Padres Bring Back Estrada After Three Weeks Out, and He's Got Work to Do
The San Diego Padres got some bullpen help back on Friday when they reinstated right-hander Jeremiah Estrada from the 15-day injured list. The 27-year-old reliever had been sidelined for the past three weeks dealing with right elbow tendinitis, and now he's back in the mix.
What Estrada's Return Looks Like
Estrada comes back with a 1-1 record and a 5.14 ERA across seven games so far this season. That ERA is rough, no sugar-coating it. The Padres needed rotation depth, and getting a healthy arm back in the bullpen can only help, but the numbers show he wasn't exactly dealing before the injury sidelined him.
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Three weeks is a solid chunk of time to miss, but Estrada is back in uniform and ready to contribute. Whether he can tighten up that ERA and prove he's a reliable piece of the puzzle down the stretch will depend entirely on his next few outings. The bullpen needs reliable arms, and the Padres are counting on him to be one of them moving forward.
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