Kohei Arihara gets injection in finger

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesTexas Rangers starting pitcher Kohei Arihara got an injection in his right middle finger for a callus that has developed there, per the beat guys. Arihara is not going on the injured list as of now, but his status is apparently in flux, and his next start could be pushed back.

Arihara has struggled early on this year — he has a 5.76 ERA, a 6.41 FIP, and an xERA over 9 — and he has had particular problems in his last two outings. Two starts ago, against the Chicago White Sox, it was believed that he was tipping his pitches in a game that saw him get lit up. In his start Friday against the Boston Red Sox, he was also lit up, and there was no pitch tipping…