As you may have learned already, New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman will miss at least a month due to shoulder rotator cuff inflammation in his throwing arm — a diagnosis given following an MRI on Saturday.
New York placed on the flamethrower on the 10-day disabled list on Sunday and announced that he will be shut down for two weeks. General manager Brian Cashman said Chapman, who had an MRI on Saturday, will be shut down for two weeks and could be out a month if everything goes right.
I hate to be blunt, but this move isn’t shocking by any measure of the term.