Tampa Bay Rays Alex Colome Placed on DL: Fantasy Impact

Alex Colome is the latest Rays player to land on the disabled list. The Tampa Bay closer has tendinitis in his right biceps and no timetable for his return.

The Tampa Bay Rays are dropping like flies. They are missing four outfielders and one relief pitcher. Let’s add their current closer, Alex Colome, to the list. The Rays placed him on the 15-day DL with tendinitis and will be out until at least after the All-Star break.

The Rays lost Brad Boxberger for all but one game this season. He began the year on the disabled list with an oblique injury. He made his first and only appearance on May 31 before straining his oblique and going back on the DL.

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Alex Colome filled in quite nicely in relief (no pun intended). In 29 games, he had a 1.76 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 11.2 K/9 and 19 saves. He started this month strong, zero earned runs, nine strikeouts and seven walks in 8.0 innings pitched.

In his last outing, he pitched 0.2 innings and allowed three runs on three hits, including one home run against the San Francisco Giants. How could someone who has been practically lights out all season have this kind of outing?

Well, it turns out an injury was the reason. Alex Colome hasn’t pitched since then and was diagnosed with tendinitis in his right biceps. He is the second Rays closer to land on the disabled list this season.

Going forward, the Rays will likely take the committee approach, using Xavier Cedeno and Erasmo Ramirez in the ninth inning. In deeper leagues, I would take a flyer on one of these pitchers if you need some cheap saves. There are better closers and relief pitchers available on the waiver wire, though.

St. Louis Cardinals’ Seung Hwan Oh will get some save chances. He has a 1.66 ERA and 0.79 WHIP in 38.0 innings. Fernando Rodney is still out there in 35 percent of ESPN leagues, and I don’t know why. He’s allowed just one earned run all season.

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For the Alex Colome owners out there, I would keep him until more information is released, if you can afford it. I know the lack of a return date is scary, but when he does return, he will be the Rays closer. Effective closers and saves are hard to come by at this point in the season, so you want to make sure you have the best opportunity to win those categories come playoff time.

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Rays Closer Alex Colome Placed on 15-Day DL

By Bill Pivetz | Jun 28, 2016

Alex Colome is the latest Rays player to land on the disabled list. The Tampa Bay closer has tendinitis in his right biceps and no timetable for his return.