Miami Marlins’ Edward Cabrera leaves final start of season early with injury
.JPG "Miami Marlins starting pitcher Edward is consoled by manager Don Mattingly as he leaves the game following an injury during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jon Durr)")
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Edward Cabrera left his final start of the season on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers — a 4-3, come-from-behind Miami win — before the fourth inning after re-aggravating his right ankle injury sustained in his previous start.
Cabrera had thrown three perfect innings with five strikeouts against the Brewers before being removed. After logging his final strikeout to the Brewers’ Tyrone Taylor to end the third, Cabrera hopped off the mound, putting no weight on his right leg.
“Looked like he caught it on the clay on the front of the mound,” manager Don Mattingly said.
He went back to the mound in the fourth inning and threw all of his warmup pitches before the Marlins’ training staff, pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr., Mattingly and the infield came to mound to evaluate him. After a few minutes of discussion, Cabrera was on his way to the dugout.
He also left his start on Sunday against the Washington Nationals after injuring his ankle while trying to field a bunt.
“I felt discomfort, right in the same place I felt discomfort the last time I pitched,” Cabrera said postgame. “I tried to continue, but they didn’t let me.”
Mattingly added: “He probably could have tried, but we’re at a point where it’s his last start. It just doesn’t seem worth it for him to not be able to use his body the way he should. He’s just too valuable to the organization.”
In 14 starts this season, Cabrera posted a 3.01 ERA over 71 2/3 innings with 75 strikeouts against 33 walks, just a .177 batting average against and a 1.07 walks and hits per inning pitched rate.
Cabrera didn’t make his big-league season debut until June 1 after first being delayed arriving at spring training and then dealing with right biceps fatigue at the start of the minor-league season. He also spent about a month and a half on the injured list after being recalled due to right elbow tendonitis. He also was removed from his Sept. 19 start against the Chicago Cubs due to a blister.
Cabrera’s assessment of his season overall?
“I always go for more, every time I go out there,” Cabrera said. “[The season] was up and down, but you’ve just got to continue.”
Cabrera said he felt his biggest growth this season was the command of his pitches, but he plans to work on “everything” this offseason to become a more reliable starter in 2023.
“Just try to improve a little bit of everything with my stuff,” Cabrera said, “so I can come back next year and just be back again in the rotation and continue helping the team.”
This story was originally published October 1, 2022 at 8:28 PM.
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