Timeline
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Injured Pittsburgh Pirates source of the outlook above
Elbow injury
Burrows' season was cut short by an elbow injury.
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Activated expected
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Status: Could be an option to be activated for the Wild Card Series against the White Sox.
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Activated expected
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Status: Joined the team in Sacramento for the final series of the season, and could be activated if needed.
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Threw a bullpen
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Status: Was returned from his Minor League rehab on Sept. 22 and is throwing bullpens.
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Rehab assignment
Houston Astros sent RHP Mike Burrows on a rehab assignment to Sugar Land Space Cowboys.
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Threw a bullpen
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Expected return: TBD; ahead of possible Minor League rehab start.
Status: Throwing bullpen sessions ahead of possible Minor League rehab start.
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Threw a bullpen
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Status: Will throw another bullpen session Sept. 17 and could throw three innings in a rehab in final three games at Triple-A.
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Threw a bullpen
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Status: Will throw another bullpen session Sept. 17.
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Shut down setback
Right shoulder inflammation
Previously threw three minor league rehab outings after being sidelined due to right elbow neuritis.
Initially sidelined due to right elbow neuritis, Burrows threw three minor league rehab outings but then developed some right shoulder inflammation, as Astros manager Joe Espada told the Houston Chronicle’s Matt Kawahara and other reporters earlier this week.
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Placed on IL
Houston Astros placed RHP Mike Burrows on the 60-day injured list.
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Rehab assignment setback
Elbow neuritis and shoulder inflammation
Sent to West Palm Beach, Fla., to rehab after coming down with shoulder inflammation.
Burrows, who has a 5.99 ERA in 18 games and has been on the injured list with elbow neuritis since July 6, was originally set to start Tuesday’s game against the White Sox, but he came down with shoulder inflammation and has been sent to West Palm Beach, Fla., to rehab.
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Shut down setback
Right elbow neuritis/right shoulder inflammation
Status: Had a setback when he came down with shoulder inflammation following his last Triple-A rehab start, but he still hopes to pitch this year.
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Injured setback
Right shoulder inflammation
Was slotted to be activated and start Sept. 1, but he felt something in his shoulder playing catch Aug. 31 and imaging showed shoulder inflammation.
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Rehab assignment
Houston Astros sent RHP Mike Burrows on a rehab assignment to Sugar Land Space Cowboys.
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Placed on IL
Right elbow neuritis
Houston Astros placed RHP Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list. Right elbow neuritis.
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Diagnosis
UCL injury
It took him a while to establish himself, largely because of a 2023 Tommy John surgery, but it’s reasonable to view him as an above-average starter who is at least two years from his first significant earnings.