The Padres placed first baseman Eric Hosmer on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to gastritis. Right-hander Jerad Eickhoff will take Hosmer’s spot on the active roster, as the club announced Sunday that Eickhoff’s contract had been selected.
Hosmer has only played in three games this season, though the good news is that team doctors have said that his stomach issues aren’t related to COVID-19. Such stomach problems are hard to gauge in terms of a timeline, so the Padres clearly felt an IL placement was necessary to give Hosmer proper time to fully recover.
Eickhoff signed a minor league contract with San Diego in January, and he is now in line for his first MLB appearance in anything besides a Phillies uniform. Eickhoff posted a 4.15 ERA over 440 innings with Philadelphia from 2015-19, though the bulk of that good production came during a 2016 season that saw him deliver a 3.65 ERA over 197 1/3 innings.
Multiple injuries curtailed his performance over the past three years, however, and the Phils outrighted Eickhoff from their 40-man roster last November. He’ll now get a crack at reviving his career in a relief role for San Diego.
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