Washington’s Nationals placed starter Joe Ross on the 10-Day Injured List with right elbow inflammation last night, retroactive to July 7th, after the right-hander felt something in his right forearm following his last outing, a 6 2⁄3-inning start in which he struck out 11 batters and gave up seven hits and three runs.
Ross came out of that start, in which his velocity ticked up, talking about how good he’d felt on the mound in his previous few outings, and how much it helped to be getting to start on a consistent basis.
“I mean, definitely helps being on every fifth day with no skips, and things like that,” Ross said, “.