When LHP Roenis Elías was announced as Sunday’s starter after Christian Bergman was forced into wretched service Friday night, a roster move was expected Sunday morning. After an extra innings tilt last night, that became a double-dip.
Elías returns from the 10-day DL, technically, having been sent there with maybe-triceps-issues-maybe-just-needed-a-break. In his three rehab appearances in Tacoma, he’s gone 1.0, 0.2, and 1.0 innings, so it would be unendorsably optimistic to expect more than five innings at most from Elías today. RHP Chasen Bradford and his groundball style will likely be asked to help cover an inning or two today as coverage, so it’s really difficult to see today’s game as encouraging.