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Brett Cecil tried to pitch through a groin injury and it went poorly

Brett Cecil;

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil works against the Baltimore Orioles during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

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Brett Cecil was available out of the Blue Jays’ bullpen last night against the Yankees after taking five days off to rest a groin injury, but the former All-Star setup man walked the first batter he faced and then allowed a bases-clearing triple to Brian McCann.

He was then removed from the game and immediately afterward told reporters that he’s headed to the disabled list, saying:

It stinks, but I said I was ready to go today, everything felt good, but I also said I don’t know how it’s going to hold up under the adrenaline of coming out of the bullpen, especially in Yankee Stadium, bases loaded. If I can’t deal with that, then I need to get it taken care of.

It’s a little odd that the Blue Jays would throw Cecil into such a difficult spot if his health status was still in any sort of question, but Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports that he’d had problem-free bullpen sessions earlier this week.

Cecil hasn’t allowed a home run this season and his strikeout rate is a career-high 12.3 per nine innings compared to 10.4 per nine innings last season, but he’s walked 16 batters in 26 frames to be much less reliable than in his All-Star campaign.

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