Prior to Wednesday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Tampa Bay Rays have placed right-handed pitcher Pete Fairbanks on the 10-day Injured List with ‘right forearm inflammation’ and have activated recently acquired right-handed pitcher, Chase Anderson.
Fairbanks hadn’t pitched for the Rays since leaving Friday’s game against the Chicago White Sox after experiencing numbness in the fingers on his throwing hand. Following the game, it was revealed that Fairbanks has dealt with Raynaud’s Syndrome, which is a disorder that can cause a pins and needles type sensation on a person’s skin. It is something that commonly flares up while dealing with colder weather, such as the conditions that Fairbanks was dealing with in Chicago.