Edwin Arroyo missed the entire 2024 season after injuring his shoulder in spring training and having to undergo surgery. He ended the 2023 season by spending his final week with Double-A Chattanooga. Arroyo returned to the Lookouts to begin the 2025 season and he was out to a great start. On Saturday night he had two hits and a walk in four plate appearances, raising his average to .556 (5-9 on the season). But that second hit of the night wound up costing him.
Arroyo lined the ball into left-center field and he made the turn to try to get to second base for a double. And he likely would have made it, but he seemed to feel something in his leg because he slowed up between first and second and was easily beaten to the bag by the throw and he continued slowly through the bag.
Arroyo did walk off of the field on his own and didn’t get an on-field visit from a trainer. Hopefully both of those things are a good sign in terms of the extent of his injury.
Adam Serwinowski’s non-start
While this was covered in the game review article, it’s worth noting again because not everyone reads all of the notes.
When Dayton Dragons manager Vince Harrison Jr. handed the lineup card to the umpires right before the game, left-handed pitcher Adam Serwinowski was on it as the starting pitcher. 10 minutes later the game was about to begin and the starter for West Michigan was warming up when Harrison Jr. headed towards the home plate umpire to chat. It wasn’t immediately known what it was about, but the game’s start was delayed for an additional few minutes.
When the bottom of the 1st inning began, Adam Serwinowski was not on the mound for Dayton. Brian Edgington was. About half way through the inning word reached the broadcast booths and it was relayed that Serwinowski suffered a “minor injury” and the discussion Harrison Jr. was having with the umpire was about whether or not he could change the lineup at that point so the team could tend to Serwinowski and bring him into the game later as a reliever. It turned out that the lefty had cut himself at some point and they were hopeful it could be taken care of and he could get on the mound later in the day.
That was not possible, though, as he was already listed in the lineup and the game was beginning. So if you look at the box score, he will be listed as the starting pitcher and having thrown no pitches in the game before being replaced on the mound.
When Serwinowski will be able to get back on the mound again is unknown. While Dayton was going to try and get him on the mound at some point on Saturday if they could, he likely warmed up before the game which probably wouldn’t be an issue if he could pitch later in the game, but maybe means he isn’t going to go through that again on Sunday (though maybe he can).