Cashner, who has a strained right hamstring, was put on the DL retroactive to his last start May 9th in hopes of avoiding a bigger injury trying to push through his current discomfort. Manager Andy Green explained the move:
“He’s not at 100 percent. We’re at a place with our roster constraints where we have to have a guy for tomorrow. Cash isn’t ready to completely do that. I think he thinks he’s completely ready, which I appreciate, but given the rash of hamstring injuries that we have had, we thought 10 days on the DL versus the six to eight weeks if he strains it pitching 100 pitches tomorrow is a better choice for us long-term.