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Indians Reyes, Laffey to DL

Reyes, who has been bothered by a sore elbow for the last couple years, had trouble feeling the ball and couldn't throw strikes. He left after three innings, having walked six batters and hit another. He has inflammation in the elbow, and will undergo tests on Monday.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports:

Reyes' in jury comes as no surprise. He's been pitching on borrowed time this season because of a chronic right elbow problem. His velocity has been dropping all season. Friday night, Reyes ran out of tricks.

He walked six and allowed one run in three helter-skelter innings. He threw 59 pitches, only 29 for strikes. Many of them were ankle high and in the dirt. His velocity ranged from 81 mph to 88 mph.

He looked like a man in pain who had no idea where the ball was going.

On December 4th, 2008, I said this about Anthony Reyes:

Prognosis: Steadily dropping velocity, a lowering of his arm slot to protect his shoulder, repeated stints on the DL for shoulder and elbow inflammation, and eventually major reconstructive surgery on his shoulder (to be followed by elbow surgery a few years later).

Though I couldn't see any lowering of the arm slot based on PITCHf/x studies or qualitative analysis, it didn't surprise me at all to see Anthony Reyes land on the disabled list due to inflammation in the elbow.