Jake Peavy Still Recovering From Surgery, Despite Return To Rotation

But while Peavy’s back - and while that’s exciting enough - he’s not yet back to being himself. Writes Daryl Van Schouwen:

Oz confirms Peavy to start WednesdayPeavy represents a tender-armed cavalry for the fading White Sox, who have one of the worst records in baseball at 14-22. The right-hander has made five rehab starts, giving up 13 runs in 23 innings with 21 strikeouts between Double-A and Triple-A

Humber has essentially forced Sox to try some sort of 6-man rotation

Fortunately, the news appears to be good. According to Mark Gonzales, Peavy had an MRI that came back clean, showing no new damage in his shoulder area. He’s dealing with muscle irritation in his lat, and as such he will be placed on anti-inflammatories for six days.

Discomfort where? Discomfort of what severity? These question are, for the time being, left unanswered. But Peavy has been rehabbing from rotator cuff tendinitis, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to hear that his shoulder is barking once again.

Now, it’s currently unknown why Peavy came out. He had allowed three runs and four hits in the brief outing. But it doesn’t make sense that a minor league manager would remove a starter like Peavy that early for ineffectiveness unless something else was wrong, and one is left to wonder if something physical has flared up.