. He is eligible to return Friday when the Rangers begin a three-game series at Houston. The Rangers are optimistic he’ll be ready then.

“This was his first bullpen and we could probably push him and have him ready for Detroit,” GM Jon Daniels said. “But we’re trying to take the approach that there are at least five months left in the season and we want to take that into account. We want a healthy Frank Francisco for the rest of the season.”

To replace Francisco, the Rangers recalled RHP Warner Madrigal from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Madrigal, who began the season on the big league roster, was optioned to Oklahoma City on April 15 after allowing four runs in 2.2 innings. Since going to Oklahoma he has compiled a 1.65 ERA in 16.1 innings and has held opponents to a .164 batting average.

6 Comments to “Frank Francisco To DL; Warner Madrigal On The Way”

JustSaying @ May 16th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

I think we’re going to get all the spousal abuse chit-chat on this one…….better call in a social worker to protect Frankie……
Jolly @ May 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

@Evan Mr Cooper’s beard seems to be growing……Either he needs a trim or a pretty lady needs to occupy that spot…….
Chris @ May 16th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

not. good.
KJ @ May 16th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

@Evan- How many options does Madrigal have left?
Closer Disabled : baseballmusings.com @ May 16th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

[...] Frank Francisco goes on the disabled list for Texas. He’s been out since May 7th, given that the Rangers are 6-2 in that time, including two one-run wins, Frank picked a good time to get hurt. [...]
Closer Disabled @ May 16th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

[...] Frank Francisco goes on the disabled list for Texas. He’s been out since May 7th, given that the Rangers are 6-2 in that time, including two one-run wins, Frank picked a good time to get hurt. [...]

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